Month: April 2023

The Planet Rahet

My low-effort bragpost for this week is not the usual suspects, but rather a whole ‘nother planet: Rahet. I think I’ve written before about Rahet, but it’s been a few years, maybe.

Rahet is a “slippy map” planet, on the OSM platform, just like Ogieff (opengeofiction.net) or Arhet (arhet.rent-a-planet.com). For a long time, Rahet was languishing with a moribund render and no api server. But I recently got both up and running again such that it’s just as easy to edit and update the Rahet map as it is for those other planets. Unlike those other planets, though, Rahet is just mine – I haven’t opened it up to other mappers and I don’t intend to. It’s meant to be the setting for a sci-fi novel that I occasionally work on, started some 30 years ago. The map is pretty spare – filling a whole planet is of course utterly impossible.

Here’s a screenshot of the planet.

Screenshot of the map window on the Rahet website, showing the whole planet, zoomed out, with some continents and a few country names

The link to the slippy map is here: https://rahet.rent-a-planet.com/#map=3/-12.04/-21.97&layers=R

March, 2023, User Statistics for OGF

Because the January and February reports were popular on the OGFC Discord, I’ve extracted detailed user summary data for March. These are the results, ordered from highest number of objects touched to lowest number. I think number of objects touched (nodes, ways, relations) is a more meaningful way to evaluate user activity than changeset counts, which are highly variable depending on how individual users use available tools to connect to the database (iD vs JOSM, etc).

March, 2023, in OGF

display_name user_id count_changesets count_nodes count_ways count_rels count_objects
joebro 2580 60 406661 7806 71 414538
tars 10312 189 297656 3839 390 301885
elindio23 8153 48 216716 19434 15 236165
Arlo 10218 379 193790 10887 220 204897
Izaland Terramorphing Committee 15584 96 190716 5369 167 196252
Geoc3ladus 14788 50 178794 12146 54 190994
Bixelkoven 16933 34 167439 4473 42 171954
oneofbeatlefan 6427 51 148708 4468 118 153294
Rustem Pasha 4928 11 88781 9960 275 99016
Hilsonbergman 6375 56 80211 16215 119 96545
Liadrien 17542 60 88475 2732 216 91423
Davieerr 8029 292 81844 8815 137 90796
UN1TY 2194 173 80894 8070 336 89300
iBallasticwolf2 1355 51 79625 3215 121 82961
Le Mathou 790 463 64523 5268 426 70217
Alexmar983 25870 798 56000 11906 79 67985
varnel_maiser 6691 112 51930 2969 256 55155
Timboh 324 29 43890 6243 245 50378
Glauber 14612 55 45205 3491 55 48751
CharlieG 4058 15 45746 2536 15 48297
Luciano 294 9 42277 5810 61 48148
Reviriegu 25104 75 44480 2421 0 46901
Fayaan 18131 371 41149 4719 440 46308
Enderbyte09 25083 39 44004 1537 27 45568
ifgus 4790 66 38164 7191 59 45414
Mie 22733 32 42056 1874 38 43968
Taka 14001 67 39542 3140 735 43417
jl06 18719 68 39848 2567 63 42478
Alessa 2664 28 39991 2420 40 42451
BMSOUZA 954 190 38755 2897 3 41655
plainoldbread 3272 26 38399 2403 33 40835
Toadwart 2322 46 33936 3289 308 37533
thermo_nuclear 2386 55 34461 2887 95 37443
Otto Yamamoto 1368 50 32501 4921 1 37423
Legoman 26243 125 24770 6420 1 31191
ruadh 2725 27 25342 3298 41 28681
chazeltine 7402 33 27713 412 61 28186
Halvarda 21685 87 25174 2270 205 27649
Y Knott 1158 96 21601 5521 48 27170
Intergan 15076 11 25900 819 48 26767
ShavedParm 25749 173 22300 2767 32 25099
Vay 15996 14 23745 932 38 24715
Lithium-Ion 22476 48 22111 2234 53 24398
Yongdinghe 26240 23 20899 2777 19 23695
Leowezy 1267 84 20390 2783 69 23242
newflanders 3228 13 22543 499 53 23095
Turnsole80 1130 22 22373 553 71 22997
Imperator 1141 14 22627 226 42 22895
super_empath 25865 27 18112 4391 33 22536
diamantschiff 11298 25 20044 1003 146 21193
2amCereal 18270 9 19898 1112 26 21036
lankusiek 23807 39 18221 2621 16 20858
BelpheniaProject 1020 11 19572 537 4 20113
Infrarrojo 9678 31 17312 1826 28 19166
indyroads 344 27 17354 1215 1 18570
Kalh79 401 74 15867 2137 204 18208
Gubble 2713 14 15155 2276 0 17431
Sweetykid 25913 78 13887 2715 36 16638
Distel 23033 51 13702 2888 0 16590
P Gaillard 25179 24 14839 1371 60 16270
Rasmus Rasmusson 1139 148 12237 2923 4 15164
Mantan 25551 45 13322 1470 13 14805
Rhett McDonald I 25918 79 11416 3089 41 14546
ItsTybear 17286 74 11342 2804 20 14166
Charlie 26149 18 10161 2834 4 12999
shining-k 24800 29 11580 1230 1 12811
Aiki 2336 16 11315 363 127 11805
Pav 12292 78 9835 1066 13 10914
wangi 468 46 10449 253 208 10910
Koziu 24578 55 8728 2027 5 10760
NM$l 25192 28 10050 692 7 10749
NorthTeaPower 14030 55 8990 1657 27 10674
Olejowy 22566 78 8765 1801 33 10599
cartographersurgeon 25890 68 8283 2248 20 10551
sudo91 22243 21 9115 1168 52 10335
CheesyJeb 25950 14 8798 1209 3 10010
jamigg 25347 10 9547 207 0 9754
pzs111111 20225 11 8882 517 40 9439
stjur 2533 8 8813 270 63 9146
oluap 23204 11 8599 286 2 8887
Ping_a_ding 25311 9 7116 1178 0 8294
kengoman 24572 6 6986 1207 20 8213
raxx 25343 78 5535 2631 7 8173
Fluffr_Nuttr 6846 9 7402 470 79 7951
ante44 1822 14 7081 845 4 7930
Sortsdam 25841 90 6218 1552 47 7817
Eevee 7443 44 6512 1240 7 7759
DanDo 25243 35 6785 437 1 7223
ThePhrogianOverlord 25594 14 6429 736 13 7178
PaintedBlue 23793 73 6098 1007 28 7133
Souzzzzie 26176 56 5828 1172 19 7019
AustinBoath 17528 33 5845 855 1 6701
Quint 26279 104 5274 1045 137 6456
Reece202 1514 17 5499 840 56 6395
ciaosamuu 24620 37 5184 1117 10 6311
zhenkang 3225 13 5554 731 16 6301
mapper941 25228 16 5572 710 12 6294
CrisChoky 18079 4 5623 645 2 6270
pablopilar 875 27 4849 1410 0 6259
Aces California 759 56 5031 1179 44 6254
roadyote 14592 41 5008 1240 3 6251
anakes 1510 11 5590 637 0 6227
Tamanca 26288 56 5060 1125 0 6185
t833 19093 27 4961 1171 7 6139
nichelyo 19757 10 5350 619 34 6003
sergjack 26317 119 4958 964 5 5927
curiomap 11647 61 4936 990 0 5926
ethanxman 2516 11 5066 750 1 5817
Vybranium 26206 22 4150 1587 2 5739
Soboko 8026 9 5002 362 3 5367
MarcustheMapper 13156 32 4713 599 0 5312
tparigo 1747 12 4236 999 54 5289
amicharski 24799 10 4774 504 0 5278
America 25550 40 3471 1758 13 5242
antoon 217 4 3010 2228 0 5238
acv 24879 6 5017 169 2 5188
Fer Jiménez 20466 33 4098 1058 6 5162
mikumikumapper 25619 18 4399 701 4 5104
fngf3501 25280 18 4343 481 10 4834
fbmdf1821 25986 27 4512 267 48 4827
快乐的老鼠宝宝 24171 69 4152 467 77 4696
dsilcott 15620 32 3885 709 1 4595
Oriolet 4764 99 3780 809 0 4589
blz 24720 29 3346 1135 20 4501
Huachachi 15931 20 3852 439 77 4368
Tellis Joseph Frank 26151 36 3249 984 38 4271
Anonymous21 23682 52 3194 747 271 4212
Mattlas 17336 17 3398 752 8 4158
Ernestpkirby 232 12 3452 288 6 3746
Mapper89062 24351 25 2955 644 7 3606
Qing_Jue 26304 9 3223 288 0 3511
Crarji 22595 25 3059 248 124 3431
Mike’s World 14591 7 3044 375 0 3419
cheakshibe 26049 30 2806 592 7 3405
Black Baron 2822 19 3154 158 5 3317
JSanchez 253 27 2738 521 2 3261
ratsoff2u 1017 26 1119 2053 6 3178
Brunanter 1761 14 2745 356 40 3141
Dfltcher2 24710 18 2087 929 1 3017
reCharged 17492 2 2455 504 5 2964
JustSomeMapper 26026 21 2363 435 6 2804
lasklajov 13741 19 2138 663 0 2801
Nikolia 3685 2 2158 621 3 2782
Paul Pfh 23089 22 2296 457 1 2754
deltanz 1438 82 2571 139 24 2734
Icefur2 22747 11 2337 378 1 2716
TheSeamonster 25941 58 2028 567 73 2668
Drogda 15815 12 2320 288 5 2613
TheMayor 14026 17 1708 871 18 2597
Martinawa 11407 1 2520 14 2 2536
TGSpace 25394 13 1898 622 7 2527
jjrc1996 20575 21 1950 528 4 2482
DT_Planner 25648 5 2374 75 0 2449
Stephenplays 7055 34 2117 297 9 2423
OhioRiverSSA 26088 9 2015 323 0 2338
Bddfan 26233 30 1509 813 0 2322
PortCal 1477 15 1993 240 6 2239
trussell2019 17416 13 1660 514 0 2174
理塘丁真 25542 6 1804 230 0 2034
drgtgd 24865 9 1824 201 9 2034
theCubic 24412 1 1977 25 0 2002
AmpereBEEP 23019 8 1693 271 0 1964
Arq635 24043 12 1633 283 15 1931
King James III 13047 29 1574 328 0 1902
ChaoticwasTaken 25995 14 1535 352 3 1890
possumbasement 26343 5 1521 343 0 1864
tule00 1405 5 1617 232 6 1855
Rhiney boi 16127 12 1446 334 23 1803
forest_ 26268 4 1253 545 0 1798
Inkwinter Ye 25597 2 1700 90 0 1790
Easky30 18 5 1501 195 4 1700
Fifafo 17964 3 1432 238 19 1689
Jonesboro 14995 37 1219 374 12 1605
Chan Yun Kai 12958 7 1301 292 1 1594
Schmortn34 26278 11 1254 337 0 1591
yoyo21 1559 4 1455 123 1 1579
Boge 224 13 1209 348 0 1557
Masyas 26066 3 1307 230 0 1537
shmaiss 26173 8 1388 146 0 1534
hoodieman1250 26184 19 1080 447 7 1534
Mchcm 26244 12 1257 247 1 1505
The Torontarian 19888 5 1187 314 0 1501
PLKartofel 26312 16 1195 299 0 1494
django07 25742 10 1156 266 0 1422
thosehlar 1343 13 1249 137 7 1393
waterstealer 24870 7 1314 39 11 1364
Mapputaniumist 26202 14 1042 316 0 1358
venetianlion 26263 19 995 339 0 1334
Christiaan de Vries 1228 18 1015 302 0 1317
forkymapper 14790 2 1232 74 0 1306
liam m m 26285 12 1071 214 1 1286
nsenx 26093 4 1139 140 0 1279
_zM 1789 3 1120 115 2 1237
faru 24926 1 946 253 0 1199
Verkkuserkku 25787 15 889 291 0 1180
Intergalactic 1384 1 1084 49 5 1138
ellocomigue 10830 9 909 223 0 1132
skquinn 1192 42 808 314 5 1127
Mauser 25990 17 899 213 0 1112
bananaman101 25559 14 886 214 5 1105
Ejayy 25141 7 782 296 0 1078
seasvnz 25153 5 805 175 1 981
Friedrich does things 26234 34 801 87 0 888
Rulania 3603 1 815 31 0 846
fauxcartograph 2348 6 622 175 0 797
Suettulanti 1390 4 630 162 0 792
KameKaza 25617 8 671 116 0 787
Karlchen 21635 3 558 163 36 757
Washnmachine7 26293 4 622 98 2 722
Schandlers 19534 9 673 47 0 720
Greg_Rose 22777 3 596 71 2 669
iiEarth 12233 6 565 90 1 656
MarchisioThePal 25969 3 525 120 0 645
jak 16 5 534 82 0 616
samstag 24771 6 478 126 1 605
ndgid 21484 6 549 44 2 595
MetroManMelbourne 24420 1 501 68 0 569
Toad 23441 2 468 80 0 548
Portier 15365 2 525 8 0 533
Kokerey 14213 5 430 85 0 515
Y_Eba 25684 8 468 44 3 515
Trellux 1757 1 431 48 9 488
Braddie 24279 1 389 82 0 471
sude 15789 9 337 113 20 470
Ecchi Kei 25847 4 431 16 1 448
pdplm 6697 5 310 137 0 447
Sehentsin 26217 1 423 15 0 438
u5n7 24421 7 308 123 0 431
Tjitze 25527 2 339 84 0 423
Yousernaim 26309 5 379 41 0 420
火箭苦力怕i 25217 2 349 54 0 403
geoboi 5230 6 213 137 46 396
james smith the great 26185 2 327 63 0 390
NvdW1997 25376 1 359 26 0 385
Jappie051 26241 2 338 28 1 367
infinatious 12340 4 264 98 0 362
ezesantillan 2100 2 211 104 0 315
Logan 25956 5 264 42 6 312
GEOMaps 7233 3 251 58 0 309
nehalem501 8554 4 279 26 0 305
Jwillkur 26221 2 285 19 0 304
Duncan 18635 2 239 60 0 299
Bob Lee 18271 4 215 39 0 254
confusedtoad 25218 5 209 39 3 251
htx 1874 1 240 8 0 248
cya 26130 6 196 49 0 245
JPM 26229 6 172 66 0 238
jba487_14 6326 4 164 74 0 238
julijahaller 15972 2 228 6 0 234
leo武 26247 6 169 49 0 218
RicardoNolazcoC 1582 4 189 29 0 218
Gao07 26187 2 167 42 0 209
nejisadd 25152 6 165 33 4 202
kingfries 1956 11 156 41 0 197
DougDommadome 26336 1 152 36 0 188
Picard-Lindelöf 15483 2 123 61 1 185
orion78 1564 5 116 56 0 172
BlooXen 25715 2 150 22 0 172
Mon 26256 2 108 64 0 172
Vinzenz13 26296 4 133 38 0 171
Hello2048440gn0285 23524 2 148 16 0 164
panorrrama 25773 5 114 31 2 147
JuLn 15225 1 130 9 0 139
Kisarazu Funya 26025 4 100 37 0 137
Ouponamap 25585 2 100 28 0 128
Luis Daza 26284 2 82 34 0 116
georgecg 1504 4 91 22 0 113
ixocrito 26222 2 83 28 0 111
augg 26094 1 81 24 0 105
Dan2611 26329 1 84 17 0 101
gıvro 26305 1 74 9 3 86
NocoRoads 25882 1 66 15 0 81
mstr 1973 1 60 17 0 77
yonah2 25682 3 51 26 0 77
admin 215 3 26 41 6 73
Arbhin 25454 2 54 6 0 60
elabo 1434 3 41 12 0 53
malynemec 26280 1 42 9 0 51
matematysek 25477 1 48 2 0 50
Hbot 1087 1 38 7 0 45
Angel Bobadilla 26276 6 25 18 0 43
MonicaE 26273 1 28 9 0 37
leg21 16589 4 9 20 0 29
doomd10 26347 8 15 12 0 27
Marcello 3254 1 22 4 0 26
JBstad1 159 1 24 1 0 25
KAB 20875 5 15 5 3 23
adminbot 23845 2 7 15 0 22
Mari 26266 1 13 8 0 21
sorby 25307 1 16 2 0 18
Rayx 10814 2 8 5 2 15
NotLanoas 22969 1 8 6 0 14
xioma_sg 8636 7 1 1 12 14
Alex0441 20733 1 0 14 0 14
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nabi 26260 1 5 4 0 9
Laura 26271 1 7 1 0 8
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Ralph & Mackey 26242 4 3 1 0 4
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Meanwhile, in unrelated technical news, the OGF overpass crashed last night. I started out with an ambition to maybe get a new instance of overpass running, with some corrections to the original install configuration to prevent these random segmentation faults from occurring, but I became increasingly frustrated. Overpass is badly documented, and horrendously opaque, and in the end I simply didn’t have the knowledge or patience to do it. So I reloaded (rebuilt) the database in the existing instance, despite all its known problems, and have let it go at that, for now.

If any overpass dev or maintainer happens to read this, just know that I said cusswords about you this morning.