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: <http://openstreetmap.org/>
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
<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. <https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Editor_usage_stats>
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
<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. <http://openstreetmap.org/>
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 <http://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
<https://wiki.osmfoundation.org/wiki/Osm2pgsql_project_2020-07>
Thank you and happy mapping
Guillaume, for the OSMF board
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