That idea seems good to me: reasonably simple - not a new database for each usecase, but giving place to all that potentially useful data that is seen as unworthy for the main database. Some categories (category=sport/birds/metadata/...) would likely have to be created to allow filtering only some features in JOSM, otherwise it would be unusable. Lukáš Matějka (LM_1)
2013/4/7 Dave Sutter <sut...@intransix.com> > Creating another instance of the OSM database and server is a very > good idea. I would propose we make the purpose of this database to > allow people post ANY geo data that is NOT part of the base map. It > would be an open database for general GIS data. > > Some examples of random things people could do with this database: > - The high resolution imagery outlines discussed in this thread > - Migratory patterns of birds (I can't find the post where someone was > requesting where to do this...) > - GPS tracking for running, hiking, cycling and other recreation, > similar to Strava or MapMyRun (see > http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/OpenSportMap) > - GIS Management for operations like Haiti OSM team > > The official OpenStreetMap database is for the basemap and this new > instance would be for operational data. > > Of course there could be many different operational layer databases, > and different layers have been discussed many times. For starters, we > could just make one database and let people use it for any such > purpose. > > Also, when there is talk of alternate databases there is talk of > linking between databases. For starters we would not have any > provision for this. This would just be a separate GEO database. > > How do we do this? I'd like to reference a post by Jason Remillard, > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/talk/2013-February/066301.html > > "We apparently have a lots extra bandwidth and disk space on our US > OSM servers. Requests have gone out asking for ideas..." > > So perhaps it could be hosted on US OSM servers. > > Dave > > On Sat, Apr 6, 2013 at 8:08 PM, Steve Bennett <stevag...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On Sun, Apr 7, 2013 at 2:15 AM, Janko Mihelić <jan...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> I think this boundaries can be useful, but should be in some other > database. > > > > > > Are there any other appropriate databases? That is, something with the > > same form (an OSM database) for stuff related to the OSM project, but > > not containing actual OSM content. I'm thinking Wikipedia has talk > > pages, project pages, and meta.wikimedia.org; Stack Overflow has > > "meta" - would some kind of "meta" OSM database be appropriate? > > > > Steve > > > > _______________________________________________ > > talk mailing list > > talk@openstreetmap.org > > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk > > _______________________________________________ > talk mailing list > talk@openstreetmap.org > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk >
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