SimpleTaskManager

This is a simple structured task manager for e.g. OpenStreetMap (OSM). Take a look at the latest version on stm.hauke-stieler.de.

The idea behind this project is to create a simple and general purpose tasking manager for all kind of geo-related things (e.g. mapping in OSM, photography of old buildings, etc.).

A tasking manager is an application which helps multiple people to work in the same region without interfering with each other. Usually such region is divided into squares and only one mapper at a time works on one square.

How does it work?

A user can create a project with consists of a large region on the map (e.g. a city district). This region is divided into smaller areas (e.g. 1x1km large squares) the so-called tasks. It is also possible to create tasks by importing geometries from a file (e.g. a GeoJSON file).

One user at a time can now work on such task and this user is able to update the process of the task by setting the process points. Once the region is fully mapped, the user finishes it by setting the process points to the maximum value and maybe starts working on the next task.

The owner of a project is also able to invite others to a project. When one user works on a task, no other user is able to also update the process of that task.

Yet another tasking manager?

(aka: What's wrong with the HOT Tasking Manager?)

I personally don't like the HOT Tasking Manager that much for several reasons (not that intuitive UI, iD integration, automatically getting unassigned from a task after some time, etc.). Things might have changed since I last used it, but that were my thoughts some time ago.

Alternatives are e.g. the MapCraft or the damn project, but neither worked for me personally. So yes, basically this is another tasking manager, however, this is not a clone of an existing one.

Documentation

Documentation can be found in the doc folder (deployment, api, security, architecture, operation, etc.) and in the separate client and server folders (mainly setup and development information).

Currently there's no end user manual, tutorial or something similar.

Contribute

Feel free to create an issue or pull request.

For further information, take a look at the CONTRIBUTING.md.

Want to start coding? Read the doc/development/README.md to learn how to get started.