Write text, add links, upload images and documentsāāānotes are the basic units of information here.
Can have locations
Can have milestones
Can have references
Can be tagged
Can be added to notepads
Can make discussion threads
Can be added to boards
And itās all about organizing your stream of notes.
Remember that old photo someone posted a few years ago? How do I find it now? Never mind, here it is.
Tags
The main tool for organizing notesāāābut wait, you can tag other tags, too! Tag pages show content which is explicitly tagged with child tags, too. Whatās more, data marked as geographically located inside is also shown.
Can be tagged
Can have locations
Can have milestones
Can have references
Can be added to boards
Notepads
Useful for collecting and highlighting notes. Find them listed on project main pages.
Can have custom URLs
Boards are the to-do lists here.
Imagine tags with tasks
And just like with tags, you can add same item to multiple boards.
Make them public or fine-tune the permissions
Choose whether to reveal the very existence of each board, and grant permissions to configure themāāāor even edit every item added.
Hide items until polished to perfection
Optionally
Boards can be configured to hide added items from people without access to them. Looking for a drafts or trash folder? Look no further!
Itās especially useful if your knowledge fits on a map.
But thatās not required.
Put your data on the map
See all notes within polygon-located tags
Mark locations with issues
Import places from OpenStreetMap
Export data as GeoJSON
⦠and expect more geography to come.
Preserve your knowledge.
Your efforts deserve to be safeguarded.
Every day, well-structured ZIP files with all text data and uploads are generated for each project.
Project owners can make them public or keep to themselves.
Configure your project.
Make it meet your needs.
Choose who can post
Switch anytime
Be the only narrator, select your co-authorsāāāor let the world join the discussion!
Choose your licence
Protect your findings or let the world copy them like Wikipedia articlesāāāthe choice is yours!
Add your own domain
Optionally
Build your brand. Hopefully you choose to stayāāābut if you donāt, your audience will follow you.
Zurbu, a moonshot at creating blogs and forums for local history enthusiasts worldwide, is launched. Old blog articles get migrated there.
2024
Finally, the current version of Zurbu appears. Rewritten from scratch, with all the existing data and new content, and an ambitious goal of providing like-minded people a convenient and safe space for the things they care about.