> > I understand that if we want to build a data-use portal, it should be > managed separately from the current OSM.org infrastructure. But > couldn't we make a subdomain like use.openstreetmap.org [9] to > showcase projects? And maybe try and let that evolve into an ecosystem > of applications, to make it as easy as possible to integrate features > of one project to the next?
openstreetmap.de has something thats similar to what you mentioned. On the front page under "Schaufenster" there are mentioned a few project from different categories. We have a nice collection of OSM services in the Wiki.It would just have to be made a little more pretty (pictures and co) and presented more prominently. Cheers Christian 2015-09-18 15:24 GMT+02:00 Daniel Koć <daniel@koć.pl>: > W dniu 18.09.2015 9:10, joost schouppe napisał(a): > >> I don't think a portal in the style of the Mapquest example is the >> best answer. I don't really think there is going to be any specific >> OSM-based Google Maps killer ever going to be built. Instead the >> strength of OSM is rather being able to cater to niches. No single >> Google Maps inspired project could ever reflect the diversity of what >> you can do with OSM. >> > > I support this point of view. Google strength is integration of many > services (including commercial ones) and a lot of automatic ways to gather > and process data; ours is great amount of details and a lot of human-based > ways to gather and process data. They are not contradictory - both ways can > borrow something from the other, but I think starting with what we already > have in a good shape is better than trying to start with imitating the > other side of spectrum. > > Even though we have a diversity of news channels, I notice how many >> involved OSM afficionados don't know about some of these projects. And >> if they don't know, how is our average data user ever going to know. >> As OSM.org gets more features and users, a larger proportion of those >> users will not know about projects like this. >> > > Lack of integration - sometimes just underusing existing communication > infrastructure - is the most visible problem for me in OSM. The ecosystem > is broad, diverse and healthy, which is great, but very disconnected at the > same time (even between the most important sub-projects), which makes > trying to do anything crossing the boundaries very hard, inefficient and > time-consuming. > > I understand that if we want to build a data-use portal, it should be >> managed separately from the current OSM.org infrastructure. But >> couldn't we make a subdomain like use.openstreetmap.org [9] to >> showcase projects? And maybe try and let that evolve into an ecosystem >> of applications, to make it as easy as possible to integrate features >> of one project to the next? >> > > Nice idea! > > > -- > "The train is always on time / The trick is to be ready to put your bags > down" [A. Cohen] > > _______________________________________________ > talk mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk >
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