The Rails Port

To be able to cooperate to make a map, you need to setup a database and api software. In OSM this is called  The Rails Port. Read install instructions there.

Some troubleshooting

  • When using MySQL, I had a problem when doing db:migrate: "Mysql::Error: You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the manual that corresponds to your MySQL server version for the right syntax to use near 'CONSTRAINT users_locale_fkey' at line 1: ALTER TABLE users DROP CONSTRAINT users_locale_fkey". Fix:
  • If you don't install the quadtile functions, you will get three(?) errors when running the test. You can ignore this