Re: [Fsuk-manchester] OpenStreetMap

[Michael Dorrington]

On 15/09/11 00:23, Ben Webb wrote:
> On 14 September 2011 23:22, MJ Ray <address@hidden> wrote:
>> Ben Webb <address@hidden>
>>> [...] However the current Potlatch 2 uses
>>> Actionscript 3, which requires adobe's proprietary build system and
>>> flash player.[1] The actual code to the editor, however, is still
>>> under a free software license (the WTFPL, effectively public domain).
>>>
>>> Hope this clears things up for anyone who was wondering.
>>>
>>> [1] http://www.gnashdev.org/?q=node/72
>>
>> Thanks for that.  So... is there currently a way for free software
>> users to contribute to OpenStreetMap and if so, what is it?
> 
> Yes.
> 
> OpenStreetMap has an open api, and there are clients for various
> platforms[1]. The most used of these is a free software client called
> josm, which is in debian's main repository, and is what I use to
> contribute.
> 
> [1] http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Editing
> 
> Ben

What about their backend server side stuff that present the API?

Mike.

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