The HOT Tech Working Group kicked off a number of community conversations around directions and roadmaps of core tools. While we haven’t had a larger conversation on OSM Analytics, a number of previous contributors and stakeholders discussed back in March and April some initial directions and ways of thinking for the OSM Analytics project.
Over the last year a number of tools for OSM analysis have been developed. The OSM Analytics project at osm-analytics.org has been one of those projects that has allowed retrospective insight into statistics and how OSM has evolved over time. Since it launched, HOT and a number of other partners like Heidelberg University, Mapbox, Development Seed, Azavea, and the World Bank have been exploring a number of thematic analyses and additional ways to process and visualize OSM data. OSM-Analytics.org has the opportunity to be a place for coordination and communication of these tools.
Below are some initial notes to spark discussion based on our previous discussions between stakeholders:
Frame OSM Analytics as an umbrella project with different implementations focused on answering different questions.
Built on a shared foundation that everyone invests in (time, resources, development). Right now the foundation is QA Tiles.
Support accessibility of both building tools and using the tools through a single entry point.
Convene on a periodic basis (once a month) to share updates, development directions to build a larger community of contributors
Support testing and use of new OSMA Health module (development being led by Devseed and HOT)
Support integrating additional features into OSMA Beta (current osm-analytics.org application) for Open Cities Africa (development being led by World Bank) https://github.com/hotosm/osm-analytics/issues/79
Sketch roadmap for places for future QA Tiles development
Develop a landing page for osm-analytics.org to help users access the right analysis
Other areas of direction we should be thinking about? Or other points of discussion that should be raised?
The HOT Tech Working Group kicked off a number of community conversations around directions and roadmaps of core tools. While we haven’t had a larger conversation on OSM Analytics, a number of previous contributors and stakeholders discussed back in March and April some initial directions and ways of thinking for the OSM Analytics project.
Over the last year a number of tools for OSM analysis have been developed. The OSM Analytics project at osm-analytics.org has been one of those projects that has allowed retrospective insight into statistics and how OSM has evolved over time. Since it launched, HOT and a number of other partners like Heidelberg University, Mapbox, Development Seed, Azavea, and the World Bank have been exploring a number of thematic analyses and additional ways to process and visualize OSM data. OSM-Analytics.org has the opportunity to be a place for coordination and communication of these tools.
Below are some initial notes to spark discussion based on our previous discussions between stakeholders:
Full notes are here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1QBUEXh51k2ZYKNbI4TlhmUCEEdd1PVGPx2ZGWMY8kcQ/edit?usp=sharing
Near term direction
Other areas of direction we should be thinking about? Or other points of discussion that should be raised?