User:JaimeLyn/Weekly Reports

These are weekly reports on the Historical_OpenStreetMap FOSS OPW project for User:JaimeLyn

My OPW-related blog posts can be viewed on Blogger.

Community Bonding Period

 * 1) Most of this has been done through the mailing list.

Lessons learned since 21 April

 * 1) Started from scratch in using IRC. Picked up the basics here and here
 * 2) There is an overwhelming amount of information about both the OHM project and MediaWiki in general on the web, which makes Googling for links problematic at best (and hair-tearing at second best). I've learned to use this page as a key to some of the more frequently needed resources.

Communication Plan

 * 1) Our team uses the Historical Mailing list, Google Hangouts and IRC #ohm
 * 2) I will complete weekly progress reports here with frequent check-ins to my mentor via Hangouts and/or IRC.

Deliverables
The MVP: Integrate the time slider created by ConorMc (need user page to properly cite) into the Rails_Port webpage codebase.

The second half of the internship will be spent integrating the slider into the map renderer.

Week 1: May 19 to May 25
 * 1) Researched history of OHM project in archives and GitHub issues here and here.
 * 2) First OHM planning meeting on Google Hangouts, synopsis by Robert H. Warren posted on User/JaimeLyn/Weekly_Reports/May 22 OHM Hangout Synopsis
 * 3) Added to Github OHM organziation and (scarily) given push access.
 * 4) Assigned and began work on microtask of investigating methods for client-side rendering

Week 2: May 26 to June 1 - DRAFT/WIP
 * 1) Went spelunking through the OHM Rails Port to find where to place the slider
 * 2) Attended #OPW IRC chat for OPW Interns on May 27th, 3PM UTC.