Amᵃᵖanda @amapanda@en.osm.town

What I did in #OpenStreetMap in April 2022
https://www.openstreetmap.org/user/%E1%9A%9B%E1%9A%90%E1%9A%8B%E1%9A%90%E1%9A%85%E1%9A%87%E1%9A%90%E1%9A%9C%20%F0%9F%8F%B3%EF%B8%8F%E2%80%8D%F0%9F%8C%88/diary/399172

First task: Write this custom static site generator software (yes in #Rust 😂 🦀⚙️) and lots and lots of #SQL 🐘

I'm rewriting it with a static site generator, so (at the backend) it will only need to serve up raw static HTML pages.

Currently Townlands.ie is a Django web application ( https://github.com/osmie/osm-irish-townlands ), which only works on old versions of Django/PostgreSQL/Ubuntu (because I haven't spent the time to keep it up to date 😅)

I'm working on an internal rewrite of Townlands.ie which should make it much more robust and less likely to go down. 🙂

But never fear! Townlands.ie isn't going away. 🙂 The premier #OpenStreetMap based map of historical admin boundaries in #Ireland will continue! 🙂

Logaimn.ie, the #Irish Placenames database, has gotten a new website design. 🙂 https://www.logainm.ie/

I could write a #Rust programme to do this, but I can't do _everything_ in rust.

OR CAN I?

What's the state of the art for doing #geo processing in #javascript in the browser?

e.g. I have a ~60km GPX file, ~100 points, and I wanna know the nearest distance of each point to the line.
I know exactly how to do this in postgis, or even by hand. I know basic JS. How can I do this in JS on a webpage? (pref. non nodejs)

It can be a bit annoying when you try to swap out the data directory for an update. And I wished it failed fast when the data directory wasn't there, rather than making an empty database

Once again, I'm installing the photon geocoding software. It really easy to install and run. 🙂

New #OpenStreetMap PoI editing app: Every Door.
https://every-door.app/

As the tooltip points out, it's because #OpenStreetMap is powering Apple Maps (in lots, but not all, places), and #OSM is actually pretty good.

Come join us, and help make a map of the world for everyone. https://www.openstreetmap.org/about

RT @xkcdComic@twitter.com

Maps https://xkcd.com/2617/ https://m.xkcd.com/2617/

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/xkcdComic/status/1523844870736990209

obv. I'm thinking of things like consumer facing cafés here, rather than things like a car factory, or hospital, or things like that. My idea may, or may not, be relevant here. Please feel free to correct me.

Obv. there are regional differences, about closed shops, or whether all employees are in a union, or places where `=no` isn't a bad thing (right?), or whatever. This can't cover everything.