Engineering Working Group

The Engineering Working Group assists and guides the community-driven development of OSM-related source code and tools. It is recognised that there is a steep learning curve and wide set of knowledge required to develop OSM software. The primary aim of this working group is to reduce those barriers by facilitating learning and helping new developers to join and participate in the OpenStreetMap development community.

This includes:

• Running events that help developers connect with people with ideas (e.g: designers, usability experts).
• Creating and maintaining resources to lower the barrier to entry into the OSM development community.
• Guiding the development process by suggesting priorities and setting goals.

This does not include:

• Managing development resources such as servers (see Operations Working Group).
• Setting strategic direction (see Strategic Working Group).
• "Delivering" code to any time scale.