libremesh/libremap

LibreMap moved to https://github.com/libremap

libremap's Issues

"libremap" branding is confusing

libremap "is an online collection of all digital USGS 1:24K scale topographic maps (as well as various other GIS data) covering the United States, available as a free download." Sounds familiar? It shouldn't! :) But it's what is return by various search engines (duck duck go, google) when searching for "libremap".

I would humbly suggest to replace "libremap" with "libremap.net" everywhere to ensure that we talk about "libremap net", which it really is: libremap is not about mapping in general as much as about mapping networks.

Other ideas?

[agent] openwrt submit agent

There exist agents for

• OpenWiFiMap: freifunk repo
• AlterMap: libre-mesh repo

Goal: Merge 'em!

Features:

• plugin system:
  • community: data about the community
  • routing: data that is specific for the used routing-protocol.
  • service: connected users, essids/bssids, network config, dhcp leases, signal strength
• include in upstream openwrt?

[webui] show hints to LibreMap instances having more data

If a LibreMap instance only stores relatively few routers (e.g. of only one community) and the user zooms to another area, then a list of LibreMap instances that have (more) information about this area should be shown.

Possibilities

• maintain a list of LibreMap instances in git repo.
• maintain LibreMap instances in LibreMap by introducing an 'instance' document type.
• clustered CouchDBs (data split across several servers)?

[webui] restructure code

e.g. requirejs, browserify?

[webui] plot terrain profile

Plot a terrain profile for a link or between two points (similar to olsrmap by @Pitxyoki). Before implementing: check licenses of data sources!

Examples

• olsrmap instance: http://zedathome.no-ip.org/olsrmap.php
• Guifi.net's maps: somewhere hidden on their Drupal instance. Probably findable from https://guifi.net/es/maps ?

Possible data sources:

• NASA?
• http://www.viewfinderpanoramas.org/dem3.html
  • used by: http://www.udeuschle.selfhost.pro/panoramas/makepanoramas_en.htm
• http://www.heywhatsthat.com/profiler.html, used by Guifi.net and the olsrmap

[api] document conflict resolution

If documents are updated on several CouchDB servers at once, then document may conflict, see the couchdb guide. The conflict has to be resolved from the outside, e.g. the submitting agent or a maintenance script.

[api] include source LibreMap URL

Include the URL of the LibreMap instance where a router document was pushed to first (via the update handler).

[api] gather router history

Determine possibilities of storing a router's history when it is updated.

Possibilities

• push history document from router.
• push history document by listening on CouchDB's _changes feed.

Questions

• will history be replicated?
• aggregation of history (as in RRDtool)?