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The
Engineering Working Group
supports open source software development related to OpenStreetMap. It has existed
in its current form
since 2021. Like all working groups, the members are volunteers. The group is always
welcoming additional members
What we do
The Engineering Working Group (EWG) is charged with
Handling software development paid for by the OSMF
Putting out calls for proposals on tasks of interest, and accepting proposals on other tasks
Offering a platform for coordination of software development efforts across the OSM ecosystem
Managing OSM’s participation in software mentorship programs
For handling paid development, "tasks" include development of new features, maintenance of code, documentation, and other tasks that improve the developer experience. We encourage applications from skilled individuals who aren’t professional developers, professional contractors or companies, as well as those who are. In our first round we will look for projects that don’t need much management and will apply the principles of the
Hiring Framework
We encourage standardization and shared efforts between projects by bringing together developers with similar interests. This work also includes responding to emails and directing people at other people or appropriate resources.
Join us
We are looking for people with experience developing software or managing software development in the OSM software ecosystem. Please get in touch by contacting
engineering@osmfoundation.org
! When you reach out please include the following in your email:
Your
OpenStreetMap
username
Why you are interested in joining the EWG
Your experience working with the OSM software ecosystem
Process for new members
Membership applications are discussed within EWG. If no members of EWG object within 1 week, a membership application is immediately accepted. If there are objections, the application is put to a vote among EWG members.
Who we are
Members of the EWG are listed below. Conflicts of interest, if any, can be found under each member's name. Many members simply have no relevant affiliations.
Salim Baidoun
Employed by TomTom
Andrew Hain
Adam Hoyle
(chairperson)
Tobias Knerr
Freelance software developer doing some OSM-related work
Maintainer of
OSM2World
Roland Olbricht
(secretary)
Also currently treasurer of the Foundation
Employee at
MENTZ GmbH
(in the
OSM wiki
, a software supplier for public transit. All customers are public transit companies, no interest supplying software to the OSMF. Some products and services include using OSM data.
Author of the
Overpass API
Ramya Ragupathy
Emerson Rocha
Mikel Maron
Product Lead at
. We use OSM but not actively developing OSM related tools
Board Member at
. They create and use OSM regularly but not active in engineering.
Robert Koeze
Héctor Ochoa Ortiz
Also deputy secretary of the Foundation. Current bio and conflicts of interest updated at the
board bio page
Minh Nguyễn
Core Software Development Facilitator
for the OSMF, funded by the Sovereign Tech Fund
OpenHistoricalMap advisory board member
Doing MapLibre development work under NLNet funding
Jake Low
OpenStreetMap US employee
Maintains MapRoulette, OSMCha, Field Papers, the OSM US Tileservice, and Layercake
Spending and eligible projects
Like other
working groups
, the EWG submits annual budget requests to the OSMF board.
As a rough long-term guidance, we aim for the following spending breakdown:
50% of funding to core OSM software used to edit OSM or OSM-specific software run on the OpenStreetMap website
30% of funding to OSM quality assurance and analysis tools and OSM-specific software in common use
20% of funding to consumer-facing OSM software and new software
All code written must be open-source and available without charge.
The EWG is working towards a first round of funding work on software from the OSM ecosystem. We’ve compiled a
Project Funding Framework
to guide our selection and funding process.
Meetings and minutes
The Engineering Working Group (EWG) is holding meetings every 14 days. Meeting dates are published on the
OpenStreetMap Calendar
Meetings are open to the public by default and take place
on this BBB instance
See the
/Minutes
subpage for meeting minutes, including those of
EWG's previous incarnations
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