Re: [OSM-talk] Nominatim on the main page

On Mon, Feb 19, 2018 at 10:59:31AM +0100, Maarten Deen wrote: > On 2018-02-19 10:17, Sarah Hoffmann wrote: > > On Sun, Feb 18, 2018 at 08:12:45PM +0100, Maarten Deen wrote: > > > On 2018-02-18 20:07, Paul Johnson wrote: > > > > On Sun, Feb 18, 2018 at 12:53 PM, Maarten Deen > > >

Re: [OSM-talk] Nominatim on the main page

Thanks, Sarah! That really helps to start contributing. Regards, Gustavo On 19-02-2018 09:31, Sarah Hoffmann wrote: > On Sun, Feb 18, 2018 at 08:15:57PM +, Jorge Gustavo Rocha wrote: >> >> >> On 18-02-2018 19:21, Milo van der Linden wrote: >>> With 103 open issues and 12 open pull requests,

Re: [OSM-talk] Nominatim on the main page

On 2018-02-19 10:17, Sarah Hoffmann wrote: On Sun, Feb 18, 2018 at 08:12:45PM +0100, Maarten Deen wrote: On 2018-02-18 20:07, Paul Johnson wrote: > On Sun, Feb 18, 2018 at 12:53 PM, Maarten Deen > wrote: > > > On 2018-02-18 19:28, Tom Hughes wrote: > > I can't comment about

Re: [OSM-talk] Nominatim on the main page

On Sun, Feb 18, 2018 at 08:15:57PM +, Jorge Gustavo Rocha wrote: > > > On 18-02-2018 19:21, Milo van der Linden wrote: > > With 103 open issues and 12 open pull requests, I would love to > > volunteer to at least help get those cleared first. Given the (very > > positive, I am glad so many

Re: [OSM-talk] Nominatim on the main page

On Sun, Feb 18, 2018 at 08:12:45PM +0100, Maarten Deen wrote: > On 2018-02-18 20:07, Paul Johnson wrote: > > On Sun, Feb 18, 2018 at 12:53 PM, Maarten Deen > > wrote: > > > > > On 2018-02-18 19:28, Tom Hughes wrote: > > > > I can't comment about how the algorithm works because

Re: [OSM-talk] Nominatim on the main page

> > Have a look at the OSMF board, a mixed bunch of people elected by the > members. Are you sure that a seasoned developer or sysadmin would even > *want* a paid job where they are subject to the whims of an elected > board, with a potentially modified "strategy" year after year (as > majorities

Re: [OSM-talk] Nominatim on the main page / Serges blog post

Maybe it would be a good idea for everybody to take a deep breath and count to 10? For those relatively new to the project you should know that Serge has been going on about these "issues" for years, some since I first had the pleasure of  meeting him. That doesn't  mean that his points are more

Re: [OSM-talk] Nominatim on the main page

Jason, On 02/18/2018 08:07 PM, Jason Remillard wrote: > There is plenty of money around this space to pay for a full time > system administrator staff and some developers. Pokémon Go netted 600 > million dollars in the first three months. Mapbox just go $164 million > dollar investment. I don't

Re: [OSM-talk] Nominatim on the main page

On 18-02-2018 19:21, Milo van der Linden wrote: > With 103 open issues and 12 open pull requests, I would love to > volunteer to at least help get those cleared first. Given the (very > positive, I am glad so many people are acting on this thread) > activity, I think if everybody lends a couple

Re: [OSM-talk] Nominatim on the main page

On 18 February 2018 at 19:07, Jason Remillard wrote: > Hi Grant, > > If you read Serge's post, he is quite clear on what his preferred > solution to this resourcing problem. Our tiles and Nominatim services > should have terms of services that include paid higher levels

Re: [OSM-talk] Nominatim on the main page

With 103 open issues and 12 open pull requests, I would love to volunteer to at least help get those cleared first. Given the (very positive, I am glad so many people are acting on this thread) activity, I think if everybody lends a couple of hours of code this week we can get nominatim ready to

Re: [OSM-talk] Nominatim on the main page

On 2018-02-18 20:07, Paul Johnson wrote: On Sun, Feb 18, 2018 at 12:53 PM, Maarten Deen wrote: On 2018-02-18 19:28, Tom Hughes wrote: I can't comment about how the algorithm works because I don't know anything about it. I'm just saying that we do tell it the viewbox It

Re: [OSM-talk] Nominatim on the main page

Hi Grant, If you read Serge's post, he is quite clear on what his preferred solution to this resourcing problem. Our tiles and Nominatim services should have terms of services that include paid higher levels that support the foundation, which in turn pays for the infrastructure. When somebody is

Re: [OSM-talk] Nominatim on the main page

On Sun, Feb 18, 2018 at 12:53 PM, Maarten Deen wrote: > On 2018-02-18 19:28, Tom Hughes wrote: > >> On 18/02/18 18:04, Paul Johnson wrote: >> >> OK, so what can we do about this problem? For example, go to Jenks, >>> Oklahoma. Search for Walmart. First result isn't the

Re: [OSM-talk] Nominatim on the main page

On 2018-02-18 19:28, Tom Hughes wrote: On 18/02/18 18:04, Paul Johnson wrote:  OK, so what can we do about this problem?  For example, go to Jenks, Oklahoma.  Search for Walmart.  First result isn't the Walmart Neighborhood Market across the street from the Riverside Market shopping center. 

Re: [OSM-talk] Nominatim on the main page

On 18/02/18 18:40, Paul Johnson wrote: On Sun, Feb 18, 2018 at 12:31 PM, Tom Hughes > wrote: On 18/02/18 18:05, Paul Johnson wrote: On Sun, Feb 18, 2018 at 11:58 AM, Grant Slater

Re: [OSM-talk] Nominatim on the main page

On Sun, Feb 18, 2018 at 12:31 PM, Tom Hughes wrote: > On 18/02/18 18:05, Paul Johnson wrote: > >> On Sun, Feb 18, 2018 at 11:58 AM, Grant Slater < >> openstreet...@firefishy.com > wrote: >> >> How about someone in the community organises a

Re: [OSM-talk] Nominatim on the main page

On 18/02/18 18:05, Paul Johnson wrote: On Sun, Feb 18, 2018 at 11:58 AM, Grant Slater > wrote: How about someone in the community organises a Beauty Parade / Cross Comparison of different open OpenStreetMap GeoCoders?

Re: [OSM-talk] Nominatim on the main page

On 18/02/18 18:04, Paul Johnson wrote:  OK, so what can we do about this problem?  For example, go to Jenks, Oklahoma.  Search for Walmart.  First result isn't the Walmart Neighborhood Market across the street from the Riverside Market shopping center.  It's not even the Walmart Supercenter

Re: [OSM-talk] Nominatim on the main page

On 18 February 2018 at 18:05, Paul Johnson wrote: > On Sun, Feb 18, 2018 at 11:58 AM, Grant Slater > wrote: >> >> How about someone in the community organises a Beauty Parade / Cross >> Comparison of different open OpenStreetMap GeoCoders? > > >

Re: [OSM-talk] Nominatim on the main page

On Sun, Feb 18, 2018 at 11:58 AM, Grant Slater wrote: > > How about someone in the community organises a Beauty Parade / Cross > Comparison of different open OpenStreetMap GeoCoders? > How about search against multiple geocoders instead of just Nominatim and

Re: [OSM-talk] Nominatim on the main page

On Sun, Feb 18, 2018 at 11:45 AM, Tom Hughes wrote: > On 18/02/18 17:34, Paul Johnson wrote: > > On the OSM homepage, can we use the visible area (or maybe that plus an >> exploded offset to a larger surrounding bounds) as a bonding box to be >> passed to Nominatim for some

Re: [OSM-talk] Nominatim on the main page

On 18 February 2018 at 17:34, Paul Johnson wrote: > In the diatribe (no disrespect meant, since it did bring up some relevant > points that we can use constructively, simply a description of the tone) > that emacsen posted last week that we've surely all read by now, he does

Re: [OSM-talk] Nominatim on the main page

On 18/02/18 17:45, Tom Hughes wrote: On 18/02/18 17:34, Paul Johnson wrote: On the OSM homepage, can we use the visible area (or maybe that plus an exploded offset to a larger surrounding bounds) as a bonding box to be passed to Nominatim for some context when searching?  This animation

Re: [OSM-talk] Nominatim on the main page

On 18/02/18 17:34, Paul Johnson wrote: On the OSM homepage, can we use the visible area (or maybe that plus an exploded offset to a larger surrounding bounds) as a bonding box to be passed to Nominatim for some context when searching?  This animation really drives the problem home. We

[OSM-talk] Nominatim on the main page

In the diatribe (no disrespect meant, since it did bring up some relevant points that we can use constructively, simply a description of the tone) that emacsen posted last week that we've surely all read by now, he does bring up one point that I think we can work on for fairly immediate