openstreetmap-website
This is openstreetmap-website, the Ruby on Rails
application that powers the OpenStreetMap website and API.
This repository consists of:
- The web site, including user accounts, diary entries, user-to-user messaging.
- The XML- and JSON-based editing API.
- The integrated version of the iD editor.
- The Browse pages - a web front-end to the OpenStreetMap data.
- The GPX uploads, browsing and API.
A fully-functional openstreetmap-website installation depends on other services, including map tile
servers and geocoding services, that are provided by other software. The default installation
uses publicly-available services to help with development and testing.
License
This software is licensed under the GNU General Public License 2.0, a copy of which can be found in the LICENSE file.
Installation
openstreetmap-website is a Ruby on Rails application that uses PostgreSQL as its database, and has a large
number of dependencies for installation. For full details please see INSTALL.md.
Development
We're always keen to have more developers! Pull requests are very welcome.
- Bugs are recorded in the issue tracker.
- Translation is managed by Translatewiki.
- Local Chapters shown on the Communities page, and their translations, come from osm-community-index.
- There is a rails-dev@openstreetmap.org mailing list for development discussion.
- IRC - there is the #osm-dev channel on irc.oftc.net.
More details on contributing to the code are in the CONTRIBUTING.md file.
Maintainers
- Tom Hughes @tomhughes
- Andy Allan @gravitystorm