'Knowledge archive' page

[timcouwelier]

In under a week within the riot channel, I've seen a ton of usefull pages being linked, on a variety of subjects. I'm covering it now through a series of bookmarks, but a page bundeling an afwul lot of helpfull pages / scripts / .. could be significant added value.

This could contain - without limiting it to the following list - things like:

• Mapillary as a data source / how to contribute to it / how to request a free mount
• Links to a few standard scripted pages on turbo overpass (like the one supplied to check max speeds)
• Links to the forums, activity calendars, ..
• List of WMS sources which can be used within the scope of OSM license
• ...

I have a feeling there is a ton of great tools (and easy to use web applets) lying around, where links are gathering dust rather then reaching their potential due to not being known to the general public.

In case of 'building an osm.be community', bundling them through the website osm.be would assist in piggybacking of eachothers knowledge, data sources and general insights for mutual improvement and quality of life while processing data. OSM.be seems a better platform then this then merely an international wiki, though it could of course be duplicated there.

[joostschouppe]

I like the idea, but I'm not sure how we can do this. Basically, it sounds like a front page to wiki.osm.org. And hence it has the potential to grow indefinitely. I think something on mapillary, overpass, wms etc would be great blog posts; but it's also you want to keep in the spotlight over longer term. It doesn't really fit in the "projects" page either, as those tend to be bigger. Maybe just a page "tips for beginners" or something?

[timcouwelier]

Now nearly two months later, I pretty much see it as an extented version of the belgian subforum sticky. Mainly referencing tools, data sources and communication channels, with some of them eventually to be elaborated on through a series of blog posts.

I will agree one can wonder to what extent we need to do this at a 'belgian' level rather then indeed just working on the global wiki. A 'Mapillary section' could involve 'why?', 'how to view data?', 'how to shoot data?', 'how to edit your data?' (I for one don't usually review all the blurs...), and 'how to use the data within JOSM?'. I don't think I've come across a not-overly-cluttered-page (or wiki) that covers it.

Maybe I'll try and build a base template on my own, and see into what issues I run. If I'm happy with it, I can share the info here.

[joostschouppe]

Tim expanded on this idea by e-mail, I'll post the gist of it here: a page with "small projects" you could do. Like map everything with mapillary, keep track of your edits for road surfaces, landuse, speed limits with nifty overpass-turbo queries etc.

[jbelien]

Is it still something we want to add in our website or do we decide to use the wiki ?