 Last Sunday Latvian OSM community (in the massive numbers of two for this event :) ) created streetview images for the Ķīpsala (literally - bale island) region of Riga. Do you like some remote mapping for relaxation? These fresh images could allow to add a lot of detail. FYI, Cheap electric cars from China won't solve anything. sharing the two links i mentioned during the game engine panel… Also, when I gave Cory an elevator pitch of what's going with @openstreetmap foundation rn, he said it was pretty common for organizations like ours. So maybe we should consult with @eff for options. Almost finished "The Lost Cause" by @pluralistic . Very inspiring — not that I agree with everything, but still, too many good ideas. One of the actors there are a Maga group that opposes settling refugees, calling them "freeloaders and losers and whiners". Which sounds ironic because in the book, those Magas are all those things, not working, but hindering builders. People can't help telling on themselves if you just listen. Which made me think... I'm blaming OSMF for things I'm guilty of. I want and should support mappers — by listening to them more, by hosting awards, by organizing events. But I don't. I should grow and connect local OSM groups, estonian and russian, but I left that to others who don't do a good job at that. I should take my finances and business relations under control, but just don't have the willpower atm. After all, I could re-join all the working groups and help, but instead I whine from the sidelines. I don't think it helps anyone. Had a lady in her 70s say to me something along the lines of "Could you sit down with me one day and explain that Open Map to me, how does it work, how does on access it?" today. She means #openstreetmap , of course. There is hope yet.  @zverik it is a tough one, yes there are some legitimate uses of bulk downloading, but most of the tiles are never viewed. If we accept bulk downloading it will have an negative impact on others seeing fresh tiles, which is a particular concern during vandalism. We should make a clearer metric for the served fresh:stale ratio. EU week daytime hours have a very poor ratio. With some development effort the tile service could have a way to be told the request is bulk, changing render/caching logic. I'm a "full stack developer", in that my stack is full and if you try to push any more tasks on me I'm gonna overflow it and start corrupting my own memory
Show previous comments
 @foone Mine's a LIFO stack and unfortunately you made your feature request back in February, so it might be a while @foone Me with a tiny stack that overflows if I so much as try any task beyond my comfort zone  📢 The end of Early Bird tickets' sale has surpassed all our expectations and the main conference tickets are almost sold out! Please hurry if you want to grab them! 📌 If we run out of tickets then this doesn't mean you've totally lost your opportunity to join the conference! We'll certainly keep you updated about available tickets that might pop up if some people cancel. Link to the shop: https://pretix.eu/foss4ge2024/tartu/ Everything You Wanted to Know About Vector Tiles (But Were Afraid to Ask) 🗾✨ https://www.openstreetmap.org/user/daniel-j-h/diary/404061 I collected my thoughts on vector maps and vector tiles after having spent some time reading the mvt spec for the first time 🦧💡 Happy year of #OpenStreetMap vector maps! 🎉  @richlv @zverik i think a "strong OSMF" means two things: * there is still a ton of interest from organizations of all sizes looking to interface with OSM as consumers and mappers. They want someone to talk to, and OSMF should provide that. Maybe an "executive director" or "biz dev" type person. This is the void that Overture is starting to fill. * support for mappers. Set up/seek partnerships for imagery, importable data, tools * bonus third thing: raise money to dump into these things. So rn OSMF has a) no power, b) no money. They look like they do, but trust me on this. I argue for more power and more money, which some people in the community oppose. Because "support, not control" was there from the start, for a chance that some large corporation will influence OSMF for its nefarious goals. And indeed, most funding would come from big corps. It's inevitable. Yesterday @pluralistic outlined how exactly this anti-community steering happened to @w3c : But if you think that's the reason for not going corporate, consider that right now the controlling already happens — corps keep thousands of mappers on a payroll, publish editors like Rapid and surveying tools like Mapillary, upload ML-detected roads and buildings and steer the community into thinking those kids of imports are okay. Powerful OSMF would keep that influence at bay, not amplify it. Well, I wish :)  @zverik I'm not sure how you can get money and be able to control the companies... Surely corporations would be the main income source. If you then throw your weight around, they won't want to give you money... 📢Don't miss out on early bird tickets - only 3 days left! Our program is fully published, so be sure to check it out - there's something for everyone!🙌 📌https://2024.europe.foss4g.org/registration/ I find wikipedia insufferable. Start a stub article about a US$258+ million under construction dam project and it gets subsequently removed as "not notable". https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polihali_Dam #AfricanFootnote #Wikipedia #Lesotho @Firefishy I just expanded your stub and clarified the issue regarding notability. Now everything is okay. Every Door 5.0 is released, exactly half a year after the last one! Currently available on Google Play and Github. Upgrade now! F-Droid and AppStore will come a bit later: need to fix a thing, and figure out how to build and upload iOS apps from Linux.
[DATA EXPUNGED]
I put Breakout (aka Brick Breaker) inside Google Calendar! It lets you decline any meetings you shatter. blog info + chrome extension link in thread!
Show previous comments
  @eieio Needs a top-bottom reversed version to facilitate getting rid of morning meetings!  @pluralistic omg omg omg! I live in Tallinn but will definitely come for the last one! Been reading your newsletter for a year and I love how your thoughts extend my understanding of nuances on many things. Do you know if the hackers room will be open to public, or just students?  oh and also this is basically a point about relying on generative AI these days. It's literally named the Generation Effect in learning!! "Basically, any time that you, as a learner, look up an answer or have somebody tell or show you something that you could, drawing on current cues and your past knowledge, generate instead, you rob yourself of a powerful learning opportunity. Retrieval, in effect, is a powerful “memory modifier” (Bjork, 1975)." |
Gregory's Server
@richlv I had a plan to make a video explaining how to pretend you're surveying with Every Door while actually looking at Mapillary at home. Maybe somebody else could record this :)