[OSM-talk] Funding of three infrastructure projects : Nominatim, osm2pgsql, Potlatch 2

[Guillaume Rischard]

Hi all,

The OSMF Board wants to facilitate and support improving infrastructure. During 
the Microgrants process, there were proposals that didn’t make it, but would 
together be a good pilot for a “OSM infrastructure” process, to learn how 
supporting osm infrastructure projects works well.
The OSMF Board wants to fund a limited number of projects proposed by trusted 
long-term volunteers whose work we know and enjoy. We have selected the 
osm2pgsql and Potlatch microgrant proposals, and have a new proposal from 
Nominatim.
In the long term, we want to re-activate the Engineering Working Group (EWG) by 
making it a place for decision making, project guidance and budget management 
for such projects.
The Board would like your feedback on these three specific infrastructure 
projects:
Nominatim

Nominatim is the geocoding software that powers openstreetmap.org and many 
other apps and websites. Sarah wants to work on: 
finishing the localization efforts (improve address computation for different 
countries, localized address output)
making the software more user-friendly (reduce the number of programming 
languages by at least two, move side-projects into separate repos, reorganise 
the code so that Nominatim can become an Ubuntu package, docs, docs, docs)
The full proposal is at 
https://wiki.osmfoundation.org/wiki/Nominatim_project_2020-07 

Potlatch 2

Potlatch 2 used to be the default editor before iD took the relay. While usage 
is declining, it’s still used by 2500 (1.4%) users who did 10 million (1.2%) 
changes in 2020. 
Potlatch is built in Flash, which browsers will retire by the end of the year. 
Richard wants to adapt Potlatch 2 to the AIR platform so users who still rely 
on it can continue to use it.
The full proposal is at 
https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Microgrants/Microgrants_2020/Proposal/Potlatch_2_for_desktop
 

osm2pgsql

osm2pgsql loads OpenStreetMap data into databases suitable for applications 
like rendering into maps, geocoding with Nominatim, or general analysis. It is 
used on openstreetmap.org and in many other places. 
While there has been constant paid and volunteer work on osm2pgsql, large scale 
architecture changes to pay off historical technical debt are needed to tackle 
long term challenges, and make future changes easier.
Jochen wants to work on:
Hosting documentation on osm2pgsql.org 
Rethinking the output of the program to make it more concise and useful
Tackling the refactoring and cleanup of the “middle” code.
Ongoing maintenance as needed
Other work from the road map as time permits
The original budget and scope were limited by the microgrant framework. The 
current project goes beyond that, and addresses open issues and potential 
improvements further and better.
The proposal is at 
https://wiki.osmfoundation.org/wiki/Osm2pgsql_project_2020-07 




Thank you and happy mapping

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Re: [OSM-talk] [Osmf-talk] Funding of three infrastructure projects : Nominatim, osm2pgsql, Potlatch 2

[Heather Leson]

Hello

This is fantastic.

Heather


On Sat, 1 Aug 2020, 02:30 Guillaume Rischard, 
wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> The OSMF Board wants to facilitate and support improving infrastructure.
> During the Microgrants process, there were proposals that didn’t make it,
> but would together be a good pilot for a “OSM infrastructure” process, to
> learn how supporting osm infrastructure projects works well.
>
> The OSMF Board wants to fund a limited number of projects proposed by
> trusted long-term volunteers whose work we know and enjoy. We have selected
> the osm2pgsql and Potlatch microgrant proposals, and have a new proposal
> from Nominatim.
>
> In the long term, we want to re-activate the Engineering Working Group
> (EWG) by making it a place for decision making, project guidance and budget
> management for such projects.
>
> The Board would like your feedback on these three specific infrastructure
> projects:
> Nominatim
>
> Nominatim is the geocoding software that powers openstreetmap.org and
> many other apps and websites. Sarah wants to work on:
> 
>
>-
>
>finishing the localization efforts (improve address computation for
>different countries, localized address output)
>-
>
>making the software more user-friendly (reduce the number of
>programming languages by at least two, move side-projects into separate
>repos, reorganise the code so that Nominatim can become an Ubuntu package,
>docs, docs, docs)
>
> The full proposal is at 
> https://wiki.osmfoundation.org/wiki/Nominatim_project_2020-07
>
> Potlatch 2
>
> Potlatch 2 used to be the default editor before iD took the relay. While
> usage is declining, it’s still used by 2500 (1.4%) users who did 10
> million (1.2%) changes in 2020.
> 
>
> Potlatch is built in Flash, which browsers will retire by the end of the
> year. Richard wants to adapt Potlatch 2 to the AIR platform so users who
> still rely on it can continue to use it.
>
> The full proposal is at 
> https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Microgrants/Microgrants_2020/Proposal/Potlatch_2_for_desktop
>
> osm2pgsql
>
> osm2pgsql loads OpenStreetMap data into databases suitable for
> applications like rendering into maps, geocoding with Nominatim, or general
> analysis. It is used on openstreetmap.org and in many other places.
> 
>
> While there has been constant paid and volunteer work on osm2pgsql, large
> scale architecture changes to pay off historical technical debt are needed
> to tackle long term challenges, and make future changes easier.
>
> Jochen wants to work on:
>
>-
>
>Hosting documentation on osm2pgsql.org
>-
>
>Rethinking the output of the program to make it more concise and
>useful
>-
>
>Tackling the refactoring and cleanup of the “middle” code.
>-
>
>Ongoing maintenance as needed
>-
>
>Other work from the road map as time permits
>
> The original budget and scope were limited by the microgrant framework.
> The current project goes beyond that, and addresses open issues and
> potential improvements further and better.
>
> The proposal is at
> https://wiki.osmfoundation.org/wiki/Osm2pgsql_project_2020-07
>
>
>
> Thank you and happy mapping
>
> Guillaume, for the OSMF board
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