Featured image proposals
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Welcome to Featured image proposals. Great photos of OpenStreetMap community, maps, or artwork posted here stand a good chance of being made Featured images, giving your picture a week of infamy on the main page of the OpenStreetMap Wiki, plus eternal fame in the archives. |
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What kind of image?
The image must be released with an open license (including no non-commercial restriction) and... Just a great image of one sort or another e.g.
We're trying for high standards but all proposals will be considered |
How to propose?
How to propose? Simply create a new section on this wiki page with your proposal (If you don't know how to edit the wiki, you can email CWG instead) That's the minimum and we need more people doing this. After that, you (perhaps with the help of others) can...
If you just do the first step (propose an image) others can help you with the remaining steps. |
Contents
Meta stuff:
- Image sources / places that might contain interesting OSM stuff:
- Dates to be taken note of when choosing a featured image
- Template:Calendar - Upcoming events that might call for an image
- Parked image proposals. Proposals which didn't go anywhere (but may still be rescued back onto this page)
Global Noise Pollution Map
Visualization of noise pollution for the entire world based on top of OSM data. Link: http://lukasmartinelli.ch/gis/2016/04/03/openstreetmap-noise-pollution-map.html Wille (talk)----
- We need permission for this I think -- Harry Wood (talk) 22:16, 18 April 2016 (UTC)
Psychedelic intersections
https://twitter.com/rougeux/status/729494428272844800
TODO: make an extract and ask for CC permissions on it.
-- Harry Wood (talk) 08:00, 11 May 2016 (UTC)
- Question: can somebody explain the following sentence from the linked article]? ( http://www.c82.net/work/?id=350 ...and click "how they were made")
- "Boundaries for an interchange were defined by where on/off ramps merge with major roads or where roads or an appropriate distance away from the main area of an :interchange when the roads didn't merge"
- I lose track of the grammar after "where roads"... Jedrzej Pelka (talk) 15:29, 23 August 2016 (UTC)
- Yes. The sentence seems wrong to me. But we're not connected to this at tall. You would have to ask the guy who wrote it.
- I'll tell you what. I will get in touch with this guy because I need to ask him for permission to publish an extract image a CC licensed image (I'm also going to formulate a particular image to suggest to him). I can mention this sentence to him at the same time
- -- Harry Wood (talk) 09:00, 9 September 2016 (UTC)
tourist map Pisa
Via SK53 on IRC. This looks very nice: crowdfunded tourist map for hills around Pisa http://conf.openstreetmap.it/slides/Mappadeimontipisani.org-OSMIT2016.pdf TODO: Choose a nice extract from the PDF and check we can open license that image (guess not a problem) -- Harry Wood (talk) 08:45, 23 May 2016 (UTC)
Mapparium
Saw a screenshot image of this on twitter: http://blog.alb42.de/programs/mapparium/ No better than any other software screenshot, but we should do more software screenshots really. We can spin a positive caption about this because it's a prime example of OSM data reaching exotic tech platforms!
-- Harry Wood (talk) 12:57, 14 July 2016 (UTC)
Another OSM Laser cutting
Another intresting laser image https://twitter.com/_ynunokawa/status/754992929890906112
...or are we bored of those now? :-)
-- Harry Wood (talk) 14:34, 18 July 2016 (UTC)
Tariki.dz, official trafic safety solution in Algeria
Tariki.dz is a web site launched by the algerian road traffic autority, based on open source solutions, using osm map.
The maps show trafic jam in real time.
-- Sandervalya (talk) 18:07, 11 August 2016 (UTC)
- Is it still working ? Immediate error when going to this website; may be this was just a trial, not finalized for general public use. — Verdy_p (talk) 14:45, 22 August 2016 (UTC)
- Yes it works, it was anouced on radio spots, so is also for general public use, you can see it on latin caracter (french), it will be usefull, just clic on Cartes (Maps), http://www.tariki.dz/index_2.html -
- Sandervalya (talk) 19:07, 22 August 2016 (UTC)
- Apparently it does not connect, constantly I get a server-side error: "The requested URL was rejected. Please consult with your administrator." Are you sure you posted the correct URL ? (possibly you forgot a path, or used a link with a temporary session id generated from another site, this does not work with the default "/" path or with the "/index_2.html" path either; possibly the link is restricted for use only from Algeria; I did not try any VPN access located in Algeria; or the site is not properly announced to be routable worldwide; even the "/favicon.ico" does not load an icoin and returns instead the same HTML page showing this server-side message (though with HTTP status 200 OK); clearing the browser cache has no effect: I think this site requires a prior authorization, or it is down and what you are looking at is the content of your local cache, or the server fails internally while trying to geolocate my IP address, and then crashes and the webserver does not return any useful content, except the generic blank HTML page with the message (and with an internal support error ID)... — Verdy_p (talk) 19:48, 22 August 2016 (UTC)
- you'r right, you can have acces only from an algerian ip ... - Sandervalya (talk) 00:50, 23 August 2016 (UTC)
- A public site that restricts access by country using IP geolocation is extremely bad. Such technics are typically used only for contents with DRM restrictions by market. The Algerian authorities however chose the worst solution, by creating an Algerian-only website, by also assuming that they can legitimately track all IP usages. Algerian people living abroad cannot use the web site or their existing foreign Internet access provider even when they come to Algeria, suing a roaming access). People may still be able to bypass this restriction, using a VPN access provider in Algeria, but they are rare and most of them require paid subscriptions. IP geolocation is very approximative, and this wont work from many corporate networks: this forces them to pay another Internet subscription in Algeria to use the service, even if this is for temporary usage (e.g. during a business trip of a few days). So I think this service should not be advertized outside Algeria (and not on this worldwide website). That's the first time I see an official public website for the general public that restricts access by IP country of origin the Internet access provider. IP Geolocation is typically used only as weak helpers (that return many errors). This also does not help when Internet providers are constantly updating their IP routing tables and frequently need to change routes and remp IP addresses in case of problems (e.g. DOS attacks, failure on a peering link...). But I suppose this was done only to temporarily limit the usage due to limited server capacities. — Verdy_p (talk) 04:24, 23 August 2016 (UTC)
- Clearly we shouldn't link this site in the caption, both from this philosophical point of view, and because the link won't work for most of us! As a featured image I guess this still works, but it I think would be a bit weird to feature a screenshot of a website which we're blocked from viewing. So yeah, that's a shame though. Would be nice to feature an Algerian thing -- Harry Wood (talk) 10:29, 23 August 2016 (UTC)
- I agree (also because here we are strongly supporting net neutrality). I won't subscribe a paid Algerian VPN that will also pass my trafic through the Algerian governmental filtering proxies (that is designed also to block traffic that does not match the official Algerian politics or to enforce laws that are only applicable in Algeria). I hope they will lift this stupid restriction (I don't think this will ever cause a sudden spike on trafic, and this site should progressively be able to support millions of accesses from Algeria and will support without any problem a tiny trafic from elsewhere). They will realize that this restriction also makes the site inacessible even for a significant number of people in Algeria, so this fails the public service mission (IP geolocation frequently fails without notice as IPv4 addresses are constantly remapped by operators, notably from mobile devices). And it blocks access also for many incoming international visitors using their romaing access (there are many Algerians living in France and travelling regularly to Algeria, and many Algerian business working in France, that cannot use this service). This restriction just adds complications for travelers even if no Algerian law is violated by them, it does not help promoting the country and does not improve any kind of security in Algeria. If you live in Algeria, contact an Algerian OSM association to contact the technical team of the Gendarmerie for lifting this restriction (at least this site should offer a basic useful service, even if it applies some trafic prioritization and enforce some HTTP caching policies to preserve their bandwidth; and anyway, it should correct the status returned by the server when trafic is blocked). — Verdy_p (talk) 12:27, 23 August 2016 (UTC)
- Hi guys, i'm in Algeria and we are in contact with the Gendarmerie (they contacted us on OSM to work with them), the answser about the geo-restriction is that it's just a sort of beta version, they are not totaly satisfied with now. So it's clear that we are not gona feature it for the moment. We have some other things to propose ;-) - Sandervalya (talk) 14:03, 23 August 2016 (UTC)
- A public site that restricts access by country using IP geolocation is extremely bad. Such technics are typically used only for contents with DRM restrictions by market. The Algerian authorities however chose the worst solution, by creating an Algerian-only website, by also assuming that they can legitimately track all IP usages. Algerian people living abroad cannot use the web site or their existing foreign Internet access provider even when they come to Algeria, suing a roaming access). People may still be able to bypass this restriction, using a VPN access provider in Algeria, but they are rare and most of them require paid subscriptions. IP geolocation is very approximative, and this wont work from many corporate networks: this forces them to pay another Internet subscription in Algeria to use the service, even if this is for temporary usage (e.g. during a business trip of a few days). So I think this service should not be advertized outside Algeria (and not on this worldwide website). That's the first time I see an official public website for the general public that restricts access by IP country of origin the Internet access provider. IP Geolocation is typically used only as weak helpers (that return many errors). This also does not help when Internet providers are constantly updating their IP routing tables and frequently need to change routes and remp IP addresses in case of problems (e.g. DOS attacks, failure on a peering link...). But I suppose this was done only to temporarily limit the usage due to limited server capacities. — Verdy_p (talk) 04:24, 23 August 2016 (UTC)
- you'r right, you can have acces only from an algerian ip ... - Sandervalya (talk) 00:50, 23 August 2016 (UTC)
- Apparently it does not connect, constantly I get a server-side error: "The requested URL was rejected. Please consult with your administrator." Are you sure you posted the correct URL ? (possibly you forgot a path, or used a link with a temporary session id generated from another site, this does not work with the default "/" path or with the "/index_2.html" path either; possibly the link is restricted for use only from Algeria; I did not try any VPN access located in Algeria; or the site is not properly announced to be routable worldwide; even the "/favicon.ico" does not load an icoin and returns instead the same HTML page showing this server-side message (though with HTTP status 200 OK); clearing the browser cache has no effect: I think this site requires a prior authorization, or it is down and what you are looking at is the content of your local cache, or the server fails internally while trying to geolocate my IP address, and then crashes and the webserver does not return any useful content, except the generic blank HTML page with the message (and with an internal support error ID)... — Verdy_p (talk) 19:48, 22 August 2016 (UTC)
Visualizing OSM.org's map views
Tool created by the user User:tyr_asd allows us to visualize the stats about the OSM.org's Map Views: web application / blog post
- Thanks Wille. That's great. We're overdue again, so Featuring this now. -- Harry Wood (talk) 17:32, 12 September 2016 (UTC)
State Of the Map Group photo
That's the obvious thing for this week. scheduled.
Usual problem. I actually don't know who the photographer is, and I'm just assuming it's open licensed. I need one of the SOTM organisers to confirm that and fill in details on the image page. The organisers are all a but busy at the moment of course
-- Harry Wood (talk) 22:34, 25 September 2016 (UTC)
