Ask Slashdot: Easiest To Use Multi-User Map Editing?

Lordfly writes "I'm part of an online group of local hobbyist, semi-pro, and professional photographers. I want to start an editable map that showcases interesting places to shoot photos — parks, old buildings, interesting infrastructure, etc. Ideally I'd like to be able to tag/organize the markers (public/private property), as well as add example photos for each location to give people an idea of what the place looks like.

I've used the Google Maps 'Create a Map' feature, but have found that sharing for other users to see/edit is a bit ... off. Also, given Google's propensity for dropping features without much pretext, it makes me wary to sink time and effort into a possibly ephemeral map. It does most of what I'm looking for it to do, but are there more robust alternatives out there I'm not finding?"

Comments

Ask the OSM community.

[Anonymous Coward]

This is a problem that OSM (open street map) has solved. Either use their service, our even create your own clone - their software is likely to be all open source, and their mapping data certainly is.

wikimapia is for this

[Anonymous Coward]

not sure how hard you're looking if you're aware of neither wikimapia.org nor openstreetmap.org but this is *exactly* what they're for

Ushahidi

[Anonymous Coward]

Try Ushahidi, originally developed more for crisis management and political activitism it may be useful for you. There is also an online version at crowdmap.com you can play with. I have used it for various reasons from the downright comical to the extremely serious and I have not had any issues using it, once you get past the learning curve.

Re:Google..

[FatdogHaiku]

There's usually some warning, and occasionally even a reason. But relying on their stuff is indeed somewhat risky.

Why, how on earth can you say that?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Google_products#Discontinued_products_and_services

Oh, Right. Now I remember...