The State of OSMCha
summary
OSMCha is a change‑set validation platform created in 2015, rebuilt with Mapbox support in 2017 and now accepted as an OpenStreetMap US charter project to fund development and hosting. It stores change‑set metadata, runs per‑feature semantic compare checks and accepts manual labels via API, integrates with API and MapRoulette integration, generates three flag types for potential problems, and is open source. Usage hits average 15,000 page views daily with ~380 unique users and a 2.5‑minute session; migration to US infrastructure and smarter prioritization are underway.
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chapters (7)
- 0:00Introduction to OSMCha
- 2:10History and development
- 4:20Features and capabilities
- 7:58Filtering and tracking changes
- 9:45Flagging and quality checks
- 12:21Usage statistics
- 12:41Chatter project and future
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