If data editing latency is not a big problem, perhaps we can use a high capacity server for other things.
>From a data consumer POV, maybe we can: - create a map style that incorporate PH specific tags that are not shown in the default osm map (osm-jp's case); - provide province/municipal extracts in various format like shapefile that also include ph specific tags (not entirely sure, but I think HOT in Indonesia did it); - reliable gps map download; - imagery server (we currently access some imagery from jgc also of osm-fr); - sandbox server for many ideas discussed here. @mike, do you think this is something osm-fr can support? Maning Sambale (mobile) On Sep 14, 2012 11:24 PM, "Michael Collinson" <m...@ayeltd.biz> wrote: > Hallo Maning and all and to Mario Baras who was at SOTM 2012 and is on > this list. > > I see from Maning's post to the general talk list that he is already > familar with the French http://live.openstreetmap.fr/. Now here is an > interesting thing. OSM France have also built and are operating a caching > download/proxy upload server for editing. It down loads diffs every > minute. JOSM users can re-direct their editors to use it instead of the > London server. There is also a way to trick Potlatch into using it. For > French and many European users it provides much better response. When you > upload, then it sends your edit to London. It has been running for 6 months > and appears to work correctly. > > And then another thing: OpenStreetMap France also have funding to do > things. But they cannot spend it in France. Dot, dot, dot. > > So I asked Christian Quest, "If there was interest, could they fund a > similar server in the Philippines?" and got a very positive response with > the caveat that a proposal has to be presented to the funding organisation > and they can say yes or no. The proposal could consist of a) server(s), b) > travel by OpenStreetMap France to the Philippines to train (perhaps not > vital but good to create a working relationship) and c) funding to put it > in a high availability data centre. > > So, any interest? > > In addition to helping poor connections (comments?), I see it as a way to > build up a strong system administration team to complement the mapping > community. The Philippine and Japan communities are probably the strongest > in Asia right now. I would also suggest that it could be used as a H.O.T > server to be used in natural calamities if anyone is interested in getting > involved there ... that might also improve the chances of funding. > > Mike > > ______________________________**_________________ > talk-ph mailing list > talk-ph@openstreetmap.org > http://lists.openstreetmap.**org/listinfo/talk-ph<http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ph> >
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