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I agree it could be part of OSM, but keeping it up-to-date is really tricky. Piano locations are impermanent structures and information can become outdated in j

by qrv3w 5y ago

I agree it could be part of OSM, but keeping it up-to-date is really tricky. Piano locations are impermanent structures and information can become outdated in just a few weeks. It would take a lot of effort to keep it up-to-date and there are very few people willing to put in that effort (i.e. "few" because the union of groups of people that love public pianos and like editing OSM is small).

dewey 5y ago
Could it be synced back to OSM so that people can submit in your nicer interface but it'll flow back into OSM? I'm honestly not super familiar how open OSM is for things like that.
- defanor 5y ago
  Haven't tried it myself, but there are automated imports going on here and there, and a few wiki pages (including a code of conduct) on the topic too: https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Automated_edits https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Automated_edits
- stereo 5y ago
  The pianos.pub could be an osm editor that just edits pianos, based on https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/MapComplete https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/MapComplete
- ancarda 5y ago
  There's lots of prior art, such as https://wheelmap.org/ https://wheelmap.org/ -- so I imagine OSM is somewhat open to this sort of thing. Might be worth looking at how Wheelmap edits OSM. I believe it's from a generic account and edits are tagged such to make it clear it's from a member of the public. You could also implement OAuth (sign-in with OSM) to do edits, similar to how some tools like https://maproulette.org/ https://maproulette.org/ work, though you'll get less contributions if you don't have an option for anonymous public edits.
Gigachad 5y ago
Not to mention that a lot of downstream projects using the OSM data set only update once every few weeks / months so by the time the data hits, its already old.
pabs3 5y ago
Pianos are pretty heavy and probably don't move around that much?
- stereo 5y ago
  Don't move around that much? Classic mistake. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pD8I6SG_DAU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pD8I6SG_DAU
- zymhan 5y ago
  I'll have you know I take my piano on long strolls every evening to stretch his strings
PennRobotics 5y ago
Idea: list pianos as speed traps

by qrv3w 5y ago

dewey 5y ago

Could it be synced back to OSM so that people can submit in your nicer interface but it'll flow back into OSM? I'm honestly not super familiar how open OSM is for things like that.

defanor 5y ago
Haven't tried it myself, but there are automated imports going on here and there, and a few wiki pages (including a code of conduct) on the topic too: https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Automated_edits https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Automated_edits
stereo 5y ago
The pianos.pub could be an osm editor that just edits pianos, based on https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/MapComplete https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/MapComplete
ancarda 5y ago
There's lots of prior art, such as https://wheelmap.org/ https://wheelmap.org/ -- so I imagine OSM is somewhat open to this sort of thing. Might be worth looking at how Wheelmap edits OSM. I believe it's from a generic account and edits are tagged such to make it clear it's from a member of the public. You could also implement OAuth (sign-in with OSM) to do edits, similar to how some tools like https://maproulette.org/ https://maproulette.org/ work, though you'll get less contributions if you don't have an option for anonymous public edits.

Gigachad 5y ago

Not to mention that a lot of downstream projects using the OSM data set only update once every few weeks / months so by the time the data hits, its already old.

pabs3 5y ago

Pianos are pretty heavy and probably don't move around that much?

stereo 5y ago
Don't move around that much? Classic mistake. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pD8I6SG_DAU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pD8I6SG_DAU
zymhan 5y ago
I'll have you know I take my piano on long strolls every evening to stretch his strings

PennRobotics 5y ago

Idea: list pianos as speed traps