## Microcosms in OSM
Brian DeRocher
State of the Map US 2022
April 1^st^, 2022
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## Who am I?
- Software Developer / Cybersecurity
- Volunteer mapper since 2009
- Organizer of MappingDC :heart:
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$200 per year (in 2020)
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## Meetup Advantages
* excellent publicity
* large membership
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## Meetup Disdvantages
* participants didn't expect to do work
* few returning participants
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## This is the mapper we are looking for
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The mappers are already mapping. We need to support them within communities.
(Meetup is still good for finding new mappers.)
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## Highly Scientific Survey :face_with_monocle:
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```vega
{
"$schema": "https://vega.github.io/schema/vega-lite/v5.json",
"data": {
"values": [
{"type": "Meetup", "returns": 5},
{"type": "mapper", "returns": 19}
]
},
"mark": "bar",
"encoding": {
"x": {
"aggregate": "sum",
"axis": {"labelAngle": 45},
"field": "returns",
"type": "quantitative"
},
"y": {
"field": "type",
"type": "nominal"
}
}
}
```
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# Microcosms
(small world)
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### https://apis.dev.openstreetmap.org
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### https://mappingdc.org/microcosms
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## Next Steps
- [x] DONE Version 1.0
- [x] DONE Stop adding features for now
- [x] DONE 100% test coverage on all new features
- [x] DONE Spam prevention
- [ ] Rewrite the PR into 4 PRs
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## The Pull Request
* 6 resources
* 10 database migrations
* 200+ commits
* "Too big"
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## Future Ideas
* Link to mailing list
* Show GPS traces of area / members
* Stronger support for changeset review
* Integrate with OSMCha
* Badges (idea from IanH)
* Block mayors
* Adopt a street
* Integrate with https://community.openstreetmap.org
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## Future Ideas
### Quality Assurance
* Spot the Mailbox
* Task Manager
* Import all bike lanes from city data
* MapRoulette
* keep right!
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## Future Ideas for Organizers
* Tools to find places to map
* Libraries / cafes / rec centers
* corridors of POIs / zones
* staleness map (Martijn?)
* Measure completeness:
* % restaurants
* % hotels
* % markets
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### Thank you! :cake:
You can find me on
- GitHub
- Twitter
- or email me
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Brian DeRocher
@openbrian
> Tomorrow at 9:30pm panel discussion about organizing communities.
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https://wiki.osmfoundation.org/wiki/Local_Chapters_and_Communities_Working_Group
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