2020 budget request

The OWG’s 2020 budget request was approved by the OSMF board. Planned new work includes:

• refreshing API DB servers;
• refreshing HP DL360 G6 machines at UCL and OSUOSL;
• upgrading Nominatim capacity; and
• using a consultant to make chef cookbooks more testable and make it easier fr others to contribute.

Network congestion control

BBR network congestion control was tried, then rolled back after problems.

Planet file mirroring

Downloads from planet.openstreetmap.org will now use the a mirror when downloading PBF files. Bzip2 files already used the mirror.

Membership

Radoje Stojisic has joined the Operations Working Group. If you are interested in joining, please read our membership policies and contact us.