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Re: Show HN: MapHub – A Google My Maps Alternative, Based on OpenStreetMap Data

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Neat project. I haven't signed up and tried it out yet, but I see that this allows you to upload map data on top of OpenStreetMap stuff and share it. Depending on how the data is mixed in, the OpenStreetMap ODBL might require users to share their data back with the OSM project. Are you aware of this? Do you notify your users of this as well? The ODBL is kind of like copyleft license for databases (gross oversimplific…

Hi. When someone uploads a GPX or KML file, we have no knowledge about where is that data coming from, so we cannot display a notice either. Same as if someone would upload a GeoJSON to GitHub, GitHub would have no idea about where was that GeoJSON sourced from. I believe users should take care about giving proper credits in the map descriptions, and if not the author should be notified about it (which we'll be addre…

I'm not a lawyer so don't take any of this as fact.

Its not an attribution issue. Its more that if the data is mixed into the database in a certain way, that data must also be made available under terms similar to the ODBl. So if I have the locations of the best Thai restaurants in a city, and I add this data to OpenStreetMap data, refine it based on the existing OSM data and present it, I must make my restaurant data available under the terms of the ODBl.

If you are just overlaying data on top of image tiles generated from OSM data I think you are okay, but once you mix the data it becomes weird. For example if the OSM data has a few of those restaurants in it, and you modify your data set to remove them so there's no duplicates, I think thats a case where you must share your data back with the OSM project. You can check out the OSM (non-dev) mailing lists for more discussion on this.

Re: Show HN: MapHub – A Google My Maps Alternative, Based on OpenStreetMap Data

#72

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Hi. When someone uploads a GPX or KML file, we have no knowledge about where is that data coming from, so we cannot display a notice either. Same as if someone would upload a GeoJSON to GitHub, GitHub would have no idea about where was that GeoJSON sourced from. I believe users should take care about giving proper credits in the map descriptions, and if not the author should be notified about it (which we'll be addre…

I'm not a lawyer so don't take any of this as fact. Its not an attribution issue. Its more that if the data is mixed into the database in a certain way, that data must also be made available under terms similar to the ODBl. So if I have the locations of the best Thai restaurants in a city, and I add this data to OpenStreetMap data, refine it based on the existing OSM data and present it, I must make my restaurant dat…

Hi. I think I understand your issue now. So, most importantly, any data what a user creates / uploads to MapHub is totally independent from the "big" OSM database. Think about it as two totally separate datasets, we will never mix them!

Re: Show HN: MapHub – A Google My Maps Alternative, Based on OpenStreetMap Data

#73
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Good job! Check out what I'm working on: http://mapme.com/ http://mapme.com/stories If you ever want to chat maps, ben@mapme.com :)

Wow - I wish I had known about this a week ago. I spent a few hours building an Austin "travel guide" for friends and family, but the best thing I could think of to use was a Google Doc + a Google Map. I even thought about starting to build a web app like what you've built. I'm definitely going to port my scrappy little Google Doc into Map Me soon.

A couple of comments:

- Tags are really useful, but they are too hidden in the UI. I don't know that most regular users would know to go to the "Filter" menu and then click "Tags".

- The biggest issue I have so far - in the Classic view, I can't see a way to get my descriptions to show up except at the individual pin level. It would be very useful if they could display in the list, like in the Story view.

- Nested categories would be great.

Re: Show HN: MapHub – A Google My Maps Alternative, Based on OpenStreetMap Data

#78

Would love to upload/import KML, as I have a bunch of detailed climbing/hiking maps in google that I don't have time to recreate.

Hi. KML import is fully supported, we especially tested KML exported from Google Earth and Google My Maps. Just click the Import button in the sidebar and select your file.

huh, couldn't see it. sorry.

Re: Show HN: MapHub – A Google My Maps Alternative, Based on OpenStreetMap Data

#79

It would great if I could use this site without first having to make an account. Jsbin and jsfiddle support anonymous usage quite well, and because of that are incredibly useful.

Hi, jsbin/jsfiddle/gist like sharing is one feature we are discussing, but it is quite a delicate issue and not without risks, so we still haven't decided about it yet.

Re: Show HN: MapHub – A Google My Maps Alternative, Based on OpenStreetMap Data

#80
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This is really nice! Is there a chance to get elevation profiles for GPX tracks? Or an elevation profile for a manually drawn track? this would be super helpful for hiking planning.

Hi, yes, I totally agree, calculating elevation profiles for imported and drawn tracks is a very important feature which we are working on.
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