Add GeoJSON for Public Peer Location

Adding more metadata on where peers are would assist in third-party mapping of the CJDNS network using openstreetmap mashups.

For example, fc00.org could add a map background and root known nodes before calculating force layout, representing known nodes with "pins" and location-unknown nodes as "clouds".

For this data, would have to insist that the geo-mapping match the actual location of the server and not the server operator, because someone hosting a VPS in a datacentre might accidentally add their location as operator.

It would also be helpful to correlate this map with a public database of significant clearnet infrastructure. For example, in Cork, Ireland I'm thinking of approaching a local datacentre to suggest a Cork CJDNS node on which to build a local network, which would then be adjacent to several inbound oceanic cables/fibres. It'd be cool for the map to present this data so that international peering negotiations between nodes could have more useful visual data attached. If you ask to peer with me and I observe that you're connected through some fat pipes that'll improve the network, that's a big argument in favour of agreeing.

[Kubuxu]

It fits more nodeinfo.json which suggested format already includes geographic position.

I saw that in the spec, but noted that nobody in the peers list included it. I've since noticed the overflow bug, so perhaps that's why.

My reasoning was, if nobody's following the spec yet, now would be a good time to change the spec to an existing standard like geojson, which would allow consumers of the information to use libraries in their own languages easily. IIRC, GeoJSON supports several different formats, some of which are pretty simple and straightforward to fill in.

However, with the 404 bug, I can see why nobody's bothering right now..

..found this: https://github.com/waaghals/Hyperboria-Map

Which is turning the idea on its head; have a geographical map of GeoJSON that contains NodeInfos instead of the other way around. That would solve the buffer issue, I suppose.

But, from a mindshare/platform point of view, this repository has more data than Hyperboria-Map. Although, they do have a dataset of NL datacentres, so they're clearly thinking along the same lines; helping to make the equivalence of Clearnet vs. CJDNS more explicit to assist in peering strategy, particularly given the Horizon issue.

[Kubuxu]

nodeinfo.json is something different. It is file that is supposed to be hosted via HTTP on each node (look at http://[fc88:c649:1d80:e13f:4206:4b3e:e1e3:bc37]/nodeinfo.json). It doesn't include location specification but I might add it right now.

EDIT: I've added location to my node.
EDIT: Peers repo is for public/open peers listing, additional informations should be IMHO included in in nodeinfo.json or other database.

(Heh, I'm not on cjdns/hyperboria yet, I'm looking at bootstrapping a localnet and then peering internationally, which is how I found all this stuff) :)

[Kubuxu]

Here is how nodeinfo.json looks in my case: http://hastebin.com/raw/uxofubibow

Here is general specification: https://github.com/hyperboria/docs/blob/master/cjdns/nodeinfo-json.md

Cool, thanks for the pointers for info. Glad to know it is in use, if not here on the pub peer list. :)

While we're on the subject of acclimatising noobs like myself, how long is projectmeshnet.org likely to be down for? Lots of links and beginner info seems to link there but the wiki's "down for maintenance" and the root domain is down completely according to cloudflare.

I'm guessing lots of information on how the various bits like CJDNS-internal DNS systems (.hype, .bit..), the apparent "spec" of using a "h." subdomain for hyperboria-servers, etcetera were all documented on that wiki but are now inaccessible from clearweb.

[Kubuxu]

Use https://github.com/hyperboria/docs/ for starters and get peers and talk with us on HypeIRC.

DNS part of project was hanged up, everyone uses what fits him.
It will be much easier via IRC: irc://hypeirc.cjdns.ca

[thefinn93]

@cathalgarvey I finally figured out the issue with projectmeshnet.org and made the guy running it fix it. It was only broken on https, leading to everyone telling me i was crazy when i asked when it was down. It's been redirecting (on http) to hyperboria.net for a while, now works on https too

Cool, thanks! Although, the wiki still appears to be dead. :)

[thefinn93]

Yeah, he's "going to update that message soon" for the last month or so. It's gone. it was a shit hole of bad info written by people who didn't understand it. We asked that it be taken down, which he did, but rather than explain this he put up that absurd maintenance message.

Hm, I see the problem with bad info, but I hope the diamonds in that rough will be preserved somehow instead of vanishing into the great /dev/null in the cloud?

[kpcyrd]

@cathalgarvey here's an export: https://github.com/hyperboria/old-wiki

[kylerchin]

Hello?

[wfleurant]

Should we add an optional coordinates key with permitted values: lat, lon, alt
or do we really want geojson?
I'd rather see a script ./make-geojson.js which builds the geojson from the collection of documents in the repo.