Talk:List of OSM based Services

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Coverage

How about a column on the table about the coverage of each map? For instance, I loved the idea of ÖPNV-Karte (just an example) but they don't render South America data. --Nighto 12:26, 30 March 2010 (UTC)

good idea but how to realize? Enumerating what is covered or what is not? --!i! 16:06, 8 August 2010 (BST)
What about a new column with something like this : Thumb and this Thumb. Yeah, I know, that's quite a huge work, and not every one will make the effort, but that was just an idea ;-) sletuffe 23:13, 18 August 2010 (BST)

Splitt into sub parts

What about splitting the table up e.g. one part for information centered, the next for artistic centered pages and the last one for tools? --!i! 11:35, 7 August 2010 (BST)

Good idea, I think e.g. QA should get its own section with things like duplicate nodes map, unmapped places map and Skobbler Bugs (OT: I am missing the access map an the OpenGastroMap too). Perhabs we can have a section for multiple platforms like browser, iPhone, Android and webOS (Minimap and MapTool) --DINENISO 13:09, 8 August 2010 (BST)
Ok i will do this job. But actually I think 3 sections are enough otherwise it will be cluttered --!i! 14:58, 8 August 2010 (BST)
The table is sortable so it would be enought to create a new column with this unsharp categorisation. --Kolossos 11:57, 9 August 2010 (BST)
Nice idea! think this will do it! --!i! 12:23, 9 August 2010 (BST)
I'm not completly happy with the column sorting, there is now a huge list of materials (which is very good !) but it's hard to find what one search without reviewing every description. A "by target" (browser, gps unit, smart phone). A "by theme" (outdoors sports, place finding/routing, accessibility, general purpose) would be excellent... but is a wiki the best tool for that ? ;-) sletuffe 23:32, 18 August 2010 (BST) (Any way, congratulation for the enormous clean up !) sletuffe 23:32, 18 August 2010 (BST)
Thank you very much :) I agree it is not the best sollution but this might be a result of the mass of items. I have no idea, your suggestion sounds good! But altering this table is a mass... For Software we go the opposite way, we tag on the single wiki pages of the Software tools using a template and try to collect all together using some kind of crawler+report generator. But this won't work here.
But we might use an template to make altering more easy and split up between data and representation?
Ended, I tried a few edits with terrible pain (I'm not that good at wiki tables), if I would add a column; I'd probably hang myself with a rope long before any results ;-). The template idea+categories on every tools page sounds promissing, but I have no idea how we could then construct an automatic, sortable list from that ! (is it even possible ?) I'll leave the answer to wiki experts... sletuffe 13:39, 20 August 2010 (BST)
It's not as hard as you think :) Please have a look at the first table at this page: Software/Desktop It is generated using templates which allows a naming of attributes and easily extending it in one single template: Template:Sw. Would this be better usable to you? If so please make suggestions for the new columns and it's values--!i! 14:50, 20 August 2010 (BST)
That looks extremely good, I'll be happy to help create the template, add it to has many osm tool. Let's try that ? like here Template:obs sletuffe 15:11, 30 September 2010 (BST)
Looks like I'm completely lost with templates and need a bit of help ;-) sletuffe 15:30, 30 September 2010 (BST)
I would be glad to help you, but unfortunatly I have a lack of time ATM. Will try it next week --!i! 20:32, 30 September 2010 (BST)
No problem, there's no hurry. (PS: you kept posting this comment in "minor edit") sletuffe 09:15, 1 October 2010 (BST)
I finaly changed over to a template based approach. Would be nice if you can help me in finding good categories, so we can split up the big table into smaller ones. This will simplify the editing process and allows easier navigation as already mentioned. I created a few categories, further ideas are:
* specific (focused on a single product or else)
* historic
No problems, I'm here to help, where can I find the template you've done (if it's allready up) ? My categories idea were : QA (quality Assurance tools)/ Outdoor_maps (Slippy map for out door sports)/ Fun (Funny maps based on OSM). Also I think we could create, if possible, different levels of category such as purpose (who is it for), target (what software/hardware is it for, such as for browser, for GPS devices, for desktop apps) and coverage zone sletuffe 16:18, 3 November 2010 (UTC)
Yes it's already online and I converted this page already. Feel free to change the categories as you like. I made a few first one to split up the big ugly to edit table. --!i! 16:43, 3 November 2010 (UTC)
In fact, when you mentionned Software I thought you would propose doing the same thing : i.e adding a template on every osm based service page, and the global list whould automatically be constructed as needed by a magic template system I'm not aware of. But after a little more readings, what I wanted might only be done by a bot such as : User:TTTBot. Whouldn't that be simpler to use such a mecanism ? sletuffe 19:06, 7 November 2010 (UTC)
Nice idea, unfortunatly not every webservice has a own wiki page. I'm not sure if this is a good idea to create the stub pages just for a distributed list. Currently we splitted up the table which makes editing a lot easier and I hope people find faster their stuff or get a better overview. I will talk to Tordanik who maintaines the bot. But actually there are some requests on exteding it for Software so I guess you have to be patient. --!i! This user is member of the wiki team of OSM 20:15, 7 November 2010 (UTC)
If the only problem is that not every webservice has its own page, I can help create them and add the appropriate template with name, caterories, coverage, etc. But I understand that it might be a lot of work for the first step since you allready have done a huge clean up by splitting tables. sletuffe 10:37, 9 November 2010 (UTC)

Neighbour projects

Is there any idea where we can list neighbour projects for example openaerialmap.org ? --!i! 21:25, 9 August 2010 (BST)

I cleaned up Related Projects for this link genre --!i! 06:24, 12 August 2010 (BST)

Isokron

Isokron and PoiExport is missing, can I add this service (info from the OSM news) to the site or is this site only filled by a bot? --DINENISO 11:11, 10 March 2011 (UTC)

Would be great if you enter it. But I saw PoiExport already there ;) --!i! This user is member of the wiki team of OSM 11:24, 10 March 2011 (UTC)

Questions

I contacted the author cause this list should be for serices/maps that are generate out of OSM and have different map style. For just pages that use OSM as a backgroundmap, we try to use OSM Internet Links instead (as mentioned in the page header)--!i! This user is member of the wiki team of OSM 16:15, 8 June 2011 (BST)
Okay, thank you for clarifying this issue. :-) --SB79 17:22, 8 June 2011 (BST)
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