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OpenStreetMap User's Diaries: Bus Stops
https://www.openstreetmap.org/user/SomeoneElse/diary/403731
2024-03-18T14:24:55+00:00
<p>There’s lots of data stored in OSM about bus stops, but often maps and apps created with OSM data don’t make much use of it (with <a href="https://osmand.net/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">OsmAnd</a> being the notable exception). For here’s a bus stop as shown by OSM Carto:</p>
<p><img src="https://map.atownsend.org.uk/tmp/Screenshot%202024-03-18%20130546.png" alt="Bus stop in York in OSM Carto"></p>
<p>You can see that it’s a bus stop, and you’d be able to see the name if you could zoom in a bit more. However, in <a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/node/1469538779" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">OSM</a> there’s actually lots more information. For the map styles that I look after (both web-based raster maps and for Garmin devices) I tried to add a bit more detail. Here’s the result:</p>
<p><img src="https://map.atownsend.org.uk/tmp/Screenshot%202024-03-18%20131045.png" alt="Bus stop in York at map.atownsend.org.uk"></p>
<p>The bus stop icon has several extra elements that can be varied. The main part is the bus - still present but disused stops get a black “x” instead. Most bus stops have a pole. and that is shown to the right. The “r” indicates that there’s some sort of real-time display at the stop and the “s” that there’s a button that people can press to hear an announcement saying when the next buses are due. A “t” is shown if there’s just a timetable. The stop name itself is composed of several components - the <code>name</code> field itself, and also if set <code>ref</code> and <code>naptan:Indicator</code>, often “opp” or “adj” in the UK.</p>
<p>A feature of bus stops in my local area is that most also have a QR code of the form <code>http://deps.at/?32900012</code>, which redirects to a website for that stop that shows the same information as on real-time displays. The parameter is the <a href="https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:naptan:NaptanCode" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">naptan:NaptanCode</a>. Unfortunately this doesn’t work for all stops, so I’ve manually added the <code>website</code> locally only where it actually works. The website is shown on the stop when you zoom in.</p>
<p><img src="https://map.atownsend.org.uk/tmp/Screenshot%202024-03-18%20132533.png" alt="Bus stop showing website"></p>
<p>The full variety of symbols can be seen in the legend <a href="https://map.atownsend.org.uk/maps/map/map.html#18/-25.01180/135.18096" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">here</a>. Zoom in to see larger icons.</p>
<p><a href="https://github.com/SomeoneElseOSM/SomeoneElse-style/blob/master/style.lua#L9892" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Several tags</a> are used to decide whether a bus stop pole is likely to be there or not, and I’ve used <code>"physically_present=yes</code> is used on disused bus stops to indicate that a pole exists but they’re not in use. Some in my local area are signed as not in use, but the majority are not - the only indication is uaully the lack of a timetable.</p>
<p>Newer buses locally do have displayed and spoken announcements of stop names on board, but sometimes the name on the stop, the name displayed on the bus and the name announced on the bus are all different - see for example <a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/node/9902117056" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">here</a> and <a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/node/1261931352" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">here</a>. I’ve used <code>bus_display_name</code> and <code>bus_speech_output_name</code> where these differ. I made those last two names up; I couldn’t see anything at <a href="https://taginfo.openstreetmap.org/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">taginfo</a> and a <a href="https://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/talk-gb/2024-February/031138.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">mailing list post</a> didn’t generate any other suggestions. If either of the other names isn’t contained within the main one, I’ve appended them to the end, like this:</p>
<p><img src="https://map.atownsend.org.uk/tmp/Screenshot%202024-03-18%20140558.png" alt="Bus stop with multiple names"></p>
<p>Of course, if someone can suggest a better tag for these names I’m all ears (but not <code>alt_name</code> or some semicolon=separated monstrosity as neither of those would explain which name is which).</p>
<p>Maps for Garmin are similar, except that relevant information is <a href="https://github.com/SomeoneElseOSM/mkgmap_style_ajt/blob/master/transform_03.lua#L2060" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">appended</a> to the name directly. Also note that a number of Garmin devices such as older Garmin Nuvi satnavs (and presumably newer Garmin drive ones) support speech output directly.</p>
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OpenStreetMap User's Diaries: OpenStreetMap NextGen Development Diary #1
https://www.openstreetmap.org/user/NorthCrab/diary/403729
2024-03-17T20:13:29+00:00
<p>Today I decided to introduce a new format for sharing <a href="https://community.openstreetmap.org/t/the-next-generation-of-openstreetmap-in-python/105621/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">OpenStreetMap-NextGen</a> development progress with the community. I’ll post weekly/bi-weekly updates highlighting changes and the current project status. Since this is the first update, I’ll cover some recent highlights.</p>
<p>You can subscribe to my diary updates on RSS: <a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/user/NorthCrab/diary/rss" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">link</a>.</p>
<h3 id="new-settings-page--highlight">New Settings Page (⭐ Highlight)</h3>
<p><img src="https://img.monicz.dev/-wmAAmYAWin" alt="New settings page screenshot"></p>
<p>I’ve begun migrating the settings/preferences section. My goal is to streamline this experience, as I’ve found the current system a bit complex. Surprisingly, many users don’t know it’s possible to change the default editor — I want to make this more obvious.</p>
<p>A new menu on the left of the screenshot (hidden, not yet finished) will provide clear navigation between general, 2FA, OAuth, and other settings.</p>
<p>This page is still work in progress. I intend to add a help text explaining how to contribute to translations and that the translations are made by the community.</p>
<p><img src="https://img.monicz.dev/-MzuJPwcWJn" alt="Image optimization logging output, console screenshot"></p>
<p>This screenshot highlights a new image optimization algorithm, which uses a binary search-like algorithm to find the perfect image optimization configuration in limited amount of steps.</p>
<h3 id="last-weeks-progress">Last Week’s Progress</h3>
<p>I am heavily focused on migrating the HTML templates and pages. I believe it is a critical step towards opening up the NextGen codebase to new contributors. Without those (mostly) functional pages, it is difficult to add new features or improvements.</p>
<p>The following templates have been worked on:</p>
<ul>
<li><code>/welcome</code> - finished</li>
<li><code>/fixthemap</code> - finished</li>
<li>email base template - finished</li>
<li>email signup confirm - finished</li>
<li><code>/settings</code> - work in progress</li>
</ul>
<p>I have additionally addressed issues that lead to some issues with API endpoints, as well as worked on frontend and backend optimizations. You can see the full breakdown in the repository <a href="https://github.com/Zaczero/openstreetmap-ng/commits/main/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">commits log</a>. I keep my work completely transparent.</p>
<h3 id="openstreetmap-website-vulnerability-report">OpenStreetMap Website Vulnerability Report</h3>
<p>I finally <a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/user/NorthCrab/diary/403719" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">published</a> my OpenStreetMap website vulnerability report. I conducted this security audit while studying the website source code, which was a mandatory step to preserve backwards compatibility.</p>
<p>Some of the highlight findings is a security flaw allowing an attacker to blindly reply to any private message as anybody. Another surprising finding is that the Ruby website stores user authentication tokens in plain text. If an attacker had gained access to the server where these tokens were stored (with just read access), they could have potentially compromised a large number of accounts.</p>
<p>All of the vulnerabilities have already been fixed or are being fixed in the NextGen implementation.</p>
<h3 id="openstreetmap-nextgen-benchmark-1-of-4-static-and-unauthenticated-requests">OpenStreetMap NextGen Benchmark 1 of 4: Static and unauthenticated requests</h3>
<p>I have recently <a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/user/NorthCrab/diary/403650" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">published</a> the first benchmark of the OpenStreetMap-NG. It focuses on measuring static and unauthenticated requests as this code is fairly stable unlikely to be changed. Future benchmarks will include more realistic scenarios.</p>
<p>I compared the results with the current Ruby website implementation. I faced issues with reproducing deployment scenario on my local machine due to outdated documentation (and since I am a Ruby-noob, I couldn’t fix it myself).</p>
<p>Despite the imperfect benchmarks, I believe the obtained numbers hint at the potential performance gains of NextGen’s codebase.</p>
<h3 id="project-sponsors">🦀 Project Sponsors</h3>
<p>In my development diaries, I want to include a dedicated section thanking my current project patrons. It’s through their support that I’m able to work full-time on OpenStreetMap-NextGen. Rather than focusing on the amount donated, I want to highlight the individuals themselves — it’s the gesture that is the primary driving factor.</p>
<p>Currently, my work is sponsored by 2 patrons on Liberapay, including one private donor, and one public donor with the mysterious looking username <strong>~1847430</strong>.</p>
<p>Thank you to both of you, you made me smile 😋.</p>
<p>If you’d like to join my development sponsors, you can find me on <a href="https://liberapay.com/Zaczero/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Liberapay</a> or <a href="https://github.com/sponsors/Zaczero" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">GitHub Sponsors</a>. Currently, all contributions go directly towards the development of OpenStreetMap NextGen.</p>
<p><a href="https://liberapay.com/Zaczero/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer"><img src="https://liberapay.com/assets/widgets/donate.svg" alt="Donate using Liberapay"></a></p>
<h3 id="disclaimer">Disclaimer</h3>
<p>Please note that this project is not affiliated with the OpenStreetMap Foundation. It’s the result of my voluntary work and personal choices.</p>
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http://www.openstreetmap.org/diary/
OpenStreetMap User's Diaries: Celebrating Open Data and Women Empowerment: Reflections from OpenStreetMap Rwanda 2024 march 9th.
https://www.openstreetmap.org/user/rebekah24/diary/403728
2024-03-17T17:14:02+00:00
<h1 id="eco-mappers-osm-rwanda-odd">Eco Mappers OSM Rwanda ODD,</h1>
<p>As we commemorated International Open Data Day and International Women’s Day, we embarked on a journey to intertwine these essential themes for equitable development. On Saturday, March 9, 2021, amidst a global celebration of Open Data Day, our event in Rwanda stood as a beacon of empowerment, bringing together over 50 enthusiastic participants eager to delve into the world of open data.
<img src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/21/International_women%27s_day_2024_Celebration_in_Rwanda_and_Open_Data_Day81.jpg" alt=""></p>
<p>Before delving into the event’s highlights, it’s crucial to acknowledge the significance of Open Data Day. With more than 60 events worldwide, it underscores the global community’s commitment to promoting open data’s usage and accessibility. Thanks to the support from key funders, including the Open Knowledge Foundation, these events serve as catalysts for change, fostering collaboration and innovation.</p>
<h2 id="ahead-of-our-event">Ahead of our event,</h2>
<p>we conducted a survey to gauge participants’ understanding of open data. This initial assessment laid the groundwork for tailored sessions aimed at bridging knowledge gaps and empowering participants, particularly Rwandan women, in leveraging open data for societal progress.</p>
<h2 id="during-the-event">During the event,</h2>
<p>we focused on equipping Rwandan women with insights into their current roles and future prospects in the open data landscape. Drawing inspiration from success stories of young Rwandan women in the field, we showcased the transformative power of open data initiatives. By highlighting these narratives, we aimed to inspire and empower women to actively engage in projects championing equality through data-driven approaches.
<img src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/10/International_women%27s_day_2024_Celebration_in_Rwanda_and_Open_Data_Day013.jpg" alt="Alt text"></p>
<h2 id="reflecting-on-the-event">Reflecting on the event,</h2>
<p>several lessons emerged, offering valuable insights for future endeavours. Firstly, we learned that inclusivity is paramount in fostering equitable development. Regardless of one’s background or prior knowledge, there’s always room for individuals to contribute meaningfully to open data initiatives. By providing accessible information and creating welcoming spaces, we can effectively engage citizens in driving societal change.</p>
<p>Furthermore, our experience highlighted the importance of fostering a supportive community for women in open data. In Rwanda open community, we witnessed a diverse landscape of women, ranging from newcomers to seasoned veterans, each contributing unique perspectives and initiatives. Facilitating platforms for knowledge sharing and collaboration among these women is essential for nurturing talent and fostering innovation in the pursuit of equal development.</p>
<p><img src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f5/International_women%27s_day_2024_Celebration_in_Rwanda_and_Open_Data_Day019.jpg" alt="Alt text"></p>
<p>As we navigate the evolving landscape of open data and women empowerment, it’s imperative to remain committed to our collective goal of creating a more inclusive and equitable society. Through initiatives like OpenStreetMap and Eco Mappers Rwanda, we continue to harness the journey in open Mapping in 3 Planetary Crisis , (Climate change, Biodiversity loss and Pollution) to Influence future Resilient Rwanda through youth open mapping participation. Since power of data drive positive change, empower marginalized communities, and pave the way for a brighter future.</p>
<h2 id="in-conclusion">In conclusion,</h2>
<p>Our event served as a testament to the transformative potential of open data and the pivotal role of women in shaping its future. As we celebrate our achievements, let us thank and appreciate all the Men who are always theirs to push the agender of promoting Women in geospatial tech and the open data representation Intentionally, let us remain steadfast in our commitment to harnessing data for the greater good and advancing the cause of equality, one map at a time.
<a href="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1f/International_women%27s_day_2024_Celebration_in_Rwanda_and_Open_Data_Day778.jpg" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1f/International_women%27s_day_2024_Celebration_in_Rwanda_and_Open_Data_Day778.jpg</a>
<a title="Rumuri Rutazima, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons" href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:International_women%27s_day_2024_Celebration_in_Rwanda_and_Open_Data_Day778.jpg" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer"><img width="500" alt="International women's day 2024 Celebration in Rwanda and Open Data Day778" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/International_women%27s_day_2024_Celebration_in_Rwanda_and_Open_Data_Day778.jpg/512px-International_women%27s_day_2024_Celebration_in_Rwanda_and_Open_Data_Day778.jpg"></a></p>
<p><a title="Rumuri Rutazima, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons" href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:93International_women%27s_day_2024_Celebration_in_Rwanda_and_Open_Data_Day.jpg" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer"><img width="512" alt="93International women's day 2024 Celebration in Rwanda and Open Data Day" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/93International_women%27s_day_2024_Celebration_in_Rwanda_and_Open_Data_Day.jpg/500px-93International_women%27s_day_2024_Celebration_in_Rwanda_and_Open_Data_Day.jpg"></a></p>
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http://www.openstreetmap.org/diary/
weeklyOSM: weeklyOSM 712
https://weeklyosm.eu/?p=17115
2024-03-17T13:58:57+00:00
<p>07/03/2024-13/03/2024</p>
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<p class="wp-caption-text">OSM-Community in Metro Manila [<a href="#wn712_30203"><sup>1</sup></a>] | © OSM community in Metro Manila | map data © <a href="https://wiki.osmfoundation.org/wiki/Licence/Licence_and_Legal_FAQ">OpenStreetMap contributors</a></p>
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<h2 id="wn712_mapping">Mapping</h2>
<ul>
<li id="wn712_30185">Anne-Karoline Distel has <a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/user/b-unicycling/diary/403656">written</a> a blog about rag trees mapping (<a href="https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:place_of_worship%3Dsacred_tree"><code>place_of_worship=sacred_tree</code></a>) in OpenStreetMap.</li>
<li id="wn712_30214">Robhubi <a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/user/Robhubi/diary/403707">asked</a>, in a blog post, whether the wiki page for the key <code>name</code> needs to be restructured.</li>
<li id="wn712_30218">SK53 <a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/user/SK53/diary/403698">described</a> the mapping of chapels in crematorium buildings in a very detailed blog post.</li>
<li id="wn712_30178"><a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/user/Codesurfer">Codesurfer</a> has <a href="https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Proposal:Social_facility%3Dequine_assisted_centre">requested</a> comments on their proposal <code>social_facility=equine_assisted_centre</code>.</li>
<li id="wn712_30177">Voting on the elevator dimensions <a href="https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Proposal:Elevator_dimensions">proposal</a> is open until Monday 25 March.</li>
</ul>
<h2 id="wn712_community">Community</h2>
<ul>
<li id="wn712_30203">[1] GOwin <a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/user/GOwin/diary/403675">blogged</a> about an AlayData event of the OSM community in Metro Manila to celebrate Open Data Day. Last but not least, the trivia at the end of the article is interesting <img src="https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/14.0.0/72x72/1f609.png" alt="😉" class="wp-smiley" style="height: 1em; max-height: 1em;" /></li>
<li id="wn712_30189">Rebecca Firth, Executive Director of HOT, <a href="https://www.virgin.com/virgin-unite/latest/bridging-gender-data-gaps-and-transforming-her-world-through-open-mapping">spoke</a> about how her team uses open maps to help change women’s lives for the better.</li>
<li id="wn712_30215">Doué-en-Anjou (in the south of Maine-et-Loire, France) now <a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/user/Vali-44-49/diary/403683">has</a> <img decoding="async" src="/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/fr.svg" />►<a href="https://www-openstreetmap-org.translate.goog/user/Vali-44-49/diary/403683?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=EN"><img decoding="async" src="/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/en-green.svg" /></a> a small OSM community! It organises itself using the <a href="https://www.communecter.org/#@osmDoueenanjou">Communecter</a> <img decoding="async" src="/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/fr.svg" /> social network.</li>
<li id="wn712_30217">Craftmapper <a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/user/Negreheb">Negreheb</a> <img decoding="async" src="/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/de.svg" />►<a href="https://www-openstreetmap-org.translate.goog/user/Negreheb?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=EN"><img decoding="async" src="/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/en-green.svg" /></a> first searched OSM and then the internet for second-hand shops in his neighbourhood. To record those missing from OSM, he cycled around local shops and <a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/user/Negreheb/diary/403695">mapped</a> them.</li>
<li id="wn712_30198">Deus Figendi <a href="https://t.me/OSM_de/110146">called</a> <img decoding="async" src="/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/de.svg" /> for more use of <a href="https://lucaslongour.org/posts/2024-01-12-panoramax-userjs-for-openstreetmap/">Panoramax</a>. Paul <a href="https://t.me/OSM_de/110149">explained</a> <img decoding="async" src="/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/de.svg" /> Panoramax in a nutshell: ‘Street pictures à la Kartaview/Mapillary, but technically like Mastodon’. Christian Quest <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vh87F5Zie6k">explained</a> it in detail in a video from SotM Europe 2023.</li>
<li id="wn712_30190">The <a href="https://ivides.org/youthmappers-ufrj">YouthMappers UFRJ Chapter</a> <img decoding="async" src="/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/pt.svg" /> (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) has <a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/user/Raquel%20Dezid%C3%A9rio%20Souto/diary/403666">received</a> an award from the YouthMappers project, for promoting women’s participation in its membership and activities.</li>
</ul>
<h2 id="wn712_openstreetmap_foundation">OpenStreetMap Foundation</h2>
<ul>
<li id="wn712_30202">Members of the OpenStreetMap Foundation Board and several of the OSMF Working Groups are <a href="https://blog.openstreetmap.org/2024/03/12/call-to-action-help-us-grow-and-diversify-osmf-membership/">launching</a> a membership campaign with the goal of growing and diversifying membership in all regions of the world.</li>
<li id="wn712_30216">Engelbert Modo has <a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/user/ENGELBERT%20MODO/diary/403693">put</a> <img decoding="async" src="/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/fr.svg" />►<a href="https://www-openstreetmap-org.translate.goog/user/ENGELBERT%20MODO/diary/403693?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=EN"><img decoding="async" src="/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/en-green.svg" /></a> together a few good arguments for why you should become a member of the OSMF and help shape the composition of the Board and the focus of its work. His appeal is particularly aimed at mappers in regions that currently only have a very small proportion of members.</li>
<li id="wn712_30201">Each of the OpenStreetMap Foundation board members <a href="https://blog.openstreetmap.org/2024/03/12/the-openstreetmap-foundation-board-looks-ahead-to-2024/">shared</a> a few sentences about where they want to contribute in 2024.</li>
</ul>
<h2 id="wn712_local_chapter_news">Local chapter news</h2>
<ul>
<li id="wn712_30192">Rebecca Nyinawumuntu Jeannette, from OSM Rwanda/ecomappers, <a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/user/rebekah24/diary/403567">blogged</a> about their monthly mapathon events.</li>
</ul>
<h2 id="wn712_events">Events</h2>
<ul>
<li id="wn712_30187">Raquel Dezidério Souto <a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/user/Raquel%20Dezid%C3%A9rio%20Souto/diary/403662">blogged</a> about her participation as a special speaker at the Open Data Day UFBA 2024 (Brazil). The keynote video and PDF file are publicly available in Portuguese and English.</li>
</ul>
<h2 id="wn712_maps">Maps</h2>
<ul>
<li id="wn712_30194">Matt Whilden has <a href="https://en.osm.town/@watmildon/112062783683561091">developed</a> TIGERMap, a webmap to help facilitate reviewing the TIGER import of roadways in the United States on OpenStreetMap.</li>
<li id="wn712_30170">Martin Brake, an expert in road engineering, rail engineering, tunnel construction and much more, has <a href="https://martinbrake.de/timelines/info">published</a> a map based on OSM, which helps visualise the development of transport networks over time (rail, motorway, underground, suburban railway) in Germany, London, and Barcelona.</li>
</ul>
<h2 id="wn712_osm_in_action">OSM in action</h2>
<ul>
<li id="wn712_30197">The German Amateur Radio Club (DARC) is <a href="https://50ohm.de/">offering</a> <img decoding="async" src="/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/de.svg" />►<a href="https://50ohm-de.translate.goog/?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=EN"><img decoding="async" src="/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/en-green.svg" /></a> an introduction to amateur radio with the help of a <a href="https://50ohm.de/N_course_index.html">learning</a> <img decoding="async" src="/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/de.svg" />►<a href="https://50ohm-de.translate.goog/N_course_index.html?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=EN"><img decoding="async" src="/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/en-green.svg" /></a> platform. In addition to a detailed course <a href="https://50ohm.de/kurse_vor_ort_karte.html">map</a> <img decoding="async" src="/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/de.svg" />►<a href="https://50ohm-de.translate.goog/kurse_vor_ort_karte.html?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=EN"><img decoding="async" src="/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/en-green.svg" /></a>, the DARC has also created a training <a href="https://50ohm.de/patenkarte.html">sponsor</a> <img decoding="async" src="/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/de.svg" />►<a href="https://50ohm-de.translate.goog/patenkarte.html?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=EN"><img decoding="async" src="/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/en-green.svg" /></a> map based on OSM. To keep the data up to date, a registration form can be accessed via a link on the map.</li>
<li id="wn712_30182">governorkeagan <a href="https://en.osm.town/@governorkeagan/112051741994014134">spotted</a> his first ‘mapinthewild’ that uses OpenStreetMap.</li>
</ul>
<h2 id="wn712_software">Software</h2>
<ul>
<li id="wn712_30196">Ian Wagner, from <a href="https://stadiamaps.com/">Stadia Maps</a>, gave a <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FpyEld_CImo">talk</a> on using the open-source routing engine <a href="https://github.com/valhalla/valhalla">Valhalla</a>. The talk systematically covered aspects of Valhalla’s flexibility through reference documentation and live demos using QGIS and the JSON API.</li>
<li id="wn712_29971">Mapstories <a href="https://www.mapstories.de/">allows</a> you to tell stories using maps. It uses OpenStreetMap, or the Mapbox library, as a base map and is available in DE, EN, ES, and FR.</li>
<li id="wn712_30213">Tobias Zwick <a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/user/westnordost/diary/403704">announced</a> his plan to develop an iOS version of StreetComplete, using Kotlin Multiplatform and JetBrain’s Compose for the UI. Part of the development is being funded by the Prototype Fund, a German public interest tech grant program. For the remainder, he asked for help from the community, noting the numerous contributions up to this point that have made this endeavour feasible in the first place.</li>
</ul>
<h2 id="wn712_programming">Programming</h2>
<ul>
<li id="wn712_30191">2hu4u <a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/user/2hu4u/diary/403660">wrote</a> a tutorial on how to add wireless connectivity to enhance his previously <a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/user/2hu4u/diary/399857">documented</a> very cheap and ultra portable street level imagery setup.</li>
<li id="wn712_30184">Kamil Monicz has <a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/user/NorthCrab/diary/403650">tested</a> the performance of his OpenStreetMap NextGen (osm-ng) for the first time. The main task was to evaluate static and unauthenticated queries, which showed osm-ng to be much faster than osm-ruby, with the fastest execution time of 0.00314 seconds. mmd’s <a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/user/NorthCrab/diary/403650#comment56884">diary comment</a> outlines some of the shortcomings in the testing methodology.</li>
</ul>
<h2 id="wn712_releases">Releases</h2>
<ul>
<li id="wn712_30212">Tobias Zwick has <a href="https://github.com/streetcomplete/StreetComplete/releases/tag/v57.0">released</a> StreetComplete v57, which now includes an overlay with which all those small map features such as benches, bicycle parking, roadside trees, ATMs, and other street furniture in general can be mapped. Another highlight of v57 is the building overlay, which mappers can use to view and edit building types in their vicinity.</li>
<li id="wn712_30200">The OrganicMaps March 2024 update has been <a href="https://organicmaps.app/news/2024-03-11/now-everyone-can-back-up-or-share-all-bookmarks-and-imported-tracks-as-one-kmz-file-with-just-one-click/">released</a>. You can now export all of your bookmarks with a single click for backup; maps are updates to 28 February, and there is a track colour editor for iOS.</li>
<li id="wn712_30188">Sarah Hoffmann <a href="https://nominatim.org/2024/03/08/release-440.html">announced</a> the release of Nominatim version 4.4.0 and Photon version 0.5.0. This release comes with bug fixes and performance improvements and a new, experimental feature for exporting a Nominatim database to SQLite.</li>
<li id="wn712_30183">Version 0.7.0 of OpenStop, the app to collect information (about accessibility) at public transport stops, has been <a href="https://github.com/OPENER-next/OpenStop/releases/tag/v0.7.0">released</a>. Aside from many other improvements it’s now possible to <a href="https://hosted.weblate.org/engage/openstop/">translate</a> the app into any language using Weblate. The development team have <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e-8VB6H67cY">also</a> created a video briefly introducing the app.</li>
</ul>
<h2 id="wn712_did_you_know_…">Did you know …</h2>
<ul>
<li id="wn712_30211">… there is a <a href="https://github.com/Helium314/SCEE">modified</a> version of StreetComplete called SCEE? It is aimed at experienced OSM contributors who desire more advanced editing capabilities in StreetComplete and is <a href="https://f-droid.org/packages/de.westnordost.streetcomplete.expert/">available</a> on F-Droid.</li>
</ul>
<h2 id="wn712_osm_in_the_media">OSM in the media</h2>
<ul>
<li id="wn712_30199"><em>Outsite</em> featured an article on how to <a href="https://issuu.com/outsite.org/docs/magasinet-outsite-37-marts-2024">contribute</a> <img decoding="async" src="/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/dk.svg" /> (pp. 40–43) to OSM using mobile apps. <em>Outsite</em> is a Danish magazine aimed at hikers and other outdoor people.</li>
</ul>
<h2 id="wn712_upcoming_events">Upcoming Events</h2>
<table>
<thead>
<tr>
<th>Where</th>
<th>What</th>
<th>Online</th>
<th>When</th>
<th>Country</th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td>Chemnitz</td>
<td>Chemnitzer Linuxtage <a href="https://osmcal.org/event/2691/"><img decoding="async" src="/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/osmcal.png" width="16" height="16" /></a></td>
<td></td>
<td>2024-03-16 – 2024-03-17</td>
<td><img decoding="async" src="https://blog.openstreetmap.de/wp-uploads/2016/01/de.svg" alt="flag" /></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Perth</td>
<td>Social Mapping Saturday: QEII 2024 <a href="https://osmcal.org/event/2700/"><img decoding="async" src="/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/osmcal.png" width="16" height="16" /></a></td>
<td></td>
<td>2024-03-16</td>
<td><img decoding="async" src="https://blog.openstreetmap.de/wp-uploads/2017/06/au.svg" alt="flag" /></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Puerto López</td>
<td>Latam meeting – SOTM LATAM 2024 <a href="https://osmcal.org/event/2750/"><img decoding="async" src="/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/osmcal.png" width="16" height="16" /></a></td>
<td></td>
<td>2024-03-16</td>
<td><img decoding="async" src="https://blog.openstreetmap.de/wp-uploads/2016/02/co.svg" alt="flag" /></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Defence Colony Tehsil</td>
<td>6th OSM Delhi Mapping Party <a href="https://osmcal.org/event/2736/"><img decoding="async" src="/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/osmcal.png" width="16" height="16" /></a></td>
<td></td>
<td>2024-03-17</td>
<td><img decoding="async" src="https://blog.openstreetmap.de/wp-uploads/2016/01/in.svg" alt="flag" /></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>England</td>
<td>OSM UK Online Chat <a href="https://osmcal.org/event/2729/"><img decoding="async" src="/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/osmcal.png" width="16" height="16" /></a></td>
<td></td>
<td>2024-03-18</td>
<td><img decoding="async" src="https://weeklyosm.eu/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2020/09/uk.svg" alt="flag" /></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Lyon</td>
<td>Réunion du groupe local de Lyon <a href="https://osmcal.org/event/2735/"><img decoding="async" src="/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/osmcal.png" width="16" height="16" /></a></td>
<td></td>
<td>2024-03-19</td>
<td><img decoding="async" src="https://blog.openstreetmap.de/wp-uploads/2016/02/fr.svg" alt="flag" /></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>San Jose</td>
<td>South Bay Map Night <a href="https://osmcal.org/event/2504/"><img decoding="async" src="/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/osmcal.png" width="16" height="16" /></a></td>
<td>✓</td>
<td>2024-03-20</td>
<td><img decoding="async" src="https://blog.openstreetmap.de/wp-uploads/2016/01/us.svg" alt="flag" /></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Strasbourg</td>
<td>Apéro OpenStreetMap <a href="https://osmcal.org/event/2663/"><img decoding="async" src="/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/osmcal.png" width="16" height="16" /></a></td>
<td></td>
<td>2024-03-19</td>
<td><img decoding="async" src="https://blog.openstreetmap.de/wp-uploads/2016/02/fr.svg" alt="flag" /></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Bonn</td>
<td>173. OSM-Stammtisch Bonn <a href="https://osmcal.org/event/2593/"><img decoding="async" src="/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/osmcal.png" width="16" height="16" /></a></td>
<td></td>
<td>2024-03-19</td>
<td><img decoding="async" src="https://blog.openstreetmap.de/wp-uploads/2016/01/de.svg" alt="flag" /></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>City of Edinburgh</td>
<td>OSM Edinburgh pub meetup <a href="https://osmcal.org/event/2619/"><img decoding="async" src="/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/osmcal.png" width="16" height="16" /></a></td>
<td></td>
<td>2024-03-19</td>
<td><img decoding="async" src="https://weeklyosm.eu/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2020/09/uk.svg" alt="flag" /></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td></td>
<td>[Online] Map-py Wednesday <a href="https://osmcal.org/event/2746/"><img decoding="async" src="/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/osmcal.png" width="16" height="16" /></a></td>
<td></td>
<td>2024-03-20</td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>no location</td>
<td>[Online] Map-py Wednesday <a href="https://osmcal.org/event/2744/"><img decoding="async" src="/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/osmcal.png" width="16" height="16" /></a></td>
<td></td>
<td>2024-03-20</td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>no location</td>
<td>Map-py Wednesday <a href="https://osmcal.org/event/2745/"><img decoding="async" src="/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/osmcal.png" width="16" height="16" /></a></td>
<td>✓</td>
<td>2024-03-20</td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td></td>
<td>Map-py Wednesday <a href="https://osmcal.org/event/2679/"><img decoding="async" src="/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/osmcal.png" width="16" height="16" /></a></td>
<td></td>
<td>2024-03-20</td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td></td>
<td>UN Mappers training – Validating OSM data – session #3 <a href="https://osmcal.org/event/2749/"><img decoding="async" src="/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/osmcal.png" width="16" height="16" /></a></td>
<td></td>
<td>2024-03-20</td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Karlsruhe</td>
<td>Stammtisch Karlsruhe <a href="https://osmcal.org/event/2672/"><img decoding="async" src="/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/osmcal.png" width="16" height="16" /></a></td>
<td></td>
<td>2024-03-20</td>
<td><img decoding="async" src="https://blog.openstreetmap.de/wp-uploads/2016/01/de.svg" alt="flag" /></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Hamburg</td>
<td>FOSSGIS 2024 – OSM-Samstag/Preevent <a href="https://osmcal.org/event/2740/"><img decoding="async" src="/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/osmcal.png" width="16" height="16" /></a></td>
<td></td>
<td>2024-03-22</td>
<td><img decoding="async" src="https://blog.openstreetmap.de/wp-uploads/2016/01/de.svg" alt="flag" /></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Hamburg</td>
<td>FOSSGIS 2024 – OSM-Samstag <a href="https://osmcal.org/event/2739/"><img decoding="async" src="/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/osmcal.png" width="16" height="16" /></a></td>
<td></td>
<td>2024-03-23</td>
<td><img decoding="async" src="https://blog.openstreetmap.de/wp-uploads/2016/01/de.svg" alt="flag" /></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Bremen</td>
<td>Bremer Mappertreffen <a href="https://osmcal.org/event/2697/"><img decoding="async" src="/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/osmcal.png" width="16" height="16" /></a></td>
<td></td>
<td>2024-03-25</td>
<td><img decoding="async" src="https://blog.openstreetmap.de/wp-uploads/2016/01/de.svg" alt="flag" /></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Grenoble</td>
<td>Rencontre « OpenStreetMap et territoires » <a href="https://osmcal.org/event/2635/"><img decoding="async" src="/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/osmcal.png" width="16" height="16" /></a></td>
<td></td>
<td>2024-03-26</td>
<td><img decoding="async" src="https://blog.openstreetmap.de/wp-uploads/2016/02/fr.svg" alt="flag" /></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Gent</td>
<td>OpenStreetMap-meetup in Gent <a href="https://osmcal.org/event/2710/"><img decoding="async" src="/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/osmcal.png" width="16" height="16" /></a></td>
<td></td>
<td>2024-03-26</td>
<td><img decoding="async" src="https://blog.openstreetmap.de/wp-uploads/2016/05/be.svg" alt="flag" /></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td></td>
<td>iD Community Chat <a href="https://osmcal.org/event/2701/"><img decoding="async" src="/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/osmcal.png" width="16" height="16" /></a></td>
<td></td>
<td>2024-03-27</td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td></td>
<td>[Online] OpenStreetMap Foundation board of Directors – public videomeeting <a href="https://osmcal.org/event/2713/"><img decoding="async" src="/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/osmcal.png" width="16" height="16" /></a></td>
<td></td>
<td>2024-03-28</td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Potsdam</td>
<td>Radnetz Brandenburg Mapping Abend #4 <a href="https://osmcal.org/event/2734/"><img decoding="async" src="/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/osmcal.png" width="16" height="16" /></a></td>
<td></td>
<td>2024-03-28</td>
<td><img decoding="async" src="https://blog.openstreetmap.de/wp-uploads/2016/01/de.svg" alt="flag" /></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td></td>
<td>MapComplete Community Call <a href="https://osmcal.org/event/2711/"><img decoding="async" src="/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/osmcal.png" width="16" height="16" /></a></td>
<td></td>
<td>2024-03-29</td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Athens</td>
<td>Mapathon with OpenStreetMap: Improving Athens County’s Mapped Infrastructure @ Ohio University <a href="https://osmcal.org/event/2742/"><img decoding="async" src="/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/osmcal.png" width="16" height="16" /></a></td>
<td></td>
<td>2024-03-29</td>
<td><img decoding="async" src="https://blog.openstreetmap.de/wp-uploads/2016/01/us.svg" alt="flag" /></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Düsseldorf</td>
<td>Düsseldorfer OpenStreetMap-Treffen (online) <a href="https://osmcal.org/event/2519/"><img decoding="async" src="/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/osmcal.png" width="16" height="16" /></a></td>
<td></td>
<td>2024-03-29</td>
<td><img decoding="async" src="https://blog.openstreetmap.de/wp-uploads/2016/01/de.svg" alt="flag" /></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>臺北市</td>
<td>OpenStreetMap x Wikidata Taipei #63 <a href="https://osmcal.org/event/2458/"><img decoding="async" src="/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/osmcal.png" width="16" height="16" /></a></td>
<td></td>
<td>2024-04-01</td>
<td><img decoding="async" src="https://blog.openstreetmap.de/wp-uploads/2016/05/tw.svg" alt="flag" /></td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<p>Note:<br />
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weeklyOSM
http://www.weeklyosm.eu/
OpenStreetMap User's Diaries: When AI is (not) needed
https://www.openstreetmap.org/user/TrickyFoxy/diary/403727
2024-03-17T11:31:25+00:00
<p>Looking at the OSM map on <a href="https://itmo.events/events/99741" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">website</a> of the university:</p>
<p><img src="https://telegra.ph/file/e7d3847bc65be32aa0a9b.png" alt=""></p>
<p>Looking at <a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D1%8F%D1%82%D1%8C_%D1%83%D0%B3%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%B2_(%D0%A1%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%BA%D1%82-%D0%9F%D0%B5%D1%82%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B1%D1%83%D1%80%D0%B3)" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">photo</a>:
<img src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/Zagorodny_Avenue_SPB_02.jpg/2560px-Zagorodny_Avenue_SPB_02.jpg" alt=""></p>
<p><img src="https://telegra.ph/file/79209ac778a59f473180c.png" alt=""></p>
<hr>
<p>I look at my yard in MapComplete, and there are some stalls on the road:</p>
<p><img src="https://telegra.ph/file/fcae8a12a914e886d0200.png" alt=""></p>
<p>I look out the window (well, so that you can see it too, on <a href="https://yandex.com/maps/2/saint-petersburg/?l=stv%2Csta&ll=30.500686%2C59.937332&panorama[direction]=356.444127%2C-5.421225&panorama[full]=true&panorama[id]=1255686007_626364060_23_1653136559&panorama[point]=30.500771%2C59.936905&panorama[span]=110.347120%2C60.000000&z=18" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">yandex.panoramas</a>):</p>
<p><img src="https://telegra.ph/file/9aa3dbacf6da196dc4cc4.png" alt=""></p>
<p>You open Rapid and calm down: This is what the AI recognized. Everything is fine with OSM.</p>
<p><img src="https://telegra.ph/file/ab708b202d4ad8bb823b1.png" alt=""></p>
<p>But the mapmakers took a wrong turn. <strong>Why do you need AI buildings in cities that are mapped by cartographers?!</strong></p>
<p>But the mapmakers are happy with that. This is a long time ago Google with auto-recognition showed.</p>
OpenStreetMap User's Diaries
http://www.openstreetmap.org/diary/
OpenStreetMap User's Diaries: Когда ИИ (не) нужен
https://www.openstreetmap.org/user/TrickyFoxy/diary/403726
2024-03-17T11:25:07+00:00
<p>Смотришь на OSM-карту на <a href="https://itmo.events/events/99741" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">сайте</a> универа:</p>
<p><img src="https://telegra.ph/file/e7d3847bc65be32aa0a9b.png" alt=""></p>
<p>Смотришь на <a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D1%8F%D1%82%D1%8C_%D1%83%D0%B3%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%B2_(%D0%A1%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%BA%D1%82-%D0%9F%D0%B5%D1%82%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B1%D1%83%D1%80%D0%B3)" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">фотографию</a>:
<img src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/Zagorodny_Avenue_SPB_02.jpg/2560px-Zagorodny_Avenue_SPB_02.jpg" alt=""></p>
<p><img src="https://telegra.ph/file/79209ac778a59f473180c.png" alt=""></p>
<hr>
<p>Смотришь на свой двор в MapComplete, а там ларьки какие-то на дороге стоят:</p>
<p><img src="https://telegra.ph/file/fcae8a12a914e886d0200.png" alt=""></p>
<p>Смотришь в окно (ну а чтобы и вы увидели, на <a href="https://yandex.com/maps/2/saint-petersburg/?l=stv%2Csta&ll=30.500686%2C59.937332&panorama[direction]=356.444127%2C-5.421225&panorama[full]=true&panorama[id]=1255686007_626364060_23_1653136559&panorama[point]=30.500771%2C59.936905&panorama[span]=110.347120%2C60.000000&z=18" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">яндекс.панорамы</a>):</p>
<p><img src="https://telegra.ph/file/9aa3dbacf6da196dc4cc4.png" alt=""></p>
<p>Открываешь Rapid и успокаиваешься: это AI нараспознавал. С OSM всё в порядке.</p>
<p><img src="https://telegra.ph/file/ab708b202d4ad8bb823b1.png" alt=""></p>
<p>А вот картоделы свернули куда-то не туда. Точнее их всё устраивает. Это давно гугл с автораспознаванием показал.</p>
OpenStreetMap User's Diaries
http://www.openstreetmap.org/diary/
ШТОСМ: Не база данных
1572
2024-03-17T09:00:26+00:00
<p>Что такое OpenStreetMap? Новички думают, что карта. Опытные картографы поправляют их, что на самом деле визуальное представление не важно, OSM — это база данных. Ветераны <a href="https://shtosm.ru/all/net-karta/">ставят под вопрос</a> и это.</p>
<p>Недавно я объяснял людям-академикам некоторые нюансы OpenStreetMap, и речь, конечно, зашла про базу данных и многочисленные социальные проблемы, наросшие вокруг неё. Да, в сцепке «карта + сообщество» второе важнее: форки без сообщества умерли, а зияющие дыры после перелицензирования <a href="https://shtosm.ru/2012/07/27/1/">быстро перекартировали</a>. В этом смысле OSM — лишь контейнер для наших усилий. Но когда я привычно назвал OSM базой данных, я почувствовал неточность.</p>
<p>Базы данных хорошо изучены, у них есть общие свойства. Все программисты знают их и умеют с ними работать. Есть нормальные формы BNF, есть ключи, типы колонок. Профессиональные форматы ГИС, типа Shapefile или GeoPackage, — те же базы данных, в которых одна колонка с геометрией, а остальное — как обычно. Можно делать update, можно делать join. Например, одно из свойств — каждая строка таблицы (то есть, каждый объект) независима от других. Проблемы с OSM начинаются с этого, но не заканчиваются.</p>
<p>Разработчики приходят в OpenStreetMap, читают, что это база данных, и у них в голове включается режим работы с базами данных. Технарям свойственно туннельное зрение: отбросить неважное и принудительно улучшать мир. Нормализуем теги! Насильно (массовыми правками) или мягкой силой (валидаторы и редакторы). Объединим базы в одну для удобства! Насильно (импорты, ведь они так просты и очевидны) или мягко (ключи-ссылки в ту или иную сторону). Автоматизируем работу с помощью ML! Напишем больше правил, добавим валидацию в API, разделим «строчки таблицы», введя тип area.</p>
<p>Ничего из этого не делает нашей карте лучше. Проблема баз данных — с ними тупо скучно работать, потому что там главенство алгоритмов, а не людей. Технологии обещали улучшить жизнь, будучи помощниками и инструментами, но вместо этого технари сделали людей помощниками и инструментами в руках технологий. Везде: от творчества (люди на копеечной зарплате генерируют базу для обучения AI) до работы (миллионные армии людей-инструментов в руках алгоритмов Uber, Amazon и их местных аналогов). Шаг влево — недовольный «бип» из системного блока и слово «нельзя». Данные не твои, их нарисовала и бережёт машина. Такой OpenStreetMap сделают технари, если им не мешать.</p>
<p>Источник этого — слова. Формулировки важны. Если мы называем OpenStreetMap картой, мы рисуем карту. Если мы называем его базой данных, мы наполняем и курируем таблицы базы данных. И, честно говоря, ни один из этих вариантов мне не нравится. Отсюда и то чувство в разговоре с академиками. Давайте переформулируем.</p>
<p><b>OpenStreetMap — это отражение реального мира.</b> В окно видны улицы, и на OSM нарисованы улицы. Магазины делятся на продуктовые, мебельные и сувенирные, и у нас тоже такое разделение. Но если ты выйдешь на улицу, то едва ли сможешь согласиться с другими насчёт того, что входит в состав улицы и что отдельно от неё. Классифицировать заведения однозначно <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WQwO-vbGre0">иногда невозможно</a>. Граница между лесом и кустарником призрачна.</p>
<p>В реальном мире ничего не определено и не нормализовано, поэтому карты не отражают его на близких масштабах. Но OpenStreetMap ближе всего к тому, что можно назвать отражением. Именно потому, что он не карта и не база данных, в OSM нет ограничений этих двух сущностей. Но есть сообщество, которое рисует и в этой работе постоянно переосмысливает структуру реальности и способы её отражения.</p>
<p>Если принять эту формулировку, то становится понятен источник многих болей. Почему импорты никогда не проходят гладко? Из-за разницы между базой данных и реальным миром: в базе объекты сами по себе, а в реальности всё взаимосвязано. Почему нормализации тегов каждый раз противится сообщество? Теги не сами по себе, и человек, выставивший их, явно хотел что-то сообщить об объекте. Нужно смотреть в комплексе.</p>
<p>Одной из главных «проблем» OpenStreetMap многие технари считают топологичность: то, что геометрии не раздельны, их нужно собирать их кусков. Отсюда их святой грааль в виде <a href="https://shtosm.ru/all/istoriya-voprosa/">нормальных area</a>, с чем Йохен носится уже больше декады. Но выглянем на улицу и поймём: ничего не само по себе. Геометрии взаимосвязаны. Теги взаимосвязаны. Слоёв нет. Правильным было бы принять это «несовершенство» за имманентное свойство и <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aRcHLKbXlcM">упрощать работу с ним</a>, не уничтожая.</p>
<p>Поэтому any tags you like. Truth on the ground. Мы пытаемся классифицировать мир, но это невозможно. Любая техническая помощь помогает не туда. OpenStreetMap сложен для использования именно потому, что он отражение реального мира, а не потому, что нет типа area и валидаций в API. Отражение взгляда миллионов его редакторов на этот мир, которое невозможно нормализовать. Все они правы. Сопротивление бесполезно.</p>
ШТОСМ
http://shtosm.ru/
OpenStreetMap User's Diaries: Getting to know OSM contributors in the Philippines, 2023Q4
https://www.openstreetmap.org/user/GOwin/diary/403725
2024-03-17T01:52:25+00:00
<p>Last quarter, a “getting to know you” survey was made available to the local OpenStreetMap (OSM) communities in the Philippines, to help us better understand the current state of the active contributor base of our community.</p>
<p>The original idea was to run it just for the membership of local YouthMapper Chapters (YMC), but eventually it was made available to anyone who contributes to OSM in the Philippines, here or abroad, regardless of citizenship or affiliations.</p>
<p>I’m sharing my observations from the responses made by the participants who participated in the survey, again, majority of whom comprised of local YMC respondents.</p>
<p><em>Click on the images, to open them in full resolution in a separate tab.</em></p>
<hr>
<h5 id="are-you-physically-present-in-the-philippines">Are you physically present in the Philippines?</h5>
<p>While 86% of the mappers reported that they are physically in the country, mappers coming from elsewhere at 14% was bigger than I expected.</p>
<p><a href="https://postimg.cc/9zfCbPPL" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer"><img src="https://i.postimg.cc/HWwnpBr1/image.png" alt="Are you in PH?"></a></p>
<hr>
<h5 id="which-of-the-following-best-describe-your-primary-undertaking-in-the-osm-project">Which of the following best describe your primary undertaking in the OSM project?</h5>
<p>61% of respondents identify as “Editor/Mapper”, and it’s intriguing to see quite a number identify as “Advocate/Promoter.””</p>
<p><a href="https://postimg.cc/xJhxKS3D" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer"><img src="https://i.postimg.cc/nrcyfFsz/image.png" alt=""></a></p>
<hr>
<h5 id="re-arrange-the-following-community-project-or-brand-that-you-tend-to-associate-more-with">Re-arrange the following (community, project or brand) that you tend to associate more with.</h5>
<p>The majority of participants identified with the “YouthMappers” brand, and a close second was “OpenStreetMap Philippines.”</p>
<p>This is probably more of an indication of participants associating with local, more familiar brands.</p>
<p><a href="https://postimg.cc/zbZpBkz8" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer"><img src="https://i.postimg.cc/j5C1M8Bw/BJVa-Km-CKp.png" alt=""></a></p>
<hr>
<h5 id="re-arrange-the-following-based-on-how-you-typically-use-osm-datamap">Re-arrange the following based on how you typically use OSM data/map</h5>
<p>The users ranked the following as their top three choices: “OpenStreetMap.org as general web map”, and “GIS data source”, and “Data Visualization”</p>
<p><a href="https://postimg.cc/4KhBs0TW" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer"><img src="https://i.postimg.cc/XvshcM16/BJWt9m-AFT.png" alt=""></a></p>
<hr>
<h5 id="whats-your-age">What’s your age?</h5>
<p>The majority of the respondents are young contributors, and reflects the profile of the majority of the respondents: the YMCs.</p>
<p><a href="https://postimg.cc/s1C0D3x7" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer"><img src="https://i.postimg.cc/xjXr5CSx/HJNAi-XAta.png" alt=""></a></p>
<hr>
<h5 id="do-you-prefer-any-personal-pronouns">Do you prefer any personal pronouns?</h5>
<p>Most respondents don’t appear to prefer less of the traditional pronouns, but it’s gratifying to see numbers showing that the difference between those who chose “She” and “He” are not significant.</p>
<p>I suppose it can be said that Women are very active and engaged in the local communities.</p>
<p><a href="https://postimg.cc/zHkhqCBt" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer"><img src="https://i.postimg.cc/qqPxXQdT/Sk-vn-QCFT.png" alt=""></a></p>
<hr>
<h5 id="how-do-you-usually-edit-openstreetmap-data">How do you usually edit OpenStreetMap data?</h5>
<p>This result was beguiling: 79% of the respondents reported either “Always” or “Often” using a PC/Laptop when editing OpenStreetMap.
Meanwhile, from what I remember from previous global surveys of OSM respondents, it’s been reported that the majoirty of OSM contributors are editing on phones or other mobile devices.</p>
<p>The use of a PC/Laptop is also reflected in their choice (or familiarity) of editors. iD and JOSM are more familiar compared to any of the mobile editing apps mentioned in the survey, where most respondents answered “Rarely or Never”, or “Unheard of” when asked about these apps.</p>
<p>I suspect that the higher number of users who reported iD as “unheard of are simply unfamiliar with the name reference. It’s the default editor for OSM, and a big chunk of editors simply just start with them, and rarely refer to itself as “iD”.</p>
<p>In hindsight, an appropriate follow-up to this particular question should’ve been asking about the frequency of their OSM editing sessions.</p>
<p><a href="https://postimg.cc/8fptNTQZ" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer"><img src="https://i.postimg.cc/D0sDQzC3/image.png%20=300x" alt="">
</a></p>
<hr>
<h6 id="editing-device-computer-vs-mobile">Editing device: Computer vs Mobile</h6>
<p><a href="https://postimg.cc/xc0xMgKd" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer"><img src="https://i.postimg.cc/rF4B6Ps5/BJ3-Fg-BG9a.png" alt=""></a></p>
<hr>
<h6 id="favored-osm-editor-computer">Favored OSM editor (Computer)</h6>
<p><a href="https://postimg.cc/HVBS2529" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer"><img src="https://i.postimg.cc/zG19qFH6/Hy1-UMHz9-T.png" alt=""></a></p>
<hr>
<h6 id="favored-osm-editor-mobile">Favored OSM editor (Mobile)</h6>
<p>EveryDoor takes the top prize, with OMaps and Osmand tied for second, for “Always/Often” category.</p>
<table class="table table-sm w-auto">
<thead>
<tr>
<th>Theme</th>
<th class="text-center">Always / Often</th>
<th class="text-center">Sometimes</th>
<th class="text-center">Seldom</th>
<th class="text-center">Rarely or Never</th>
<th class="text-center">Unheard Of</th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td>EveryDoor</td>
<td class="text-center">12</td>
<td class="text-center">9</td>
<td class="text-center">16</td>
<td class="text-center">19</td>
<td class="text-center">17</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>GoMap!</td>
<td class="text-center">5</td>
<td class="text-center">1</td>
<td class="text-center">10</td>
<td class="text-center">31</td>
<td class="text-center">23</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Organic Maps/Maps.Me</td>
<td class="text-center">9</td>
<td class="text-center">10</td>
<td class="text-center">13</td>
<td class="text-center">23</td>
<td class="text-center">18</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>OsmAnd</td>
<td class="text-center">9</td>
<td class="text-center">6</td>
<td class="text-center">12</td>
<td class="text-center">25</td>
<td class="text-center">20</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>MapComplete</td>
<td class="text-center">5</td>
<td class="text-center">6</td>
<td class="text-center">10</td>
<td class="text-center">25</td>
<td class="text-center">27</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>StreetComplete/StreetComple_EE (SCEE)</td>
<td class="text-center">6</td>
<td class="text-center">4</td>
<td class="text-center">10</td>
<td class="text-center">26</td>
<td class="text-center">26</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<hr>
<h5 id="what-motivates-you-to-contribute-data-to-osm">What motivates you to contribute data to OSM?</h5>
<p>The top motivation is “Learn/Improve my technical/mapping/GIS skills”, followed by “Contribute to Open Data / Philosophy”</p>
<p><a href="https://postimg.cc/v4T0SB2F" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer"><img src="https://i.postimg.cc/2SFgyL46/SJSj-Am-CFT.png" alt=""></a></p>
<hr>
<h5 id="what-hinders-you-from-editing-osm-more-than-you-want-to">What hinders you from editing OSM more than you want to?</h5>
<p>For 86% of respondents, their primary impediment is “Not enough free time,” followed by “Inexperience/Skill Level”.</p>
<p>Not having enough time (for anything, really) is a difficult issue to address, but the second choice is actionable, if the local communities or volunteers can find the time to create training or mentorship opportunities.</p>
<p>The next deterrent, “I don’t know what to map” could be addressed by improving how we communicate or promote on-going mapping initiatives, but also by matching them with the interest of the contributors. Low interest = low engagement, which is also reflected by the 11 respondents who chose “Uninteresting challenges/mapping projects”</p>
<p><img src="https://i.postimg.cc/WpCBHvN2/Hyuz1-EAFa.png" alt=""></p>
<hr>
<h5 id="how-likely-are-you-going-to-contributeparticipate-in-the-following-osm-data-improvement-themes-in-the-philippines">How likely are you going to contribute/participate in the following OSM data improvement themes in the Philippines?</h5>
<p>The top 5 themes, according to respondents:
1. Add/Review Placenames
2. Address Improvement
3. Barrier/Access Tagging
4. Photo-mapping
5. Review buildings with typhoon-damaged tag</p>
<hr>
<h5 id="poll-results">Poll results</h5>
<table class="table table-sm w-auto">
<thead>
<tr>
<th>Theme</th>
<th class="text-center">0¹</th>
<th class="text-center">1</th>
<th class="text-center">2²</th>
<th class="text-center">3</th>
<th class="text-center">4³</th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td>Address Improvement</td>
<td class="text-center">1</td>
<td class="text-center">0</td>
<td class="text-center">10</td>
<td class="text-center">30</td>
<td class="text-center">28</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Add/Review Placenames</td>
<td class="text-center">1</td>
<td class="text-center">0</td>
<td class="text-center">9</td>
<td class="text-center">23</td>
<td class="text-center">37</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Administrative boundaries mapping</td>
<td class="text-center">1</td>
<td class="text-center">3</td>
<td class="text-center">14</td>
<td class="text-center">22</td>
<td class="text-center">30</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Barrier/Access tagging</td>
<td class="text-center">0</td>
<td class="text-center">2</td>
<td class="text-center">10</td>
<td class="text-center">28</td>
<td class="text-center">29</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Bridge Mapping</td>
<td class="text-center">0</td>
<td class="text-center">3</td>
<td class="text-center">16</td>
<td class="text-center">22</td>
<td class="text-center">28</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Close/resolve open Notes</td>
<td class="text-center">1</td>
<td class="text-center">6</td>
<td class="text-center">25</td>
<td class="text-center">21</td>
<td class="text-center">15</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Fix Nominatim QA issues</td>
<td class="text-center">3</td>
<td class="text-center">5</td>
<td class="text-center">32</td>
<td class="text-center">13</td>
<td class="text-center">16</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>PHL island/islet, nodes to polygons</td>
<td class="text-center">3</td>
<td class="text-center">5</td>
<td class="text-center">16</td>
<td class="text-center">22</td>
<td class="text-center">23</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Photomapping</td>
<td class="text-center">1</td>
<td class="text-center">5</td>
<td class="text-center">10</td>
<td class="text-center">20</td>
<td class="text-center">34</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Review buildings with typhoon-damaged tag</td>
<td class="text-center">2</td>
<td class="text-center">5</td>
<td class="text-center">9</td>
<td class="text-center">20</td>
<td class="text-center">33</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<p>¹ - “Not at all”
² - “Neutral”
³ - “Extremely likely”</p>
<hr>
<h5 id="where-do-you-get-informationupdateshelp-about-osm">Where do you get information/updates/help about OSM?</h5>
<p>The majority of respondents get their OSM information and updates from traditional SNS, and the Open Web, using search engines.</p>
<p><a href="https://postimg.cc/SnPg0hHX" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer"><img src="https://i.postimg.cc/tgqwxR5z/rkfr-VVCFT.png" alt=""></a></p>
<hr>
<h5 id="osm-started-19-years-ago-as-of-2023-how-long-have-you-been-actively-contributing-to-the-project">OSM started 19 years ago (as of 2023). How long have you been actively contributing to the project?</h5>
<p>Roughly one third of respondents have been mapping for 6 months or less, and another third has been mapping in OSM for 1-3 years.</p>
<p>That’s an interesting, rich mix of new and experienced mappers working in improving OpenStreetMap in the Philippines.</p>
<p><a href="https://postimg.cc/4HGtCLJH" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer"><img src="https://i.postimg.cc/yxgTZttj/Hk-N9-NE0-Fa.png" alt=""></a></p>
<hr>
<p>That’s the extent of the survey.</p>
<p>I look forward to the OSM-PH communities discussing this further, considering these insights, and adopting strategies to further improve our efforts to deepen our engagement within our communities.</p>
OpenStreetMap User's Diaries
http://www.openstreetmap.org/diary/
OpenStreetMap User's Diaries: ../
https://www.openstreetmap.org/user/Raquel%20Dezid%C3%A9rio%20Souto/diary/403724
2024-03-16T15:58:32+00:00
<hr>
<p>✔ <strong><a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/user/Raquel%20Dezid%C3%A9rio%20Souto/diary/403723" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Special interview about Brazilian NSDI on the first anniversary of YouthMappers UFRJ</a></strong></p>
<p>✔ <strong><a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/user/Raquel%20Dezid%C3%A9rio%20Souto/diary/403722" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Entrevista especial sobre a INDE no aniversário de 1 ano do YouthMappers UFRJ</a></strong></p>
<p>✔ <strong><a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/user/Raquel%20Dezid%C3%A9rio%20Souto/diary/403666" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">YouthMappers UFRJ receives the Women’s Participation Award!</a></strong></p>
<p>✔ <strong><a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/user/Raquel%20Dezid%C3%A9rio%20Souto/diary/403665" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">YouthMappers UFRJ recebe o Women’s Participation Award!</a></strong></p>
<p>✔ <strong><a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/user/Raquel%20Dezid%C3%A9rio%20Souto/diary/403662" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Our participation in the Open Data Day YouthMappers at UFBA 2024</a></strong></p>
<p>✔ <strong><a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/user/Raquel%20Dezid%C3%A9rio%20Souto/diary/403661" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Nossa participação no Open Data Day 2024 do YouthMappers at UFBA</a></strong></p>
<p>✔ <strong><a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/user/Raquel%20Dezid%C3%A9rio%20Souto/diary/403477" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Web map do mapeamento colaborativo para redução de riscos e desastes (RRD)</a></strong></p>
<p>✔ <strong><a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/user/Raquel%20Dezid%C3%A9rio%20Souto/diary/403478" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Web map of colaborative mapping for the Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR)</a></strong></p>
<p>✔ <strong><a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/user/Raquel%20Dezid%C3%A9rio%20Souto/diary/403459" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Mapear POI no OpenStreetMap e exibir dinamicamente com uMap</a></strong></p>
<p>✔ <strong><a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/user/Raquel%20Dezid%C3%A9rio%20Souto/diary/403466" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Mapping POI in OpenStreetMap and displaying dynamically with uMap</a></strong></p>
<p>✔ <strong><a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/user/Raquel%20Dezid%C3%A9rio%20Souto/diary/402846" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Resultados do GIS DAY 2023!</a></strong></p>
<p>✔ <strong><a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/user/Raquel%20Dezid%C3%A9rio%20Souto/diary/402786" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">V Olimpíada Brasileira de Cartografia incluiu o OpenStreetMap como parte de sua etapa prática</a></strong></p>
<p>✔ <strong><a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/user/Raquel%20Dezid%C3%A9rio%20Souto/diary/402785" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">V Brazilian Cartographic Olympiad included OpenStreetMap as part of its practical stage</a></strong></p>
<p>✔ <strong><a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/user/Raquel%20Dezid%C3%A9rio%20Souto/diary/402693" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Geocodificação com OpenStreetMap</a></strong></p>
<p>✔ <strong><a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/user/Raquel%20Dezid%C3%A9rio%20Souto/diary/402562" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Mapeamento humanitário e OpenStreetMap</a></strong></p>
<p>✔ <strong><a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/user/Raquel%20Dezid%C3%A9rio%20Souto/diary/402560" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Nossa participação no State of the Map Brasil 2023</a></strong></p>
<p>✔ <strong><a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/user/Raquel%20Dezid%C3%A9rio%20Souto/diary/402348" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Atualização dos dados populacionais dos municípios brasileiros no OpenStreetMap</a></strong></p>
OpenStreetMap User's Diaries
http://www.openstreetmap.org/diary/
OpenStreetMap User's Diaries: Special interview about Brazilian NSDI on the first anniversary of YouthMappers UFRJ
https://www.openstreetmap.org/user/Raquel%20Dezid%C3%A9rio%20Souto/diary/403723
2024-03-16T15:52:28+00:00
<h4 id="youthmappers-ufrj-celebrates-its-first-year">🍾 YouthMappers UFRJ celebrates its first year!</h4>
<hr>
<p><a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/user/Raquel%20Dezid%C3%A9rio%20Souto/diary/403722" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Ler em português</a></p>
<p>The <a href="https://ivides.org/youthmappers-ufrj" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">YouthMappers UFRJ</a> (Rio de Janeiro, Brasil) completed one year on March 14th, 2024.</p>
<p>And to celebrate this special date, we interviewed Dr. Rogério Luís R. Borba, analyst at the IBGE Foundation and manager of the Brazilian Geospatial Data Directory (“Diretório Brasileiro de Dados Geoespaciais, DBDG) of the Brazilian National Spatial Data Infrastructure (“Infraestrutura Nacional de Dados Geoespaciais”, INDE).</p>
<p>🎥 Watch on <a href="https://youtu.be/pNZQW0GzNW0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">IVIDES.org’s YouTube channel</a>.</p>
<p><img src="https://ivides.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/foto_Raquel_Rogerio.png" alt="entrevista_youtube"></p>
<p>Rogério talked to us about the importance of open data and how the collaborative mapping can helps Brazil in the production of official cartographic data. The interview was conducted by Dr. Raquel Dezidério Souto and all details can be found at:</p>
<p>🔗 <a href="https://ivides.org/youthmappers-entrevista-rogerio-borba" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">https://ivides.org/youthmappers-entrevista-rogerio-borba</a></p>
<p><img src="https://ivides.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/moldura_texto-1.png" alt="imagem_entrevista"></p>
<p>The YouthMappers UFRJ chapter is an open collaborative mapping initiative, result of a partnership between the Virtual Institute for Sustainable Development - IVIDES.org and the Laboratory of Cartography - GeoCart-UFRJ, chaired by <a href="https://ivides.org/raquel-deziderio" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Dr. Raquel Dezidério Souto</a>.</p>
<p><img src="https://ivides.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/logo_ivides_reg_md-300x263.png" alt="IVIDES_logo"></p>
<p><img src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/ae/Logo_YouthMappers_UFRJ.png" alt="youthmappers-ufrj"></p>
OpenStreetMap User's Diaries
http://www.openstreetmap.org/diary/
OpenStreetMap User's Diaries: Entrevista especial sobre a INDE no aniversário de 1 ano do YouthMappers UFRJ
https://www.openstreetmap.org/user/Raquel%20Dezid%C3%A9rio%20Souto/diary/403722
2024-03-16T15:40:04+00:00
<h4 id="youthmappers-ufrj-comemora-1-ano-de-registro">🍾 YouthMappers UFRJ comemora 1 ano de registro!</h4>
<hr>
<p><a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/user/Raquel%20Dezid%C3%A9rio%20Souto/diary/403723" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Read in English</a></p>
<p>O capítulo <a href="https://ivides.org/youthmappers-ufrj" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">YouthMappers UFRJ</a> (Rio de Janeiro, Brasil) completou, no dia 14 de março de 2024, 1 ano de registro internacional.</p>
<p>Para comemorar esta data especial, entrevistamos o Dr. Rogério Luís R. Borba, analista da Fundação IBGE e gerente do Diretório Brasileiro de Dados Geoespaciais (DBDG) da Infraestrutura Nacional de Dados Espaciais (INDE).</p>
<p>🎥 Assista no <a href="https://youtu.be/pNZQW0GzNW0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">canal do IVIDES no YouTube</a>.</p>
<p><img src="https://ivides.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/foto_Raquel_Rogerio.png" alt="entrevista_youtube"></p>
<p>Rogério conversou conosco sobre a importância dos dados abertos e como os mapeamentos colaborativos podem auxiliar o Brasil na produção de dados cartográficos. A entrevista foi conduzida pela Dra. Raquel Dezidério Souto e os detalhes podem ser conhecidos em:</p>
<p>🔗 <a href="https://ivides.org/youthmappers-entrevista-rogerio-borba" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">https://ivides.org/youthmappers-entrevista-rogerio-borba</a></p>
<p><img src="https://ivides.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/moldura_texto-1.png" alt="imagem_entrevista"></p>
<p>O capítulo YouthMappers UFRJ é uma iniciativa de mapeamento colaborativo aberto, fruto da parceria entre o Instituto Virtual para o Desenvolvimento Sustentável - IVIDES.org e o Laboratório de Cartografia - GeoCart-UFRJ, sendo presidido pela <a href="https://ivides.org/raquel-deziderio" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Dra. Raquel Dezidério Souto</a>.</p>
<p><img src="https://ivides.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/logo_ivides_reg_md-300x263.png" alt="IVIDES_logo"></p>
<p><img src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/ae/Logo_YouthMappers_UFRJ.png" alt="youthmappers-ufrj"></p>
OpenStreetMap User's Diaries
http://www.openstreetmap.org/diary/
OpenStreetMap User's Diaries: Richmond Va Locations:
https://www.openstreetmap.org/user/Happy31/diary/403720
2024-03-15T20:34:11+00:00
<p>Happy Burger
11309 Midlothian Turnpike
Richmond, VA 23235</p>
OpenStreetMap User's Diaries
http://www.openstreetmap.org/diary/
OpenStreetMap User's Diaries: OpenStreetMap Website Vulnerability Report
https://www.openstreetmap.org/user/NorthCrab/diary/403719
2024-03-15T15:42:24+00:00
<p>As part of my commitment to <a href="https://community.openstreetmap.org/t/the-next-generation-of-openstreetmap-in-python/105621/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">OpenStreetMap-NextGen</a> migration, I undertook a comprehensive security review of the existing <a href="https://github.com/openstreetmap/openstreetmap-website" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">OpenStreetMap website</a>. I followed the principles of coordinated vulnerability disclosure, working directly with the maintainers to responsibly report my findings. Today, I’m making the details of this process public and verifying the status of the fixes.</p>
<h3 id="disclosure-timeline">Disclosure Timeline</h3>
<ul>
<li><strong>2023-11-04</strong> - Contacted Ruby security maintainers & disclosed the timeline publicly</li>
<li><strong>2023-11-08</strong> - Maintainers acknowledged the report</li>
<li><strong>2023-12-04</strong> - Reported additional vulnerabilities with a 3-month deadline</li>
<li><strong>2023-12-06</strong> - Maintainers acknowledged the additional report</li>
<li><del><strong>2024-03-02</strong> - Publicize vulnerability details</del></li>
<li><strong>2024-03-15</strong> - Publicize vulnerability details</li>
</ul>
<hr>
<h4 id="plain-text-authentication-token-storage">1. Plain-Text Authentication Token Storage</h4>
<p>Authorization tokens (oauth, session, user tokens) are stored in plain text. Read access to the database allows full impersonation of any user.</p>
<p><em>Status as of 2024-03-15: <strong>Partially vulnerable</strong> (oauth still depends on plain text storage)</em></p>
<p><em>NextGen Codebase Status: Fixed (all authorization tokens and credentials are hashed or encrypted for secure storage)</em></p>
<h4 id="insecure-email-reply-address-tokenization">2. Insecure Email Reply Address Tokenization</h4>
<p>The tokens used to ensure the authenticity of email replies are too short (24-bit), making them susceptible to brute-force attacks. An attacker could potentially guess the token and impersonate a legitimate user in email conversations. This vulnerability is especially dangerous if the attacker already has access to a conversation’s metadata (allowing for complete security bypass).</p>
<p><em>Status as of 2024-03-15: <strong>Fixed</strong> (now with 48-bit security)</em></p>
<p><em>NextGen Codebase Status: Fixed (128 or 256-bit security; undecided)</em></p>
<h4 id="unbounded-gpx-extraction-denial-of-service">3. Unbounded GPX Extraction Denial of Service</h4>
<p>The OpenStreetMap website does not impose limits on the number of files that can be extracted from a GPX archive. Attackers can exploit this by uploading specially crafted archives containing a massive number of files, potentially overwhelming the system and causing it to crash.</p>
<p><em>Status as of 2024-03-15: <strong>Mostly vulnerable</strong> (a partial fix limits points within trace files but does not fully address the issue)</em></p>
<p><em>NextGen Codebase Status: Fixed</em></p>
<h4 id="notes-search-query-denial-of-service">4. Notes Search Query Denial of Service</h4>
<p>The /api/0.6/notes/search endpoint is poorly optimized. This allows attackers to craft specific search queries that are extremely resource-intensive, effectively using the search feature to launch a denial of service attack.</p>
<p><em>Status as of 2024-03-15: <strong>Vulnerable</strong></em></p>
<p><em>NextGen Codebase Status: Not yet tested</em></p>
<h4 id="string-comparison-timing-attack">5. String Comparison Timing Attack</h4>
<p>The way the code compares strings can, under certain circumstances, leak timing information. When attackers can carefully measure these timing differences, they might be able to extract secret information, such as security keys and tokens.</p>
<p><em>Status as of 2024-03-15: <strong>Fixed</strong></em></p>
<p><em>NextGen Codebase Status: Fixed</em></p>
<h4 id="user-block-and-rate-limit-bypass">6. User Block and Rate Limit Bypass</h4>
<p>A loophole exists where a malicious user can repeatedly delete and recreate their account (using the same credentials) to circumvent security measures like user blocks and rate limits.</p>
<p><em>Status as of 2024-03-15: <strong>Fixed</strong></em></p>
<p><em>NextGen Codebase Status: Not yet tested</em></p>
<h4 id="application-preference-leakage">7. Application Preference Leakage</h4>
<p>OpenStreetMap allows different applications to store user preferences. A flaw exists where any application can access preferences created by a different application. This could leak information, and might be abused to attack other vulnerable applications that mistakenly trust data stored in user preferences.</p>
<p><em>Status as of 2024-03-15: <strong>It’s intended behavior</strong></em></p>
<p><em>NextGen Codebase Status: Fixed (in API 0.7; via optional preference partitioning)</em></p>
<h4 id="unrestricted-email-checking-via-password-recovery">8. Unrestricted Email Checking via Password Recovery</h4>
<p>The password recovery feature can be abused to check if any arbitrary email address is associated with an OpenStreetMap account.</p>
<p><em>Status as of 2024-03-15: <strong>Fixed</strong></em></p>
<p><em>NextGen Codebase Status: Fixed</em></p>
<h4 id="forced-downgrade-from-oauth10a-to-oauth10">9. Forced Downgrade from OAuth1.0a to OAuth1.0</h4>
<p>Under specific conditions, the authentication protocol can be downgraded from the more secure OAuth1.0a to the less secure OAuth1.0. This downgrade would omit important security checks.</p>
<p><em>Status as of 2024-03-15: <strong>Fixed</strong></em></p>
<p><em>NextGen Codebase Status: Fixed</em></p>
<h4 id="insufficient-user-token-integrity-checks">10. Insufficient User Token Integrity Checks</h4>
<p>Tokens, used for things like password resets or confirming email changes, aren’t properly differentiated. An attacker might be able to use a password reset token to change an email address, or vice-versa.</p>
<p><em>Status as of 2024-03-15: <strong>Fixed</strong></em></p>
<p><em>NextGen Codebase Status: Fixed</em></p>
<h4 id="inadequate-randomness-source-in-token-generation">11. Inadequate Randomness Source in Token Generation</h4>
<p>The system generating security tokens relies on a weak source of randomness. Predictable tokens are much easier for attackers to guess or manipulate.</p>
<p><em>Status as of 2024-03-15: <strong>Fixed</strong></em></p>
<p><em>NextGen Codebase Status: Fixed</em></p>
<h4 id="unicode-normalization-flaw-allowing-emaildisplay-name-duplication">12. Unicode Normalization Flaw Allowing Email/Display Name Duplication</h4>
<p>The lack of Unicode normalization means a user can register with an email address or display name that is identical to an existing one (but uses different Unicode characters). This could be used to trick users or bypass database restrictions.</p>
<p><em>Status as of 2024-03-15: <strong>Fixed</strong></em></p>
<p><em>NextGen Codebase Status: Not yet tested</em></p>
<hr>
<h3 id="support-the-nextgen-development">Support the NextGen development</h3>
<p>I work on the <a href="https://github.com/Zaczero/openstreetmap-ng" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">OpenStreetMap-NextGen</a> full-time. If you find my work valuable, please consider supporting the development on <a href="https://liberapay.com/Zaczero" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Liberapay</a> or <a href="https://github.com/sponsors/Zaczero" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">GitHub</a>. Every contribution helps push us closer to that first stable release. Thank you! 🦀</p>
<p>And a huge thank you to those who have already supported me!</p>
<h3 id="submit-a-correction">Submit a correction</h3>
<p>If you find any inaccuracies or have suggestions to improve this diary, please feel free to contact me via <a href="https://monicz.dev/#get-in-touch" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">https://monicz.dev/#get-in-touch</a>.</p>
<h3 id="disclaimer">Disclaimer</h3>
<p>Please note that this project is not affiliated with the OpenStreetMap Foundation. It’s the result of my voluntary work and personal choices.</p>
OpenStreetMap User's Diaries
http://www.openstreetmap.org/diary/
OpenStreetMap User's Diaries: First update on mapping task
https://www.openstreetmap.org/user/Tommy%20Hoang%20Long/diary/403717
2024-03-15T08:09:58+00:00
<p>Apparently, OSM in Vietnam is in a very poor condition. And one of the reasons would be the absence of several nature reserve areas, even compared to the two neighboring Indochinese brothers, Laos and Cambodia. Despite the fact that the Department of Forestry has published <a href="https://cuclamnghiep.gov.vn/content/uploads/files/c%C3%A1c%20khu%20r%E1%BB%ABng%20%C4%91%E1%BA%B7c%20d%E1%BB%A5ng%20VN.pdf" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">a document</a> stating that there are 34 national parks and 56 nature reserves, until now (15 March) only half of them have been mapped to OSM.</p>
<p>Here’s the list:</p>
<h3 id="national-parks">National parks</h3>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/7110785" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">VQG Ba Bể/Ba Be NP</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/17148894" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">VQG Ba Vì/Ba Vì NP</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/7122565" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">VQG Bạch Mã/Bạch Mã NP</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/13420636" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">VQG Bái Tử Long/Bái Tử Long NP</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/17146277" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">VQG Bến En/Bến En NP</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/7143312" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">VQG Bidoup - Núi Bà/Bidoup - Núi Bà NP</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/15835262" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">VQG Bù Gia Mập/Bù Gia Mập NP</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/15979700" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">VQG Cát Bà/Cát Bà NP</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/7090891" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">VQG Cát Tiên/Cát Tiên NP</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/15885367" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">VQG Chư Mom Ray/Chư Mom Ray NP</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/7143899" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">VQG Chư Yang Sin/Chư Yang Sin NP</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/7144054" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">VQG Côn Đảo/Côn Đảo NP</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/15882261" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">VQG Cúc Phương/Cúc Phương NP</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/17167371" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">VQG Du Già - Cao nguyên đá Đồng Văn/Du Già - Đồng Văn Karst Plateau NP</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/7144302" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">VQG Hoàng Liên/Hoàng Liên NP</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/7144438" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">VQG Kon Ka Kinh/Kon Ka Kinh NP</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/7145523" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">VQG Lò Gò - Xa Mát/Lò Gò - Xa Mát NP</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/7139210" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">VQG Mũi Cà Mau/Mũi Cà Mau NP</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/7145765" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">VQG Núi Chúa/Núi Chúa NP</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/17152249" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">VQG Phja Oắc - Phja Đén/Phja Oắc - Phja Đén NP</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/7039289" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">VQG Phong Nha - Kẻ Bàng/Phong Nha - Kẻ Bàng NP</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/15835921" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">VQG Phú Quốc/Phú Quốc NP</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/7145864" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">VQG Phước Bình/Phước Bình NP</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/7143215" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">VQG Pù Mát/Pù Mát NP</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/17140360" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">VQG Sông Thanh/Sông Thanh NP</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/15884619" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">VQG Tà Đùng/Tà Đùng NP</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/8369766" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">VQG Tam Đảo/Tam Đảo NP</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/7146562" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">VQG Tràm Chim/Tràm Chim NP</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/15805643" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">VQG U Minh Hạ/U Minh Hạ NP</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/7138178" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">VQG U Minh Thượng/U Minh Thượng NP</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/17144213" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">VQG Vũ Quang/Vũ Quang NP</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/17167874" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">VQG Xuân Sơn/Xuân Sơn NP</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/7128004" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">VQG Xuân Thủy/Xuân Thủy NP</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/15882231" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">VQG Yok Đôn/Yok Đôn NP</a></li>
</ul>
<h3 id="nature-reserves">Nature reserves</h3>
<h4 id="nature-reserves-with-official-nature-reserve-title">Nature reserves with official “Nature Reserve” title</h4>
<p>Official “Nature Reserve” title refers to the fact that these areas have their own management board (ban quản lý) and is usually a division of the provincial departments of agriculture and rural development (Sở Nông nghiệp và Phát triển Nông thôn). These includes:</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/17189463" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Bình Châu - Phước Bửu</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/17347904" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Bắc Hướng Hóa</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/17344722" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Đakrông</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/4424412" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Đồng Nai</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/17348220" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Động Châu - Khe Nước Trong</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/17326448" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Ea Sô</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/17189873" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Hòn Bà</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/17330589" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Kon Chư Răng</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/17361701" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Kẻ Gỗ</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/17189465" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Lung Ngọc Hoàng</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/17189466" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Láng Sen</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/17356384" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Mường Nhé</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/17323833" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Nam Nung</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/17331301" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Ngọc Linh</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/17086422" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Núi Ông</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/17341287" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Phong Điền</a></li>
<li>Pù Hoạt</li>
<li>Pù Hu</li>
<li>Pù Huống</li>
<li>Pù Luông</li>
<li><a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/17189462" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Tà Cú</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/17357502" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Tây Yên Tử</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/17351494" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Thừa Thiên Huế Saola</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/17189464" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Vườn chim Bạc Liêu/Bac Lieu Bird Sanctuary</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/17353323" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Xuân Liên</a></li>
<li>Bát Xát(*)</li>
<li>Bát Đại Sơn(*)</li>
<li>Bắc Mê(*)</li>
<li>Hang Kia - Pà Cò(*)</li>
<li>Hoàng Liên - Văn Bàn(*)</li>
<li>Kim Hỷ(*)</li>
<li>Mường La(*)</li>
<li>Ngọc Sơn - Ngổ Luông(*)</li>
<li>Phong Quang(*)</li>
<li>Phu Canh(*)</li>
<li>Thượng Tiến(*)</li>
</ul>
<h4 id="nature-reserves-with-informal-nature-reserve-title">Nature reserves with informal “Nature Reserve” title</h4>
<ul>
<li>An Toàn</li>
<li><a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/13129586" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Bà Nà - Núi Chúa</a></li>
<li>Cham Chu</li>
<li>Chí Sán</li>
<li>Copia</li>
<li>Hữu Liên</li>
<li>Krông Trai</li>
<li>Na Hang</li>
<li>Nam Ka</li>
<li>Ngọc Linh (Quảng Nam)(*)</li>
<li>Nà Hẩu(*)</li>
<li><a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/7055216" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Sơn Trà</a></li>
<li>Sốp Cộp</li>
<li>Thần Sa - Phượng Hoàng</li>
<li>Tiền Hải</li>
<li>Tà Xùa</li>
<li>Tây Côn Lĩnh</li>
<li><a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/13552106" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Vân Long</a></li>
<li>Xuân Nha</li>
<li>Đồng Sơn - Kỳ Thượng</li>
</ul>
OpenStreetMap User's Diaries
http://www.openstreetmap.org/diary/
OpenStreetMap User's Diaries: HOW TO JOIN OSMF
https://www.openstreetmap.org/user/ENGELBERT%20MODO/diary/403716
2024-03-15T03:38:14+00:00
<p>Please also share/blast in your socials/network :)</p>
<p>——
👂👀 Have you heard? 📢
We have launched 🚀 the #OSMFMembershipCampaign 2024!</p>
<p>Help us grow and diversify #OSMF members in regions 🌍🌏🌎 where there are no or very few OSMF members! You can support! 🎯 <a href="https://blog.openstreetmap.org/2024/03/12/call-to-action-help-us-grow-and-diversify-osmf-membership/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">https://blog.openstreetmap.org/2024/03/12/call-to-action-help-us-grow-and-diversify-osmf-membership/</a></p>
<p>Join ✍️<a href="https://supporting.openstreetmap.org/#Membership-Categories" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">https://supporting.openstreetmap.org/#Membership-Categories</a></p>
<h1 id="openstreetmap">openstreetmap</h1>
OpenStreetMap User's Diaries
http://www.openstreetmap.org/diary/
OpenStreetMap User's Diaries: Como mapear no Openstreetmap com o Editor ID. / How to map in Openstreetmap with the ID Editor.
https://www.openstreetmap.org/user/umbraosmbr/diary/403714
2024-03-14T16:51:36+00:00
<h2 id="how-to-map-in-openstreetmap-with-the-id-editor">How to map in Openstreetmap with the ID Editor.</h2>
<p><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53587951805_dd9a2e96c6_z.jpg" alt=""></p>
<p><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53587825224_70cb8cd2c7_z.jpg" alt=""></p>
<p><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53587516346_c3d42ae64c_z.jpg" alt=""></p>
<p><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53587836454_1628df6322_z.jpg" alt=""></p>
<p><img src="https://www.flickr.com/photos/193896365@N06/53587730423/in/dateposted-public/" alt=""></p>
<h2 id="mapping-tutorial-link-for-beginners">Mapping Tutorial Link for Beginners</h2>
<p><a href="https://umbraosm.com.br/oficina_mapeamento_para_iniciante.pdf" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">https://umbraosm.com.br/oficina_mapeamento_para_iniciante.pdf</a></p>
OpenStreetMap User's Diaries
http://www.openstreetmap.org/diary/
OpenStreetMap User's Diaries: apresentação do projeto mapeaia Belém a comunidade Brasileira do Openstreetmap / presentation of the Mapeaia Belém project to the Brazilian Openstreetmap community
https://www.openstreetmap.org/user/umbraosmbr/diary/403713
2024-03-14T16:26:50+00:00
<h2 id="presentation-of-the-mapeaia-belm-project-to-the-brazilian-openstreetmap-community">presentation of the Mapeaia Belém project to the Brazilian Openstreetmap community</h2>
<p><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53587751764_26e37ec91a.jpg" alt=""></p>
<p>we present the Mapeia Belém project to the Brazilian openstreetmap community, which is an initiative of UMBRAOSM União dos Mapeadores Brasileiros do Openstreetmap and partners such as Meninas da GEO, Capitulos Youthmappers and other groups and in addition to the Brazilian Openstreetmap community and aims to update data in city of Belém for the Major Events that the city will host in 2024 and 2025 such as FOSS4G and COP 30.</p>
<p>Official launch of the project maps Belém in the Legal Amazon in 2023
<img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53587646633_4a4f0dea51_z.jpg" alt=""></p>
<p>MAPATHON activities we did in 2023 and 2024
<img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53587751544_a72615e65f_z.jpg" alt=""></p>
<p><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53587876755_f8ffb5ddbe_z.jpg" alt=""></p>
<p><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53587876755_f8ffb5ddbe_z.jpg" alt=""></p>
<p>activities on March 6, 2024, Open Data Day (ODD) 2024 - Belém - Pará Brazil.
<img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53586563842_1cffddc79e_z.jpg" alt=""></p>
<p><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53587751539_635ba5fc18_z.jpg" alt=""></p>
<p><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53587876675_d2c03f230b_z.jpg" alt=""></p>
<p>the presentation of the Mapeaia Belém project can be seen at the link below;
<a href="https://umbraosm.com.br/apresentacao_do_Projeto_Mapeia_Belem_na_amazonia_legal.pdf" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">https://umbraosm.com.br/apresentacao_do_Projeto_Mapeia_Belem_na_amazonia_legal.pdf</a></p>
<h2 id="link-da-wiki">Link da Wiki:</h2>
<p><a href="https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Pt:Projeto_Mapeia_%22Bel%C3%A9m%22_Edi%C3%A7%C3%A3o_2023/2024" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Pt:Projeto_Mapeia_%22Bel%C3%A9m%22_Edi%C3%A7%C3%A3o_2023/2024</a></p>
<h2 id="project-website">project website</h2>
<p><a href="https://projetomapeiabelem.my.canva.site/home" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">https://projetomapeiabelem.my.canva.site/home</a></p>
<p>UMBRAOSM - União dos Mapeadores Brasileiros do Openstreetmap</p>
<p><a href="http://www.umbraosm.com.br" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">www.umbraosm.com.br</a></p>
OpenStreetMap User's Diaries
http://www.openstreetmap.org/diary/
OpenStreetMap User's Diaries: Parken in Frankfurt
https://www.openstreetmap.org/user/Infra-Simon/diary/403712
2024-03-14T12:17:53+00:00
<p>Hallo zusammen,</p>
<p>ich habe auf der Arbeit die Aufgabe das Parken in Frankfurt mithilfe des Rapid Editors zu taggen. Dafür möchte und soll ich so präzise wie möglich vorgehen.
In vielen Straßen kommt es aber vor, dass verschiedene Parkrichtlinien oder Ausrichtungen bestehen. Außerdem sind einige Straßen sehr lang in OSM.</p>
<p>Eine Möglichkeit ist, die Straßen mithilfe eines Punkts zu teilen, um verschiedene parktags einzufügen. Das zerstückelt aber oft die Straßen und es entstehen kleine Teilstücke mit verschiedenen ID’s. Die zuvor eingefügten Attribute bleiben aber bestehen.</p>
<p>Jetzt ist die Frage, welche Folgen es hat, die Straßen aufzuteilen, um präzise Parkangaben tätigen zu können, oder ob das keine wirkliche Rolle spielt. Viele Straßen sind ja sowieso schon sehr aufgestückelt.</p>
<p>Über eine Antwort würde ich mich sehr freuen.</p>
<p>Gruß
Simon (Infra-Simon)</p>
OpenStreetMap User's Diaries
http://www.openstreetmap.org/diary/
OpenStreetMap User's Diaries: Edição do Hospital Nossa Senhora das Dores
https://www.openstreetmap.org/user/Anna%20Clara%20godoi/diary/403710
2024-03-14T00:59:27+00:00
<p>Está edição foi feita a edição em um dos únicos hospitais do município de Ponte Nova, é um hospital localizado no centro da cidade e recebe muitos pacientes.</p>
OpenStreetMap User's Diaries
http://www.openstreetmap.org/diary/
OpenStreetMap User's Diaries: Mudanças
https://www.openstreetmap.org/user/Lucascsoares/diary/403708
2024-03-13T23:09:06+00:00
<p>Algumas mudanças feitas para quem vive em Contagem: coloquei a barraca do Tio toninho em frente a prefeitura, algo que está a anos e não se foi notado no mapa. E algumas coisas em torno de Minas Gerais. Vou fazendo mudanças as quais considero necessárias. Bom mapeamento a todos!</p>
<p>Some changes made for those who live in Contagem: I placed Tio Toninho’s tent in front of the city hall, something that has been around for years and was not noticed on the map. And some things around Minas Gerais. I’m making changes that I consider necessary. Good mapping everyone!</p>
OpenStreetMap User's Diaries
http://www.openstreetmap.org/diary/
OpenStreetMap User's Diaries: Restructure wiki page key:name?
https://www.openstreetmap.org/user/Robhubi/diary/403707
2024-03-13T18:20:41+00:00
<p>The key “name” is one of the 10 most frequently used characteristics of objects - according to Taginfo <a href="https://taginfo.openstreetmap.org/keys/name" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">100 million</a> times. It is probably also the tag with the most errors. A random sample in my neighbourhood showed an error rate of 8.4% (N=1092). Possible reasons:</p>
<ol>
<li>lack of knowledge</li>
<li>misunderstanding</li>
<li>tag missing</li>
</ol>
<p>The proposal relates to point 2, possible misunderstandings regarding the meaning of the “name” tag.</p>
<h3 id="current-wiki-structure">Current Wiki structure</h3>
<p>The main article <a href="https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Names" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">names</a> lists 14 different keys of the <em>proper name</em>, differentiates them from each other and from non-<em>proper names</em> and gives many examples. The article is quite extensive with 29k characters.</p>
<p>Of the 14 keys, 5 keys do not have their own wiki page: int_name, loc_name, nat_name, reg_name and nickname.</p>
<p>The article on the key <a href="https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:name" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">name</a> is similar to the main article <a href="https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Names" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">names</a>, only somewhat shorter. It is still quite extensive with 18k characters. All other articles are short.</p>
<h3 id="issues-main-article-names">Issues Main article “names”</h3>
<p>Readability.</p>
<p>The text is very extensive and therefore requires perseverance. However, it deals with all aspects of name keys in detail and consistently. Many examples illustrate the basic idea.</p>
<h3 id="issues-keyname">Issues key:name</h3>
<p>Readability, redundancy, clarity.</p>
<p>The text for the key name is very long at 18k characters, the essentials are lost in the sea of words. Much of it is a repetition of information that is already available elsewhere:</p>
<ul>
<li>The “values” section is almost completely contained in the main article.</li>
<li>The “Variants” table is already completely contained in the main article.</li>
<li>The table of language subkeys covers more than 3 screen pages and is also fully covered on the “<a href="https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Multilingual_names" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Multilingual names</a>” page.</li>
<li>The sections “Road names” and “Additional data” are also already included in the main article. Only the sentence with “strapline” is supplementary.</li>
</ul>
<p>In addition to the high redundancy, the text is also blurred. The core - the <em>proper name</em> - is not mentioned at all. The explanations lead to problematic statements.</p>
<p><strong>An example. Quote:</strong></p>
<p>“<em>sources of primary names: The most prominent name on a sign posted on the feature itself, especially for a feature in the built environment</em>”</p>
<p>So this building should be tagged with name=Toaletter?</p>
<p><img src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Public_toilet.JPG/240px-Public_toilet.JPG" alt="">
(<a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Public_toilet.JPG" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">zoom</a>)</p>
<p>Clearly wrong, as it contradicts the main article.</p>
<p><strong>A second example. Quote:</strong></p>
<p><em>As a rule of thumb, the primary name would be the most obvious name of the feature, the one that end users expect data consumers to expose in a label or other interface element.</em></p>
<p>This statement is nowhere to be found in the main article. The wording is also ambiguous, are we tagging according to reality or according to the wishes of the data consumer? The latter seems to apply here:</p>
<p><img src="https://s20.directupload.net/images/user/240308/vqoob6ch.jpg" alt=""></p>
<p>(<a href="https://s20.directupload.net/images/user/240308/7gmm9gap.jpg" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">zoom</a>)</p>
<p>The data consumer may be happy with the name “Green Walk (Easy Access)”, but it is not a name in the sense of the main article.</p>
<p><strong>Another example. Quote:</strong></p>
<p><em>This key is set to the <strong>primary name</strong> of the feature in the real world.</em></p>
<p>I read it like this: “primary name is the most commonly used name for that feature”. “primary” here denotes an order if there are several names. However, it says nothing about which names are involved. Names are multifaceted: <em>class name</em>, <em>collective name</em>, <em>mass name</em>, <em>proper name</em> … which name is meant?</p>
<p>The sentence should read: <em>This key is set to the <strong>proper name</strong> of the feature in the real world</em>. Or also: <em>This key is set to the primary <strong>proper name</strong> of the feature in the real world</em>.</p>
<p>Name “Toaletter” in the example above is then clearly excluded as a <em>class name</em> for the name key. In addition to <em>class names</em>, name-like descriptions are often misunderstood as proper nouns. No wonder, really, if the <em>proper name</em> is not defined as a term.</p>
<p>The term “primary name” is not used anywhere in the main article. The entire main article revolves around the term <em>proper name</em>, but it is only used explicitly a few times. It is strange why it remains completely unmentioned as a central term in the entire <a href="https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:name" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">key:name</a> article.</p>
<p>Did the authors understand the name as a synonym for the proper name? Or have I lost my way in the labyrinth of foreign language, everyday usage, grammar and linguistic philosophy?</p>
<p>One thing is for sure: I’m not the only one. The many errors in tag names scattered around the world are a clear indication.</p>
<h3 id="goal">Goal</h3>
<p>Clarity.</p>
<ul>
<li>Focus article key:name on the essentials,
maximum text volume 1 to 2 screen pages</li>
<li>Intensive integration of the main article by means of references</li>
<li>Pay attention to translatability</li>
</ul>
<p>Here is a <a href="https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/w/index.php?title=Key:name&oldid=2667024" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">text proposal as a starting point</a>.</p>
<h3 id="non-goal">Non-goal</h3>
<p>Change to the scope of meaning of the key <a href="https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:name" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">name</a>, neither restricting nor expanding. Reference is the main article <a href="https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Names" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">names</a>.</p>
<h3 id="and-you">… and you?</h3>
<p>What is your opinion: do you think the proposed restructuring makes sense?</p>
OpenStreetMap User's Diaries
http://www.openstreetmap.org/diary/
OpenStreetMap User's Diaries: StreetComplete for iOS
https://www.openstreetmap.org/user/westnordost/diary/403704
2024-03-13T15:46:07+00:00
<h2 id="did-you-hear">Did you hear?</h2>
<p><img src="https://github.com/streetcomplete/StreetComplete/assets/4661658/06911703-3822-4dfd-b6de-f48fc533eba6"></p>
<h4 id="we-plan-to-bring-streetcomplete-to-ioshttpsgithubcomstreetcompletestreetcompleteissues5421"><strong><a href="https://github.com/streetcomplete/StreetComplete/issues/5421" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">We plan to bring StreetComplete to iOS!</a></strong></h4>
<p>For all that have been eagerly awaiting this to happen, there is more good news, however!</p>
<h2 id="prototype-fund">Prototype Fund</h2>
<p><img src="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/streetcomplete/StreetComplete/master/.github/images/logo_prototypefund.svg" align="left" height="256"></p>
<p>I secured some <a href="https://prototypefund.de/project/streetcomplete-fuer-ios/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">funding from the Prototype Fund</a> to work on it! 🎉</p>
<p>According to my estimation, this will bring us about halfway to a full port of StreetComplete to iOS, or a minimum viable product.</p>
<p>Now, of course, we all want the full package! Not just a prototype. Don’t we? 😀</p>
<p>It’s looking quite promising so far: Since I put forward this plan, numerous more contributions are being made (<a href="https://github.com/orgs/streetcomplete/projects/1" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">see project board</a>), not to mention the <a href="https://github.com/streetcomplete/StreetComplete/issues/1892#issuecomment-1865140170" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">many contributions</a> towards this goal during the last years.</p>
<p>I hope by fully devoting myself to this endeavour for the next ~six months, we’ll gain even more momentum to finish it together!</p>
<h2 id="help-wanted">Help Wanted!</h2>
<p>To close the missing 50% of the way, any help is appreciated - be it code contributions, sponsoring through Patreon, Liberapay etc., (hints for) follow-up funding or even (just) help with regular issue triage and code reviews to help me focus on the iOS stuff!</p>
<p>If you have been considering to contribute as a software developer: Now is the time! The biggest part of this undertaking is to rewrite the UI of StreetComplete in <a href="https://www.jetbrains.com/lp/compose-multiplatform/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Compose Multiplatform</a> (a fork of Android’s <a href="https://developer.android.com/jetpack/compose" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Jetpack Compose</a>). In case you know it - or would like to learn it - your help here would make the biggest difference.
If you are interested to help, there are also many other small and big modular tasks that need doing. <strong><a href="https://github.com/streetcomplete/StreetComplete/issues/5421" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Ticket #5421</a></strong> has in-depth information.</p>
<p>Other than the issue tracker and the OpenStreetMap forum, I linger on <a href="https://slack.openstreetmap.us/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Slack</a> in the channel #streetcomplete, drop by if you like.</p>
OpenStreetMap User's Diaries
http://www.openstreetmap.org/diary/
OpenStreetMap User's Diaries: My OSMF Membership Campaign Volunteer Experience - 2024
https://www.openstreetmap.org/user/Eka%20Diweti/diary/403701
2024-03-13T04:49:25+00:00
<p>The OpenStreetMap Foundation had quite recently launched a worldwide membership campaign with the objective of growing and diversifying OSMF membership in regions where there are very low or no OSMF members. And I am proud to say that I was/am part of this campaign. I should say that it is also my very first time volunteering for the OpenStreetMap Foundation and the experience has been & continues to be very enriching to say the least. In late January, I had responded to a call for volunteers & campaigners to help grow OSMF membership on Slack & since then, I’ve been part of a very diverse, talented & committed group of campaigners & volunteers.</p>
<p>On the first few virtual meet-ups via Google meet, I had promptly signed up for the visual comms/mapmakers role as I believed I could use whatever little designing skills & experiences I had to aid in creating & designing comms material for the campaign. In doing so, I had been thrown into a mix of incredible volunteers from around the world. Our work as visual comms/mapmakers volunteers had revolved around creating posters, pubmats, infographics, maps, etc. and these materials feature a lot about the OpenStreetMap Foundation, testimonials, how to join, membership types, why join, etc. However, generating these materials wasn’t an easy feat as the process often involved planning, a lot of discussions, facilitating, reviewing, and amending the materials as per suggestions/recommendations from the OSMF Board.</p>
<p>I believe that this volunteering opportunity has helped me grow in ways I wouldn’t have imagined because in the short period of only two months, I have learnt a lot about community, having being part of a group with shared or common interest but also acknowledging the different ideas, strengths & capabilities that each one of us had & brought to the table allowed to us to effectively work together to bring about the outputs we were tasked to deliver.</p>
<p>So, shout out to the visual comms/mapmakers team for a great job on the comms materials for the membership campaign, they have been absolutely superb on the job/role!</p>
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OpenStreetMap User's Diaries: 서산시내 건물 추가...
https://www.openstreetmap.org/user/SilkBlue/diary/403700
2024-03-13T04:00:07+00:00
<p>일단 동문1동의 학동 지점 건물 및 도로 추가 완료했습니다.
차기에는 서산제일감리교회 동편 지역, 그리고 서령로 남측 지역 추가… 점점 점진적으로 추가할 예정입니다.</p>
<p>빨라야 반 년 뒤에는 끝날 거 같네요.</p>
<p>이후에는 성연면 (서산테크노밸리), 인지면, 부석면, 해미면, 대산읍, 음암면, 운산면, 고북면, 지곡면 순으로 편집해나갈 예정입니다. 물론 해당 지역들은 바뀌어질 수도 있습니다. 길어야 5년은 될 거 같네요</p>
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OpenStreetMap User's Diaries: Mapping Crematoria
https://www.openstreetmap.org/user/SK53/diary/403698
2024-03-12T23:15:22+00:00
<p>A recent discussion on the osm-gb IRC channel was about how to map chapels within crematorium buildings.</p>
<p><a title="andy dolman / Cheltenham Crematorium" href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cheltenham_Crematorium_-_geograph.org.uk_-_670230.jpg" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer"><img width="512" alt="Cheltenham Crematorium - geograph.org.uk - 670230" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/92/Cheltenham_Crematorium_-_geograph.org.uk_-_670230.jpg"></a></p>
<p>I thought it was worth summarising some of that discussion. These notes pertain to crematoria in England and Wales. I have attended a funeral at that in Geneva, but that was twenty years ago.</p>
<p>One of the difficulties is that most visits to a crematorium are likely to be to <a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/note/3341407" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">attend a funeral service</a>. This is not conducive to any kind of sophisticated micromanaging, but does allow a decent amount of basic observation. In addition I’m not aware of well-developed tagging standards for various features, as may become apparent by looking at some of my examples</p>
<h1 id="in-general">In general</h1>
<p>In the UK crematoria started to be built after WW1 by local authorities. Burial space was scarce in larger towns and cities, especially in historical cemeteries and burial grounds. Initially, new large cemeteries were created by buying undeveloped land on the edge of the urban area. These included a central building containing the crematorium and one or more funerary chapels. Landscaping often created memorial gardens close to the building, and extensive tree planting (usually formal: avenues etc ) throughout the burial areas. The chapels are often recognisably religious type buildings (Landican).</p>
<p>Since about 1970 more standalone crematoria have been built, also by local authorities. By then older sales of burial plots were not providing adequate income for maintenance of cemeteries, and consequently a more sustainable financing was required. A number of private cemetery companies folded around this time including some of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnificent_Seven_cemeteries" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">“Magnificent Seven”</a> in London. The response was to encourage more cremations and only lease burial plots for a number of years. Crematoria from this period tend to have more informal landscaping, more parking and more intricate traffic flow. The building itself is usually low and discrete rather than an obvious focal point.</p>
<p>Since 1990 quite a few more crematoria have been built, mainly by private firms (Denbighshire, Gedling). These tend to be in more rural districts, and may be more remote from urban development, and have less extensive grounds. The <a href="https://www.cremation.org.uk/content/files/Crematoria%20by%20year%20of%20opening%2840%29.pdf" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">chronological listing</a> compiled by the Crematorium Society shows this pattern clearly .</p>
<p>Other countries have quite different development patterns, for instance Carhaix-Plougher, which <a href="https://www.ouest-france.fr/bretagne/carhaix-plouguer-29270/carhaix-le-crematorium-c-etait-nouveau-en-1988-5915004" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">opened in 1988</a>, was only the fourth crematorium in France. Now there are nearly 200.</p>
<h1 id="location--directions">Location & Directions</h1>
<p>Crematoria are usually well-signposted from major roads. This is obviously necessary as visitors may be unfamiliar with the area. Some rural ones (Wrexham, Colwyn Bay) are located off quite minor roads. Others may be on a main road and do not allow access which crosses the carriageway (turn restrictions) as funeral corteges would disrupt traffic.</p>
<p>Older ones on the edge of town are likely to be directly accessible by public transport, but newer ones may require a walk from the nearest bus or tram stop, or just be difficult to access on foot (Gedling, Wrexham). Ensure that nearby public transport stops are marked, and map any pavements (sidewalks) along access roads. Where pavements are lacking consider adding verge tags.</p>
<p>The same roads should also have the most useful tags for good cycle routing added (any cycleways, cycle lanes, maxspeed, lanes, etc).</p>
<h1 id="access--parking">Access & Parking</h1>
<p>The roads within the Crematorium site should be highway=service. Modern sites usually have a one-way system. These days there are roads which lead directly to the chapel entrance & exit (see further below), and these are solely for hearse and cortege (I’ve tagged them motor_vehicle=no, hearse=yes, but motor_vehicle=private works as well).</p>
<p>Foot access in newer crematoria is usually separate from motor traffic (Wrexham), but this is not true for older sites (Canley). I don’t know if any separate bicycles from motor traffic.</p>
<p><a title="Canley Crematorium & Garden Cemetery by David P Howard, CC BY-SA 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0>, via Wikimedia Commons" href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Canley_Crematorium_%5E_Garden_Cemetery_-_geograph.org.uk_-_4084245.jpg" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer"><img width="512" alt="Canley Crematorium ^ Garden Cemetery - geograph.org.uk - 4084245" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Canley_Crematorium_%5E_Garden_Cemetery_-_geograph.org.uk_-_4084245.jpg/512px-Canley_Crematorium_%5E_Garden_Cemetery_-_geograph.org.uk_-_4084245.jpg"></a></p>
<p>Parking is pretty much as one might expect, but take care to map accessible parking. Many funeral attendees will be aged and infirm. Some may have distinct parking areas for each Chapel, in which case name them. Older sites may just have parking along the main service roads (Landican, Canley), use <code>parking=lane</code>.</p>
<p>Footpaths from the parking area to provide access to Chapel entrances & exits should be mapped. Try to identify any steps (Bangor, Geneva) and provide info on step_count, surface, tactile_paving and handrails), and alternative step-free routes of possible. These latter are most likely on older sites.</p>
<h1 id="crematorium-building">Crematorium building</h1>
<p>Most crematoria are built as a single composition containing chapel(s), offices, mortuary area and cremation facilities.</p>
<p>At Landican however the three chapels tower above the low connecting structures, with the cremation facilities behind the central chapel. This type of arrangement may be better represented by several buildings. At the very least distinct building:part elements can be used. For others the internal elements are best represented by use of simple indoor tagging (SIT).</p>
<p><a title="Rodhullandemu, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons" href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Chapels_at_Landican_cemetery_1.jpg" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer"><img width="512" alt="Chapels at Landican cemetery 1" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/Chapels_at_Landican_cemetery_1.jpg/512px-Chapels_at_Landican_cemetery_1.jpg"></a></p>
<p>There are also crematoria in much older cemeteries (Kensal Green, West Norwood, Cheltenham). At Cheltenham the crematorium is integrated with the original Victorian mortuary chapels; elsewhere these are on new sites withing the grounds.</p>
<p><a title="Crematorium, West Norwood Cemetery by Stephen Richards, CC BY-SA 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0>, via Wikimedia Commons" href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Crematorium,_West_Norwood_Cemetery_-_geograph.org.uk_-_2217329.jpg" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer"><img width="512" alt="Crematorium, West Norwood Cemetery - geograph.org.uk - 2217329" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9d/Crematorium%2C_West_Norwood_Cemetery_-_geograph.org.uk_-_2217329.jpg"></a></p>
<h1 id="chapels">Chapels*</h1>
<p>Chapels can be mapped as <code>place_of_worship</code> with <code>religion=multifaith</code>. In most cases a node can suffice. Additionally, <code>funeral_hall=yes</code> can be used.**</p>
<p>Typically a chapel will have a waiting area, most modern ones with toilets. This may be an anteroom (Bramcote) or opposite the chapel entrance (Canley). Some anterooms have TV screens which may allow the room to be used as an overflow area if the funeral is well-attended (one can add capacity to each chapel). The chapel entrance is to the rear of the chapel. It should be marked on the anteroom if it exists).</p>
<p>Usually there will be a notice board outside the chapels listing which funerals are taking place that day (tourism=information).</p>
<p>Map toilet facilities elsewhere and any restrictions on access (e.g., Radar key holders at Landican). From this perspective it is quite useful to map nearby hospitality locations (cafes, bars, pubs) which could be used by people travelling from afar. (This similarly applies to places of worship used for weddings and funerals).</p>
<p>Usually a roofed area (building=roof) protects mourners arriving in the cortege and may be used by other mourners.</p>
<p>The chapel exit is usually to one side at the front of the chapel, and leads outdoors. Usually another canopy protects mourners as they convey condolences to the immediate family. Often there is an adjacent area for the display of wreaths and floral tributes (Wilford Hill). At Canley this is slightly removed from the main building and not protected from the weather (no available tag). The exit from xxx Chapel is away from the road and a covered arcade leads back to the cars.</p>
<p>Once entrances & exits are mapped the Chapel needs to be mapped as an area, either using S3DB or SIT. The choice depends on whether the chapels can be identified externally, and any need to map associated toilets and anterooms.</p>
<p>IIRC, the chapels at Geneva Crematorium are all accessed from a common hallway, and there is none of the detailed entrance/exit infrastructure.</p>
<h1 id="grounds">Grounds</h1>
<p>It is worth mapping various other features in the grounds around the buildings: notably other paths, hedges, but particularly benches. I have also mapped a substation (Canley).</p>
<p>A detailed survey of the grounds of even a small crematorium is a significant undetaking. There will be various memorial gardens, walls, hedges etc, with paths and benches. Do these first.</p>
<p><a title="Oxymoron / Bramcote Crematorium" href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bramcote_Crematorium_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1062870.jpg" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer"><img width="512" alt="Bramcote Crematorium - geograph.org.uk - 1062870" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/84/Bramcote_Crematorium_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1062870.jpg"></a></p>
<h2 id="trees">Trees</h2>
<p>The biggest challenge will be the trees. In most locations the tree collection will be significant and contribute greatly to the overall ambiance. Crematoria and cemeteries often contain many unusual and interesting species and varieties of trees (see Steven Falk’s volumes on the Trees of Warwickshire for accounts of Canley & London Road). There are often lots of conifers, some of which may be hard to identify, and many Weeping forms of broad-leaved trees. If possible see if you can obtain access to the tree register for the location as this largely reduces mapping of trees to a verification exercise (say 30 secs per tree or <code>tree_row</code>, versus 2-3 minutes a tree without). Avoid mapping apparently closed canopy areas as natural=wood : this is nearly always wrong, often it just represents a few mature trees in a park-like environment.</p>
<p>Cemeteries in Nottingham have around 40 trees per hectare, which might provide a reasonable rule of thumb for estimating survey effort. Of these trees about a fifth are evergreen and one eighth conifers. I don’t have equivalent figures for a dedicated crematorium site.</p>
<h1 id="closing">Closing</h1>
<p><a title="Rama, CC BY-SA 3.0 FR <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/fr/deed.en>, via Wikimedia Commons" href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Grave_in_Cimeti%C3%A8re_de_Saint-Georges-IMG_3906.JPG" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer"><img width="512" alt="Grave in Cimetière de Saint-Georges-IMG 3906" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/Grave_in_Cimeti%C3%A8re_de_Saint-Georges-IMG_3906.JPG/512px-Grave_in_Cimeti%C3%A8re_de_Saint-Georges-IMG_3906.JPG"></a></p>
<p>This account is very much based on attending funerals over the past 20 years, often with elderly relatives with restricted mobility. It is very much a UK-based perspective, as Geneva is the only non-UK location I have visited as a mourner, and that 20 years ago. If you have a non-UK perspective, please take time to add remarks in the comments.</p>
<p>Equally, I’ve probably missed some things pertinent for UK sites. Please let me know.</p>
<h1 id="appendix--sites-mentioned">Appendix : Sites Mentioned:</h1>
<ul>
<li><strong>Bangor</strong>*. A <a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/node/384727960" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">crematorium</a> with a single chapel at the centre of a municipal cemetery built between the wars.</li>
<li><strong>Colwyn Bay (Bron y Nant)</strong>. <a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/238503019" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Crematorium</a> and small cemetery tucked away under a hill. Despite being close the A55 Expressway access is <a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/directions?engine=graphhopper_car&route=53.2915%2C-3.4656%3B53.2985%2C-3.7607#map=17/53.29936/-3.74964" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">not obvious</a>.</li>
<li><strong>Wrexham (Pentre Bychan)</strong>. A <a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/261315559" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">modern crematorium</a>with a single chapel set in <a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/337984070" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">parkland</a> dating from the 19th century, which is why I chose to use <code>leisure=park</code>. A beautiful setting.</li>
<li><strong>Kensal Green</strong>. One of London’s “Magnificent Seven” Victorian cemeteries. Created on open fields in the 1830s and therefore home to many plants which would not have survived either modern agriculture or urban development. The Western part of the cemetery, an extension, is still in use and a fairly modern crematorium is in use. Run by a private company, the General Cemetery Company. The original funerary chapels are located in the Eastern half of the cemetery, whilst the 1939 <a href="https://www.kensalgreencemetery.com/crematorium/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">crematorium</a> is in the extension.</li>
<li><strong>West Norwood</strong>. Another of the “Magnificent Seven”, but a municipal cemetery. As with Kensal Green, still in use for funerals and with a 20th century crematorium.</li>
<li><strong>Cheltenham</strong>. A crematorium was added adjacent to the <a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/256298147" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">original two funerary chapels</a>. This closed recently and a <a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/17330196" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">new crematorium</a> was opened in 2019 at the Eastern edge of the cemetery.</li>
<li><strong>Wilford Hill</strong>. A <a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/79640558" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">crematorium</a> with two chapels at the centre of a 1930s cemetery built by Nottingham Council, but outside the borough boundary. The cemetery has a formal design.</li>
<li><strong>Bramcote</strong>. A modern (late 1970s) crematorium in its own <a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/49231317" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">landscaped grounds</a> (developed from farmland). Current tagging raises the issue as to whether one tags the whole grounds (because cemetery tags are not appropriate) or the building.</li>
<li><strong>Canley</strong>. A mid-century cemetery with a <a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/352640899" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">crematorium</a> at the centre. The cemetery is laid out mainly on a grid with many straight avenues, although close to the crematorium memorial gardens have a more informal layout. Numerous interesting trees.</li>
<li>
<p><strong>New private crematoria</strong>. <a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/575547476" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Gedling</a> and <a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/516197703" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Denbighshire</a></p>
</li>
<li><strong>Carhaix-Plougher</strong>. A <a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/144466347" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">modern crematorium</a> adjacent to the municipal cemetery.</li>
<li><strong>Geneva</strong>. The <a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/225623318" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">crematorium</a> forms part of a large funerary complex and includes 4 chapels, and mortuary rooms. It is in the SE corner of the large St Georges cemetery. Currently mapped as several buildings when perhaps these are better as <code>building:part</code>.</li>
</ul>
<p> * This seems to be the word in use in both the UK and Switzerland, even though they are used for both non-christian and Humanist funerals. I’m a bit reluctant to call them funeral halls as this may conflate culturally distinct funerary rites.</p>
<p>** Note that whether to call these <code>amenity=place_of_worship</code> may well be culturally dependent.</p>
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OpenStreetMap User's Diaries: State Capitals in the USA
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2024-03-12T14:58:07+00:00
<p><a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=32.377778&mlon=-86.300556&zoom=15#map=15/32.3778/-86.3006" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Alabama</a></p>
<p><a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=58.302194&mlon=-134.410472&zoom=15#map=15/58.3022/-134.4105" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Alaska</a></p>
<p><a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=33.448056&mlon=-112.096389&zoom=15#map=15/33.4481/-112.0964" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Arizona</a></p>
<p><a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=34.746667&mlon=-92.289167&zoom=15#map=15/34.7467/-92.2892" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Arkansas</a></p>
<p><a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=38.576667&mlon=-121.493611&zoom=15#map=15/38.5767/-121.4936" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">California</a></p>
<p><a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=39.739232&mlon=-104.984868&zoom=15#map=15/39.7392/-104.9849" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Colorado</a></p>
<p><a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=41.764136&mlon=-72.682778&zoom=15#map=15/41.7641/-72.6828" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Connecticut</a></p>
<p><a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=39.157307&mlon=-75.519722&zoom=15#map=15/39.1573/-75.5197" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Delaware</a></p>
<p><a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=30.43811&mlon=-84.2816&zoom=15#map=15/30.4381/-84.2816" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Florida</a></p>
<p><a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=33.74905&mlon=-84.38813&zoom=15#map=15/33.7490/-84.3881" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Georgia</a></p>
<p><a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=21.3075&mlon=-157.8575&zoom=15#map=15/21.3075/-157.8575" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Hawaii</a></p>
<p><a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=43.6177&mlon=-116.1996&zoom=15#map=15/43.6177/-116.1996" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Idaho</a></p>
<p><a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=39.798333&mlon=-89.654722&zoom=15#map=15/39.7983/-89.6547" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Illinois</a></p>
<p><a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=39.768611&mlon=-86.162778&zoom=15#map=15/39.7686/-86.1628" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Indiana</a></p>
<p><a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=41.591194&mlon=-93.603806&zoom=15#map=15/41.5912/-93.6038" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Iowa</a></p>
<p><a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=39.048056&mlon=-95.678056&zoom=15#map=15/39.0481/-95.6781" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Kansas</a></p>
<p><a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=38.1867&mlon=-84.8753&zoom=15#map=15/38.1867/-84.8753" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Kentucky</a></p>
<p><a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=30.45704&mlon=-91.18736&zoom=15#map=15/30.4570/-91.1874" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Louisiana</a></p>
<p><a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=44.307237&mlon=-69.781676&zoom=15#map=15/44.3072/-69.7817" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Maine</a></p>
<p><a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=38.978889&mlon=-76.491111&zoom=15#map=15/38.9789/-76.4911" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Maryland</a></p>
<p><a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=42.358167&mlon=-71.063694&zoom=15#map=15/42.3582/-71.0637" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Massachusetts</a></p>
<p><a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=42.733611&mlon=-84.555556&zoom=15#map=15/42.7336/-84.5556" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Michigan</a></p>
<p><a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=44.955278&mlon=-93.102222&zoom=15#map=15/44.9553/-93.1022" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Minnesota</a></p>
<p><a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=32.303889&mlon=-90.182222&zoom=15#map=15/32.3039/-90.1822" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Mississippi</a></p>
<p><a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=38.579167&mlon=-92.172778&zoom=15#map=15/38.5792/-92.1728" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Missouri</a></p>
<p><a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=46.5857&mlon=-112.0184&zoom=15#map=15/46.5857/-112.0184" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Montana</a></p>
<p><a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=40.808056&mlon=-96.699722&zoom=15#map=15/40.8081/-96.6997" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Nebraska</a></p>
<p><a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=39.164167&mlon=-119.766389&zoom=15#map=15/39.1642/-119.7664" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Nevada</a></p>
<p><a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=43.206748&mlon=-71.538127&zoom=15#map=15/43.2067/-71.5381" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">New Hampshire</a></p>
<p><a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=40.220437&mlon=-74.769902&zoom=15#map=15/40.2204/-74.7699" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">New Jersey</a></p>
<p><a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=35.6823&mlon=-105.9397&zoom=15#layers=M" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">New Mexico</a></p>
<p><a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=42.652553&mlon=-73.757323&zoom=15#map=15/42.6526/-73.7573" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">New York</a></p>
<p><a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=35.780361&mlon=-78.639111&zoom=15#map=15/35.7804/-78.6391" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">North Carolina</a></p>
<p><a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=46.8208&mlon=-100.7824&zoom=15#map=15/46.8208/-100.7824" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">North Dakota</a></p>
<p><a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=39.961389&mlon=-82.998889&zoom=15#map=15/39.9614/-82.9989" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Ohio</a></p>
<p><a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=35.492222&mlon=-97.503056&zoom=15#map=15/35.4922/-97.5031" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Oklahoma</a></p>
<p><a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=44.938466&mlon=-123.030374&zoom=15#map=15/44.9385/-123.0304" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Oregon</a></p>
<p><a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=40.264444&mlon=-76.883611&zoom=15#map=15/40.2644/-76.8836" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Pennsylvania</a></p>
<p><a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=41.830833&mlon=-71.415&zoom=15#map=15/41.8308/-71.4150" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Rhode Island</a></p>
<p><a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=34.000433&mlon=-81.033147&zoom=15#map=15/34.0004/-81.0331" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">South Carolina</a></p>
<p><a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=44.367167&mlon=-100.346353&zoom=15#map=15/44.3672/-100.3464" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">South Dakota</a></p>
<p><a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=36.165833&mlon=-86.784167&zoom=15#map=15/36.1658/-86.7842" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Tennessee</a></p>
<p><a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=30.274722&mlon=-97.740556&zoom=15#map=15/30.2747/-97.7406" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Texas</a></p>
<p><a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=40.777222&mlon=-111.888056&zoom=15#map=15/40.7772/-111.8881" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Utah</a></p>
<p><a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=44.2625&mlon=-72.580556&zoom=15#map=15/44.2625/-72.5806" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Vermont</a></p>
<p><a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=37.538758&mlon=-77.433594&zoom=15#map=15/37.5388/-77.4336" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Virginia</a></p>
<p><a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=47.035833&mlon=-122.904722&zoom=15#map=15/47.0358/-122.9047" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Washington</a></p>
<p><a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=38.336111&mlon=-81.611944&zoom=15#map=15/38.3361/-81.6119" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">West Virginia</a></p>
<p><a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=43.074722&mlon=-89.384167&zoom=15#map=15/43.0747/-89.3842" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Wisconsin</a></p>
<p><a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=41.140278&mlon=-104.819722&zoom=15#map=15/41.1403/-104.8197" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Wyoming</a></p>
OpenStreetMap User's Diaries
http://www.openstreetmap.org/diary/
OpenStreetMap Blog: The OpenStreetMap Foundation Board looks ahead to 2024
https://blog.openstreetmap.org/?p=176659781
2024-03-12T12:34:07+00:00
<p>2024 is already moving fast. The new OSMF Board is working hard, digging into their focus areas, and implementing the <a href="https://osmfoundation.org/wiki/Strategic_Plan">strategic plan</a>. Following the “tradition” of the collective post in <a href="https://blog.openstreetmap.org/2023/01/27/2023-on-the-osmf-board-our-individual-views/">2023</a>, here are a few sentences from each of the Board members on where they want to contribute in 2023.</p>
<p>We welcome your input and participation. <a href="https://wiki.osmfoundation.org/wiki/Officers_%26_Board" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Contact us directly</a> or, if you are an OSMF Member, join our <a href="https://wiki.osmfoundation.org/wiki/Monthly_Board_Meetings" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">monthly Board meeting</a>.</p>
<h2 class="wp-block-heading">Arnalie</h2>
<p>Last year comes by so fast. I am not so proud of what I have accomplished as a board member as I have had some health challenges. It was a learning experience (the success and failures) for me!</p>
<p>This year, I will continue efforts to engage, grow and diversify the OpenStreetMap community, this includes:</p>
<ul>
<li>Building more local chapters
<ul>
<li>Last year, we have revised the Local Chapters page to clearly state eligibilities and document that are required to submit. In addition; LCCWG is taking the lead role to review applications for potential local chapters as well as taking proactive steps to encourage communities to apply.</li>
<li>This year, we hope to establish 1-3 new local chapters especially in regions where there is no or less established local chapters. Our newest board member Dani will be my partner on this!</li>
<li>To learn more about OSMF Local Chapters and how to apply: <a href="https://osmfoundation.org/wiki/Local_Chapters" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://osmfoundation.org/wiki/Local_Chapters</a></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Growing and diversifying OSMF membership
<ul>
<li>Run a membership drive at first to second quarter of the year with volunteer team and community leaders</li>
<li>Review OSMF WGs, their goals, processes, operations, etc to provide a baseline how to encourage more participation in OSMF WGs</li>
<li>Review Active Contributor Membership application – ensuring that criteria are fit for people who it wish to benefit</li>
<li>Exposure to local communities and community projects through community presentation during OSMF board meetings</li>
<li>Revitalise the Diversity and Inlusion Committee to ensure that it is still fit for purpose and membership makeup/activeness</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Ensuring OSMF’s support to regional and national SotMs (more on this)</li>
<li>Representing OSMF in various events/conferences to extend our reach (outside OSM, other open communities) and listen to local communities</li>
</ul>
<p>More on this in my <a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/user/arnalielsewhere/diary/403493" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">OSM diary: community in the map and at the table: my first year and continuing plans as OSMF board member</a></p>
<p>If you would like to talk and discuss about community, reach out to me arnalie[at]osmfoundation[dot]org or send me a message (<a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/user/arnalielsewhere" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.openstreetmap.org/user/arnalielsewhere</a>)</p>
<h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="Craig"><a href="https://hackmd.io/TRIKeKUoQiK3OS3OQmWKhQ#Craig"></a>Craig</h2>
<p>When I first joined the Board I had never seen inside of the OSMF organisation so I initially wanted to fix some obvious external problems. But I now hold the post of Secretary and Chair of the Finance committee which has led me to be far more focused on the internal problems that impact on the operations of the Foundation. I am now putting in a lot of effort to improve systems and guide the foundation towards a future where members, corporate members, donors and data users speak of the OSM Foundation as a well managed, highly effective organisation that has a clear view of how it wants to develop in the next decade. My stress is not on making the Foundation bigger, but rather on making it much better at what it already does and then making sure that people know that it is better.</p>
<h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="Dani"><a href="https://hackmd.io/TRIKeKUoQiK3OS3OQmWKhQ#Dani"></a>Dani</h2>
<p>I am thrilled and grateful to embark on this journey as a member of the Board of the OpenStreetMap Foundation, representing YOU. The opportunity to contribute to such a dynamic and impactful community is both humbling and exhilarating. As I step into this role, I acknowledge that I have much to learn, and I eagerly anticipate the wealth of knowledge and experience that the community members will teach me. My primary goals for this year revolve around fostering a stronger sense of unity within the community, amplifying our fundraising efforts to ensure the sustainability of our initiatives, and serving as a dedicated liaison for all members of the OpenStreetMap community. I approach these objectives with humility and determination, understanding that collaboration and inclusivity are paramount to our success. I am genuinely excited to immerse myself in this vibrant community, to forge meaningful connections, and to work together towards our shared vision of empowering people through open mapping.</p>
<h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="Guillaume"><a href="https://hackmd.io/TRIKeKUoQiK3OS3OQmWKhQ#Guillaume"></a>Guillaume</h2>
<p>2024 will be a pivot year for the OSMF, and as board chairperson, my focus is on making sure that the big changes we have coming up happen smoothly.</p>
<p>The most exciting change will be vector tiles. We will be trying to have about one blog post each month throughout the year as our project progresses. You can already <a href="https://blog.openstreetmap.org/2024/02/11/2024-announcing-the-year-of-the-openstreetmap-vector-maps/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">read our first one</a> or <a href="https://community.openstreetmap.org/t/minutely-updated-vector-tiles-demo/110121/27" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">play with Paul’s demo</a>.</p>
<p>Our <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2021/jun/30/openstreetmap-looks-to-relocate-to-eu-due-to-brexit-limitations" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">move to the EU</a> is another interesting shift that we will be working on. Brexit has made our life in the UK too complicated, and while a move represents a lot of work, it’s something we have to do. While I have had very promising talks with officials from Luxembourg, we’re also looking at Belgium. Ease of doing business, community presence, OpenStreetMap usage, and financial and non-financial incentives all play a role.</p>
<p>This year is the first year when will work under our new <a href="https://community.openstreetmap.org/t/osmf-2024-budget-project-presentation/109689" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">budgeting system</a>, letting us easily link every expenditure to the budget. This means we will get better at showing where your donations are going: it’s not only spreadsheets and numbers, but about trust and accountability. It has been the product of a lot of work, started back when I was OSMF treasurer. This will help us fundraise more effectively.</p>
<p>Fundraising is, indeed, an area where we need to work more to be able to achieve our goals. Some of the largest OSM data users don’t contribute at all to keeping it running. We have mostly fundraised from large tech companies (thank you!), and must also expand to other sectors that are part of our ecosystem, including governments, humanitarian NGOs and transit companies, to increase our income’s resilience against market cycles.</p>
<p>Attribution is another key area. It’s not about ego; it’s about creating a funnel for the virtuous circle that improves the map. Our <a href="https://openstreetmap.org/copyright" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">copyright page</a> is the single largest landing page on our site, and due for a revamp, transforming it into a recruitment tool for new mappers and donors rather than just a legal necessity.</p>
<p>Major vandalism incidents in Israel and Ukraine marked us in 2023. We have patched the most vulnerable spots ad hoc, and managed to discourage the vandals. If we could more easily moderate what gets submitted before it hits the API, we would address a core vulnerability and improve data quality. I’m picturing an auto-moderation engine for which DWG could write rules, like an email filter. It would, of course, be a major engineering project and require careful planning.</p>
<p>Improving the reliability of our operations is one of the most rewarding long-term projects. By improving many things a little bit at a time, we’re reducing the areas where our infrastructure is at risk from a single failure. If any of the <a href="https://github.com/openstreetmap/operations/issues/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">open tickets</a> inspires you, please help us out.</p>
<p>I have for the last few years worked to encourage the OSMF to hire more staff – we have enough work for a dozen people if we can get the funding. Managing our operations and projects has long been too much for volunteers to handle. I would like to make progress on hiring an executive director for the OSMF to be able to work on ideas like this full time.</p>
<p>These goals suffer not from a lack of vision or talent, but a lack of hands and time. If you care about making these happen, please donate, or join one of our working groups.</p>
<h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="Mateusz"><a href="https://hackmd.io/TRIKeKUoQiK3OS3OQmWKhQ#Mateusz"></a>Mateusz</h2>
<p>Since the start of my activity as an OSMF board member, a bit more than a year ago, I have spent in a total of 390 hours on various OSMF-specific work. Recently it was budgeting discussions but earlier also for example work on ensuring that OpenStreetMap is attributed when required, coordinating contact between organisers of upcoming SotM-EU and memebers of working groups, getting community feedback into strategic plan and various communication – with community in general, working groups and members of both. And a lot of discussions/meetings.</p>
<p>Currently, I am thinking about how the budgeting process can be improved for the next year, based on how it went this year.<br />I will work further on encouraging to attribute OpenStreetMap, as required by our license.<br />I also want to spend some time on making clear how we spend money and how we will spend it with more funds raised – both to make clear to the community what is happening with our funds and to encourage potential donors to help us fund cases where smartly spending money can help OpenStreetMap.</p>
<p>I also want to thank for all the work done – by all mappers, people helping as part of working group or without a defined structure, other board members, people who donated money, people who have released various software making it easier to edit or use OpenStreetMap data. And people who use OpenStreetMap data in various interesting and useful ways.</p>
<h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="Roland"><a href="https://hackmd.io/TRIKeKUoQiK3OS3OQmWKhQ#Roland"></a>Roland</h2>
<p>The volunteers of the Foundation heard in the past years loud and clearly the expectation to get longstanding software work done – on top of maintaining a stable platform including the responsibility for your SRE. For example, vector tiles on <a href="http://osm.org/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">osm.org</a> are no longer a vision, but now work in progress.</p>
<p>The board’s job within that framework is to ensure the funding for all of these goals. The board has heard loud and clearly the message last year that there is open homework despite the absoutely honorable mission. Alan Mustard’s keynote at the SotM EU has given a good overview what alreadly is done and what still is ongoing work.</p>
<p>The board will organize finances in a way such that they look much more familiar to people who are used to donate to benevolent causes. And thus the finances also become more transparent to our community than ever has been asked for! I’m very happy that Guillaume has convinced Harrison to bring his expertise in finances of non-profits to OpenStreetMap. The board has started to set up a budget, will maintain a forecast, and seek close communication with the working groups to assure both financial reliability and ensure the working groups can focus on their maximum contribution towards the Foundation’s mission to support OpenStreetMap.</p>
<h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="Sarah"><a href="https://hackmd.io/TRIKeKUoQiK3OS3OQmWKhQ#Sarah"></a>Sarah</h2>
<p>This year in the OSMF board has started with intense discussions on budget and spending. Fundraising for all the activities necessary to advance the strategic plan will still be an important task for 2024. But there are other things to organise around that: defining the rules for our financial management, getting some project management in place and learning how to work with our contractors. Last year I’ve also started looking into the practical steps of moving the OSMF into the EU and will continue to work on that throughout the year. Finally, we are celebrating our 20th birthday and I hope to see everybody in Nairobi at SotM to celebrate together.</p>
OpenStreetMap Blog
https://blog.openstreetmap.org
OpenStreetMap User's Diaries: Exploring Second-Hand Treasures with OSM
https://www.openstreetmap.org/user/Negreheb/diary/403695
2024-03-12T12:20:43+00:00
<p>Hello Community,</p>
<p>Recently, I embarked on a quest to explore second-hand stores and made an intriguing discovery—not only about the variety of hidden treasures but also about the limitations of the existing data in OpenStreetMap.</p>
<p>At the beginning of my search i obviously used OSM to look for second hand shops. I used <a href="https://openstreetbrowser.org/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">https://openstreetbrowser.org/</a> and created a custom category with the code</p>
<p><code>
query:
13: nwr[shop=second_hand]
</code></p>
<p>and discovered that there are just few second-hand stores mapped in my area. I was sure that this is not possible and so i searched the internet to create my own list while cross-referencing various websites, blogs and platforms.</p>
<p>To optimize my exploration, I looked to create an efficient route—the classic Traveling Salesman Problem. There are various tools and APIs that can be utilized for this purpose. After some deliberation, I opted for Routexl, which best suited my needs as its possible to use it for free if you don’t have more than 20 points.</p>
<p>Armed with the list and the route, I got out with my bicycle on two separate days to visit most of the second-hand stores and map them. But my journey didn’t end there. I checked again with the OpenStreetBrowser and and shared it the first time within a local community. The community then showed me another second-hand store specializing in computers—an aspect I had not previously considered, as my focus was on clothing stores.</p>
<p>Now there are two already mapped stores where its not clear if they are still in operation. More research and exploration is required to keep everything recent.</p>
<p>It was interesting to discover how these store did not get mapped previously or did not get any attention even after they got added to OSM. It was a nice experience to find something that might be needed locally.</p>
<p>Lets fill the map with new discoveries!</p>
OpenStreetMap User's Diaries
http://www.openstreetmap.org/diary/
OpenStreetMap User's Diaries: on 09/03/2024 open street mapping training
https://www.openstreetmap.org/user/Joyce%20BOG/diary/403694
2024-03-12T11:29:55+00:00
<p>Open street mapping training was started at. 09:00, it was located at Kacyiru in Gift house where headquarter of OpenStreetMap Rwanda located.
it was started by Jeannette as coordinator of Eco mappers, she starts with welcoming all newcomers (the trainee of the day) with good greeting and asked them to feel at home. as continuing she asked Jack to explain for us what OpenStreetMapping mean? what Eco mapper do? he told us where Eco mapper comes from, their vision and missions etc.
jeanette continue as the newcomer to present itself and then she shows us her team one by one in his/her name and what he/she responsible for in Eco mappers group.
continuing with receiving speakers, our special guest etc.
also, we taking tea break together, then we follow another speaker.
as we continuing to be celebrating women day, we play game together,
and then we start to study how can we contribute to mapping process,
Liliane helper us and another ecomappers member then we start to map,
where the first mapper of the day mapped 170 buildings, he is a boy,
finally, we took photos and sharing food together.</p>
OpenStreetMap User's Diaries
http://www.openstreetmap.org/diary/
OpenStreetMap User's Diaries: JOIN OSMF
https://www.openstreetmap.org/user/ENGELBERT%20MODO/diary/403693
2024-03-12T09:23:15+00:00
<p>Bienvenue à la campagne d’adhésion 2024 à la Fondation OpenStreetMap !
Aujourd’hui, les membres du conseil d’administration de la Fondation OpenStreetmap (OSMF) et plusieurs groupes de travail de l’OSMF lancent une campagne mondiale d’adhésion à l’OSMF dans le but d’augmenter et de diversifier les adhésions à l’OSMF dans les régions où il n’y a pas ou très peu de membres de l’OSMF.</p>
<p>Comme vous pouvez le voir sur cette carte, ces régions sont nombreuses.</p>
<p>Visualisation des membres de l’OSMF par pays, dans le monde entier
OSM est connu pour avoir été construit par une vaste communauté mondiale de cartographes, de professionnels des SIG, de créateurs de communautés, de développeurs, d’ingénieurs, de formateurs, etc. au cours des vingt dernières années d’existence du projet, qui toutes et tous apportent leurs connaissances locales et maintiennent des données géospatiales ouvertes et gratuites.</p>
<p>La Fondation OSM administre et soutient la création d’OSM en supervisant les infrastructures techniques et les données d’OSM. Elle contribue également à orienter la stratégie à long terme et le bien-être du projet.</p>
<p>Il est donc très important que les membres de la Fondation OSM reflètent la grande diversité de sa communauté.</p>
<p>Pourquoi avons-nous besoin d’une campagne d’adhésion à l’OSMF ? OSMFMembershipCampaign
Comme le souligne le site web de l’OSMF, la fondation OpenStreetMap a pour mission d’encourager la croissance, le développement et la distribution de données géospatiales libres et de fournir des données géospatiales que tout le monde peut utiliser et partager..</p>
<p>Il est important de noter qu’il n’est pas nécessaire d’être membre de la Fondation OSM pour créer un profil sur OSM.org et commencer à modifier OpenStreetMap. Il n’est même pas nécessaire d’être membre pour se porter volontaire auprès d’une communauté locale ou d’un groupe de travail, pour assister à une conférence State of the Map ou pour participer à une fête de la cartographie.</p>
<p>Cependant, si vous voulez faire une différence dans l’avenir global d’OSM, devenir membre d’OSMF est une bonne idée. Par exemple, les membres de l’OSMF ont le droit de voter sur les actions de la Fondation, y compris pour choisir les membres du Conseil d’administration. Les membres de l’OSMF peuvent également présenter leur propre candidature au Conseil d’administration. Comme vous pouvez le voir dans sa charte, la Fondation OSM accorde de l’importance aux contributeurs OSM, et les membres de l’OSMF existent pour permettre aux contributeurs dévoués de s’exprimer sur la façon dont la Fondation est gérée..</p>
<p>Cependant, au 16 janvier 2024, il n’y a que 1 929 membres de l’OSMF. Il s’agit d’un faible pourcentage du nombre total de cartographes actifs dans OSM. (Pascal Neisa fourni de nombreuses ressources, dont celle-ci, qui présentent les données relatives aux dizaines de milliers de personnes qui cartographient à tout moment et aux millions de personnes qui ont cartographié au cours des 20 dernières années).</p>
<p>Le fait qu’il n’y ait que 1 929 membres de l’OSMF signifie que seul un petit pourcentage des membres de l’OSM élit le Conseil d’administration et contribue à façonner le plan stratégique et les finances du projet OSM.</p>
<p>Par ailleurs, voici la répartition régionale des 1 929 membres de l’OSMF.</p>
<p>Pour réussir à représenter les intérêts de la communauté OSM, l’OSMF doit augmenter le nombre de ses membres dans les régions et les pays où il n’y a pas ou très peu de membres de l’OSMF.</p>
<p>Le seul moyen d’y parvenir est que des milliers d’utilisateurs d’OSM décident d’adhérer à la Fondation OSM en tant que membres – AUJOURD’HUI !</p>
<p>Quels sont les avantages d’être membre de l’OSMF ?
Vous jouez un rôle direct dans le choix des dirigeants de la Fondation OSM. Les membres de l’OSMF votent chaque année lors de l’assemblée générale annuelle, qui se tient généralement en décembre, pour élire les personnes qui siègent en tant que bénévoles au Conseil d’administration de l’OSMF. Il est important de noter que vous devez être membre en règle 90 jours avant l’élection, c’est donc maintenant qu’il faut adhérer.
Si vous êtes membre au cours des 180 jours précédant l’Assemblée générale, vous pouvez vous porter candidat à un poste de membre du Conseil d’administration de l’OSMF. Cela vous permet d’influencer le plan stratégique, certaines finances d’OSM et d’autres questions de gouvernance.
Vous montrez votre soutien au projet et à la communauté.</p>
<p>Voici quelques raisons supplémentaires.</p>
<p>Aidez-nous à façonner l’avenir d’OSM en rejoignant la Fondation OpenStreetMap.</p>
<p>Je veux participer à la campagne d’adhésion #OSMFMembershipCampaign
Devenez un ambassadeur de la campagne !
Publiez sur vos propres comptes sociaux et canaux communautaires des informations sur la campagne ! Vous pouvez vous référer au plan de communication de la campagne d’adhésion #OSMFMembershipCampaign
Si vous êtes déjà membre de l’OSMF, expliquez pourquoi les cartographes OSM devraient être membres et encouragez-les à adhérer à l’OSMF ! Utilisez le guide des témoignages et téléchargez vos témoignages dans le fil de discussion du forum de la communauté OSM ou envoyez un courriel à arnalie.vicario [at] osmfoundation.org.
Rejoignez l’équipe ! Commentez le fil de discussion sur l’appel aux volontaires dans le forum de la communauté OSM.
Nous recherchons plus particulièrement des traducteurs bénévoles qui peuvent nous aider à traduire dans différentes langues, en particulier :
le rançais
l’espagnol
l’arabe
le portugais
le swahili
Nous recherchons également de l’aide pour explorer d’autres espaces où nous pouvons atteindre les membres de la communauté OSM, par exemple en organisant des webinaires, en recherchant des espaces, par exemple des podcasts, où nous pouvons promouvoir la campagne, et en allant en direct sur les médias so ciaux (par exemple Facebook, TikTok, Instagram, etc.).
Voici le plan de la campagne d’adhésion 2024 de l’OSMF sur le Wiki OSM.</p>
<p>Pour toute question ou commentaire supplémentaire, contactez-nous via le fil de discussion du forum communautaire OSM.</p>
<p>Nous apprécions votre aide et nous nous réjouissons d’accroître et de diversifier l’adhésion à l’OSMF avec vous !</p>
<p>L’équipe de la campagne d’adhésion à l’OSMF</p>
<p>La Fondation OpenStreetMap est une organisation à but non lucratif créée pour soutenir le projet OpenStreetMap. Elle a pour mission d’encourager la croissance, le développement et la distribution de données géospatiales gratuites pour que tout le monde puisse les utiliser et les partager. La Fondation OpenStreetMap possède et entretient l’infrastructure du projet OpenStreetMap, est financée par les cotisations de ses membres et des dons, et organise l’événement annuel et international Conférence State of the Map (État de la carte). Nos bénévoles, les Groupes de travail et un petit noyau d’employés travaillent pour soutenir le projet OpenStreetMap. Rejoignez la Fondation OpenStreetMap pour seulement £15 par an ou gratuitement si vous êtes un contributeur actif d’OpenStreetMap..</p>
OpenStreetMap User's Diaries
http://www.openstreetmap.org/diary/
OpenStreetMap User's Diaries: Help Us Grow and Diversify OSMF Membership Worldwide- Translated from Arnalies Blog
https://www.openstreetmap.org/user/Brazil%20Singh/diary/403692
2024-03-12T09:00:06+00:00
<p><em><a href="https://blog.openstreetmap.org/2024/03/12/call-to-action-help-us-grow-and-diversify-osmf-membership/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">This is directly translated from Arnalie’s Blog.</a></em></p>
<p><strong>২০২৪ সালের OpenStreetMap ফাউন্ডেশন মেম্বারশিপ ক্যাম্পেইনে স্বাগতম!</strong></p>
<p>আজ, ওপেনস্ট্রিটম্যাপ ফাউন্ডেশন (ওএসএমএফ) বোর্ডের সদস্যরা এবং বেশ কয়েকটি ওএসএমএফ ওয়ার্কিং গ্রুপের সদস্যরা একটি বিশ্বব্যাপী ওএসএমএফ সদস্যতা প্রচারাভিযান শুরু করছে। যেখানে ওএসএমএফ সদস্য নেই বা খুব কম এমন অঞ্চলে ওএসএমএফ সদস্যতা বৃদ্ধি এবং বৈচিত্র্যময় করার লক্ষ্যে।</p>
<p>আপনি এই মানচিত্র থেকে দেখতে পাচ্ছেন, এরকম অনেক অঞ্চল রয়েছেঃ
<img src="https://blog.openstreetmap.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/OSMF-Membership-range-per-country-1024x724.png" alt="A visualization of OSMF membership by country, worldwide">
ওএসএম একটি বিশাল, বিশ্বব্যাপী ম্যাপার, পেশাদার জিআইএস, কমিউনিটি বিল্ডার, ডেভেলপার, ইঞ্জিনিয়ার, প্রশিক্ষক ইত্যাদি দ্বারা নির্মিত হওয়ার জন্য পরিচিত, যা ম্যাপের অস্তিত্বের বিগত বিশ বছরে তাদের স্থানীয় জ্ঞানে অবদান রাখে এবং উন্মুক্ত এবং বিনামূল্যে ভূ-স্থানিক ডেটা বজায় রাখে।</p>
<p>OSM ফাউন্ডেশন, OSM এর প্রযুক্তিগত সিস্টেম এবং ডেটা তত্ত্বাবধান করে OSM তৈরির পরিচালনা এবং সমর্থন করে। এটি দীর্ঘমেয়াদী কৌশল এবং মানচিত্রের মঙ্গল পরিচালনা করতে সহায়তা করে।</p>
<p>সুতরাং, OSM ফাউন্ডেশনের সদস্যপদ তার সম্প্রদায়ের বিশাল বৈচিত্র্যের প্রতিফলন হওয়া খুবই গুরুত্বপূর্ণ।</p>
<p><strong>কেন আমাদের একটি #OSMFMembership ক্যাম্পেইন দরকার?</strong></p>
<p><a href="https://osmfoundation.org/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">OSMF ওয়েবসাইটে</a> শিরোনাম হিসাবে, OpenStreetMap ফাউন্ডেশন বিনামূল্যে ভূ-স্থানিক ডেটার বৃদ্ধি, বিকাশ এবং বিতরণকে উত্সাহিত করার জন্য এবং যে কেউ ব্যবহার করতে এবং ভাগ করার জন্য ভূ-স্থানিক ডেটা প্রদানের জন্য নিবেদিত৷</p>
<p>এটা মনে রাখা গুরুত্বপূর্ণ যে OSM.org-এ একটি প্রোফাইল তৈরি করতে এবং OpenStreetMap সম্পাদনা শুরু করতে আপনাকে OSM ফাউন্ডেশনের সদস্য হতে হবে না। এমনকি আপনাকে স্থানীয় সম্প্রদায় বা একটি ওয়ার্কিং গ্রুপের জন্য স্বেচ্ছাসেবক হওয়ার জন্য সদস্য হতে হবে না, বা ম্যাপ ইভেন্টের রাজ্যে যেতে হবে বা ম্যাপিং পার্টিতে অংশগ্রহণ করতে হবে না।</p>
<p>যাইহোক, যদি আপনি OSM এর সামগ্রিক ভবিষ্যতের মধ্যে একটি পার্থক্য করতে চান, তাহলে <a href="https://supporting.openstreetmap.org/#Membership-Categories" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">OSMF সদস্য হওয়া একটি ভাল ধারণা।</a> উদাহরণস্বরূপ, ওএসএমএফ সদস্যরা বোর্ডের সদস্য নির্বাচন সহ ফাউন্ডেশনের বিষয়ে ভোট দেওয়ার অধিকারী। OSMF সদস্যরাও বোর্ডের জন্য স্ব-মনোনয়ন করতে পারেন। আপনি এর সনদ থেকে দেখতে পাচ্ছেন, <strong>OSM ফাউন্ডেশন OSM অবদানকারীদেরকে মূল্য দেয় এবং OSMF সদস্যপদটি নিবেদিত অবদানকারীদেরকে কীভাবে ফাউন্ডেশন পরিচালনা করা হয় সে সম্পর্কে একটি আওয়াজ দেওয়ার জন্য বিদ্যমান।</strong></p>
<p>যাইহোক, <strong>16 জানুয়ারী 2024 এর মধ্যে মাত্র 1,929 OSMF সদস্য রয়েছে।</strong> এটি OSM-এ সক্রিয় ম্যাপারের সামগ্রিক সংখ্যার একটি ছোট শতাংশ। (<a href="https://neis-one.org/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">প্যাসকেল নিস</a> অনেক সংস্থান সরবরাহ করেছেন, <a href="https://resultmaps.neis-one.org/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">এটি সহ</a>, যা হাজার হাজার লোকের ডেটা দেখায় যারা যে কোনও সময়ে ম্যাপিং করছেন এবং লক্ষ লক্ষ যারা গত 20 বছরে ম্যাপ করেছেন।)</p>
<p>মাত্র 1,929 OSMF সদস্য থাকার মানে হল যে OSM’ersদের মাত্র একটি ক্ষুদ্র শতাংশ বোর্ড নির্বাচন করছে এবং OSM কৌশলগত পরিকল্পনা এবং অর্থায়নকে গঠনে সাহায্য করছে।</p>
<p>আরও, এখানে 1,929 OSMF সদস্যদের আঞ্চলিক বন্টন রয়েছে:
<img src="https://blog.openstreetmap.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/0_blog-Regional-OSMF-member-makeup-1.png" alt="">
OSM সম্প্রদায়ের স্বার্থের প্রতিনিধিত্ব করার লক্ষ্যে সফল হওয়ার জন্য, OSMF-কে অবশ্যই এমন অঞ্চল এবং দেশগুলিতে সদস্যপদ বাড়াতে হবে যেখানে OSMF সদস্য নেই বা খুব কম।</p>
<p><a href="https://supporting.openstreetmap.org/#Membership-Categories" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">The only way this will happen is if many thousands of OSM users decide to join the OSM Foundation as a member–TODAY!</a></p>
<p><strong>OSMF এর সদস্য হওয়ার সুবিধাগুলি কী কী?</strong></p>
<p>১. OSM ফাউন্ডেশনের নেতৃত্ব নির্বাচন করার ক্ষেত্রে আপনি সরাসরি ভূমিকা পালন করতে পারেন। OSMF সদস্যরা প্রতি বছর <a href="https://osmfoundation.org/wiki/Annual_General_Meetings" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">বার্ষিক সাধারণ সভায়</a> ভোট দেয়, সাধারণত ডিসেম্বরে অনুষ্ঠিত হয়, যারা OSMF বোর্ডে স্বেচ্ছাসেবক হিসেবে কাজ করে তাদের নির্বাচন করতে। গুরুত্বপূর্ণভাবে, আপনাকে নির্বাচনের 90 দিন আগে ভাল অবস্থানে সদস্য হতে হবে, তাই যোগদানের সময় এখন।</p>
<p>২. আপনি যদি সাধারণ সভার 180 দিন আগে একজন সদস্য হন, আপনি OSMF বোর্ডের সদস্য হিসাবে কাজ করার জন্য স্ব-মনোনীত করতে পারেন। এটি আপনাকে কৌশলগত পরিকল্পনা, OSM-এর কিছু অর্থ এবং শাসনের অন্যান্য বিষয়গুলিকে প্রভাবিত করতে দেয়।</p>
<p>৩. আপনি মানচিত্র এবং সম্প্রদায়ের জন্য আপনার সমর্থন দেখান।</p>
<p>এখানে অতিরিক্ত কারণ আছে:
<img src="https://blog.openstreetmap.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/1-1024x1024.png" alt="">
<a href="https://supporting.openstreetmap.org/#Membership-Categories" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">অনুগ্রহ করে OpenStreetMap ফাউন্ডেশনে যোগদান করে OSM এর ভবিষ্যত গঠনে সহায়তা করুন</a></p>
<p><strong>আমি #OSMFMembership ক্যাম্পেইনে সাহায্য করতে চাই</strong></p>
<p><strong>১. একটি প্রচারাভিযান রাষ্ট্রদূত হতে!</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>
<p>প্রচারাভিযান সম্পর্কে আপনার নিজের সামাজিক অ্যাকাউন্ট এবং কমিউনিটি চ্যানেলে পোস্ট করুন! আপনি <a href="https://hackmd.io/6aoMN07SRdGeT-TEc9kAvA" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">#OSMFMembershipCampaign</a> কমিউনিকেশন প্ল্যান উল্লেখ করতে পারেন।</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>আপনি যদি ইতিমধ্যেই একজন OSMF সদস্য হন, তাহলে শেয়ার করুন কেন OSM ম্যাপারদের সদস্য হওয়া উচিত এবং OSM অবদানকারীদেরকে OSMF সদস্য হিসেবে যোগদান করতে উৎসাহিত করুন! <a href="https://drive.google.com/drive/u/0/folders/1ThUbt3VPnOXxFNba9cxWNYplIIwjhI6" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">প্রশংসাপত্রের নির্দেশিকা</a>l ব্যবহার করুন এবং আপনার প্রশংসাপত্রগুলি <a href="https://community.openstreetmap.org/t/updates-osmf-membership-drive-campaign-2024/109280" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">OSM কমিউনিটি ফোরাম থ্রেডে</a> আপলোড করুন অথবা <strong>arnalie.vicario [at] osmfoundation.org-এ ইমেল করুন.</strong></p>
</li>
</ul>
<p>২. <strong>দলে যোগ দিন!</strong> <a href="https://community.openstreetmap.org/t/call-for-volunteers-and-campaigners-help-us-grow-and-diversify-osmf-membership/108655" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">OSM কমিউনিটি ফোরামে</a> স্বেচ্ছাসেবকদের থ্রেডের জন্য আহ্বানের বিষয়ে মন্তব্য করুন।</p>
<p>আমরা বিশেষভাবে স্বেচ্ছাসেবক অনুবাদক খুঁজছি যারা আমাদের বিভিন্ন ভাষায় অনুবাদ করতে সাহায্য করতে পারে, বিশেষ করে:</p>
<pre><code> * ফরাসি
* স্প্যানিশ (জুয়ান)
* আরবি
* পর্তুগীজ
* সোয়াহিলি
</code></pre>
<ul>
<li>আমরা <strong>অন্যান্য স্থানগুলি অন্বেষণ করার জন্যও সাহায্য খুঁজছি যেখানে আমরা ওএসএম সম্প্রদায়ের সদস্যদের কাছে পৌঁছতে পারি,</strong> উদাহরণস্বরূপ ওয়েবিনারের আয়োজন করে, স্থান গবেষণা করে যেমন পডকাস্ট যেখানে আমরা প্রচারণার প্রচার করতে পারি এবং সোশ্যাল মিডিয়াতে লাইভ করতে পারি (যেমন Facebook, TikTok, Instagram, ইত্যাদি)।</li>
</ul>
<p><a href="https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/OSMF_Membership_Drive_2024" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">OSM উইকিতে OSMF মেম্বারশিপ ড্রাইভ 2024 প্ল্যানটি</a> এখানে রয়েছে।</p>
<p>যেকোনো অতিরিক্ত প্রশ্ন এবং মন্তব্যের জন্য, <a href="https://community.openstreetmap.org/t/updates-osmf-membership-drive-campaign-2024/109280" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">OSM কমিউনিটি ফোরাম থ্রেডের</a> মাধ্যমে আমাদের সাথে যোগাযোগ করুন।</p>
<p>আমরা আপনার সাহায্যের প্রশংসা করি এবং আপনার সাথে OSMF সদস্যতা বৃদ্ধি এবং বৈচিত্র্যময় করার জন্য উন্মুখ!</p>
<p><strong>OSMF মেম্বারশিপ ক্যাম্পেইন টিম</strong>
<img src="https://blog.openstreetmap.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/image.png" alt=""></p>
<p><em><a href="https://wiki.osmfoundation.org/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">ওপেনস্ট্রিটম্যাপ ফাউন্ডেশন</a> হল একটি অলাভজনক সংস্থা, যা OpenStreetMap প্রকল্পকে সমর্থন করার জন্য গঠিত। এটি যে কেউ ব্যবহার করতে এবং ভাগ করার জন্য বিনামূল্যে ভূ-স্থানিক ডেটার বৃদ্ধি, বিকাশ এবং বিতরণকে উত্সাহিত করার জন্য নিবেদিত৷ OpenStreetMap ফাউন্ডেশন OpenStreetMap প্রকল্পের অবকাঠামোর মালিক এবং রক্ষণাবেক্ষণ করে, সদস্যতা ফি এবং <a href="https://donate.openstreetmap.org/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">অনুদান</a> দ্বারা আর্থিকভাবে সমর্থিত এবং বার্ষিক, আন্তর্জাতিক <a href="https://stateofthemap.org/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">স্টেট অফ দ্য ম্যাপ</a> সম্মেলনের আয়োজন করে। আমাদের স্বেচ্ছাসেবক <a href="https://wiki.osmfoundation.org/wiki/WorkingGroups" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">ওয়ার্কিং গ্রুপ</a> এবং ছোট মূল কর্মীরা OpenStreetMap প্রকল্পকে সমর্থন করার জন্য কাজ করে। <a href="https://join.osmfoundation.org/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">OpenStreetMap ফাউন্ডেশনে যোগ দিন</a> মাত্র £15 বছরে অথবা বিনামূল্যের জন্য যদি আপনি একজন সক্রিয় OpenStreetMap অবদানকারী হন।</em></p>
<p>This post is also available in: <a href="https://blog.openstreetmap.org/2024/03/12/aidez-nous-a-accroitre-et-a-diversifier-le-nombre-de-membres-de-losmf-dans-le-monde-entier/?lang=fr" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">French</a> <a href="https://blog.openstreetmap.org/2024/03/12/ayudanos-a-aumentar-y-diversificar-el-numero-de-miembros-de-osmf-en-todo-el-mundo/?lang=es" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Spanish</a></p>
OpenStreetMap User's Diaries
http://www.openstreetmap.org/diary/
OpenStreetMap Blog: Help Us Grow and Diversify OSMF Membership Worldwide
https://blog.openstreetmap.org/?p=176659790
2024-03-12T06:00:00+00:00
<p><strong>by Arnalie Vicario</strong></p>
<h2 class="wp-block-heading">Welcome to the 2024 OpenStreetMap Foundation Membership Campaign!</h2>
<p>Today, members of the OpenStreetmap Foundation (OSMF) Board and several of the OSMF Working Groups are launching a worldwide OSMF Membership campaign with the goal of growing and diversifying OSMF membership in regions where there are no or very few OSMF members.<br /><br />As you can see from this map, there are many such regions.</p>
<figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><a href="https://blog.openstreetmap.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/OSMF-Membership-range-per-country.png"><img fetchpriority="high" decoding="async" width="1024" height="724" src="https://blog.openstreetmap.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/OSMF-Membership-range-per-country-1024x724.png" alt="" class="wp-image-176659820" srcset="https://blog.openstreetmap.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/OSMF-Membership-range-per-country-1024x724.png 1024w, https://blog.openstreetmap.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/OSMF-Membership-range-per-country-300x212.png 300w, https://blog.openstreetmap.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/OSMF-Membership-range-per-country-768x543.png 768w, https://blog.openstreetmap.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/OSMF-Membership-range-per-country-1536x1086.png 1536w, https://blog.openstreetmap.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/OSMF-Membership-range-per-country-2048x1448.png 2048w, https://blog.openstreetmap.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/OSMF-Membership-range-per-country-624x441.png 624w" sizes="(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" /></a><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">A visualization of OSMF membership by country, worldwide</figcaption></figure>
<p>OSM is known for being built by a vast, global community of mappers, GIS professionals, community builders, developers, engineers, trainers, etc. over the last twenty years of the map’s existence, all of whom contribute their local knowledge and maintain open and free geospatial data.</p>
<p>The OSM Foundation administers and supports the making of OSM by overseeing OSM’s technological systems and data. It also helps steer the long-term strategy and well-being of the map. </p>
<p>So, it’s very important to have the membership of the OSM Foundation be reflective of the vast diversity of its community. <a href="https://hackmd.io/oHSIWAXeSMivYiN4Auj3rg#Objectives"></a></p>
<h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="Why-this-OSMFMembeshipCampaign"><a href="https://hackmd.io/oHSIWAXeSMivYiN4Auj3rg#Why-this-OSMFMembeshipCampaign"></a>Why Do We Need an #OSMFMembershipCampaign?</h2>
<p>As headlined on the <a href="https://osmfoundation.org/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">OSMF website</a>, the OpenStreetMap Foundation <em>is dedicated to encouraging the growth, development and distribution of free geospatial data and to providing geospatial data for anyone to use and share.</em><br /><br />It’s important to note that you don’t have to be a member of the OSM Foundation to make a profile on OSM.org and begin editing OpenStreetMap. You don’t even have to be a member to volunteer for a local community or a Working Group, or go to a State of the Map event or participate in a mapping party.</p>
<p>However, if you want to make a difference in the overall future of OSM, <strong><a href="https://supporting.openstreetmap.org/#Membership-Categories">becoming an OSMF member is a good idea</a></strong>.<strong> </strong>For example, OSMF members are entitled to vote in the affairs of the Foundation, including to select members of the Board. OSMF members can also self-nominate for the Board. As you can see from its charter, <strong>the OSM Foundation values OSM contributors, and the OSMF membership exists to give dedicated contributors a voice in how the Foundation is run.</strong> </p>
<p>However, of 16 January 2024,<strong> there are just 1,929 OSMF members</strong>. This is a small percentage of the overall number of active mappers in OSM. (<strong><a href="https://neis-one.org/">Pascal Neis</a> </strong>has provided many resources, <strong><a href="https://resultmaps.neis-one.org/">including this one</a></strong>,<strong> </strong>which show the data about the tens of thousands of people who are mapping at any one time and the millions who have mapped over the last 20 years.) </p>
<p>The fact that there are only 1,929 OSMF members means that just a tiny percentage of OSM’ers are electing the board and helping shape the OSM strategic plan and finances.<br /><br />Further, here is the regional distribution of the 1,929 OSMF members.</p>
<figure class="wp-block-image size-full"><a href="https://blog.openstreetmap.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/0_blog-Regional-OSMF-member-makeup-1.png"><img decoding="async" width="842" height="595" src="https://blog.openstreetmap.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/0_blog-Regional-OSMF-member-makeup-1.png" alt="" class="wp-image-176659847" srcset="https://blog.openstreetmap.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/0_blog-Regional-OSMF-member-makeup-1.png 842w, https://blog.openstreetmap.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/0_blog-Regional-OSMF-member-makeup-1-300x212.png 300w, https://blog.openstreetmap.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/0_blog-Regional-OSMF-member-makeup-1-768x543.png 768w, https://blog.openstreetmap.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/0_blog-Regional-OSMF-member-makeup-1-624x441.png 624w" sizes="(max-width: 842px) 100vw, 842px" /></a></figure>
<p>To be successful at its goal to represent the interests of the OSM community, the OSMF must increase its membership in regions and countries where there are no or very few OSMF members. <br /><br /><a href="https://supporting.openstreetmap.org/#Membership-Categories"><strong>The only way this will happen is if many thousands of OSM users decide to join the OSM Foundation as a member–TODAY!</strong> </a></p>
<h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="Would-you-like-to-help-us"><a href="https://hackmd.io/oHSIWAXeSMivYiN4Auj3rg#Would-you-like-to-help-us"></a>What Are The Benefits of Being a Member of the OSMF? </h2>
<ol>
<li>You get to play a direct role in choosing the leadership of the OSM Foundation. OSMF members vote every year at the <a href="https://osmfoundation.org/wiki/Annual_General_Meetings">Annual General Meeting</a>, usually held in December, to elect the people who serve as volunteers on the OSMF Board. Importantly, you have to be a member in good standing 90 days before the election, so the time to join is now. </li>
<li>If you’re a member during the 180 days before the General Meeting, you can self-nominate to serve as a member of the OSMF Board. This allows you to influence the strategic plan, some of OSM’s finances and other matters of governance.</li>
<li> You show your support for the map and the community. <br /><br />Here are additional reasons. </li>
</ol>
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<figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><a href="https://blog.openstreetmap.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/1.png"><img decoding="async" width="1024" height="1024" data-id="176659873" src="https://blog.openstreetmap.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/1-1024x1024.png" alt="" class="wp-image-176659873" srcset="https://blog.openstreetmap.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/1-1024x1024.png 1024w, https://blog.openstreetmap.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/1-300x300.png 300w, https://blog.openstreetmap.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/1-150x150.png 150w, https://blog.openstreetmap.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/1-768x768.png 768w, https://blog.openstreetmap.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/1-624x624.png 624w, https://blog.openstreetmap.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/1.png 1080w" sizes="(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" /></a></figure>
<figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><a href="https://blog.openstreetmap.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/2.png"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="1024" height="1024" data-id="176659874" src="https://blog.openstreetmap.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/2-1024x1024.png" alt="" class="wp-image-176659874" srcset="https://blog.openstreetmap.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/2-1024x1024.png 1024w, https://blog.openstreetmap.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/2-300x300.png 300w, https://blog.openstreetmap.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/2-150x150.png 150w, https://blog.openstreetmap.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/2-768x768.png 768w, https://blog.openstreetmap.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/2-624x624.png 624w, https://blog.openstreetmap.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/2.png 1080w" sizes="(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" /></a></figure>
</figure>
<p><a href="https://supporting.openstreetmap.org/#Membership-Categories"><strong>Please help shape the future of OSM by joining the OpenStreetMap Foundation</strong></a></p>
<h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="HOW-to-support">I Want to Help with the #OSMFMembershipCampaign</h2>
<ol>
<li><strong>Be a Campaign Ambassador!</strong></li>
</ol>
<ul>
<li>Post in your own social accounts and community channels about the Campaign! You can refer to the <a href="https://hackmd.io/6aoMN07SRdGeT-TEc9kAvA">#OSMFMembershipCampaign Communications Plan</a>.</li>
<li>If you are already an OSMF member, share why OSM mappers should be a member and encourage OSM contributors to join as an OSMF member! Use the <a href="https://drive.google.com/drive/u/0/folders/1ThUbt3VPnOXxFNba9cxWNYplIIwjhI6l" data-type="link" data-id="https://drive.google.com/drive/u/0/folders/1ThUbt3VPnOXxFNba9cxWNYplIIwjhI6l">testimonial guide</a> and upload your testimonials in the <a href="https://community.openstreetmap.org/t/updates-osmf-membership-drive-campaign-2024/109280" data-type="link" data-id="https://community.openstreetmap.org/t/updates-osmf-membership-drive-campaign-2024/109280">OSM Community Forum thread</a> or email arnalie.vicario [at] <a href="http://osmfoundation.org/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">osmfoundation.org</a></li>
</ul>
<ol start="2">
<li><strong>Join the Team!</strong> Comment on the <a href="https://community.openstreetmap.org/t/call-for-volunteers-and-campaigners-help-us-grow-and-diversify-osmf-membership/108655" data-type="link" data-id="https://community.openstreetmap.org/t/call-for-volunteers-and-campaigners-help-us-grow-and-diversify-osmf-membership/108655">Call for Volunteers thread in the OSM Community Forum</a>.</li>
</ol>
<ul start="2">
<li>We are specifically looking for <strong>volunteer translators</strong> who can help us translate into different languages, specifically:
<ul>
<li>French</li>
<li>Spanish (Juan)</li>
<li>Arabic</li>
<li>Portuguese</li>
<li>Swahili</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>We are also looking for <strong>help to explore other spaces where we can reach OSM community members</strong>, for example by organizing webinars, researching spaces e.g. podcasts where we can promote the campaign, and going live on social media (e.g. Facebook, TikTok, Instagram, etc.).</li>
</ul>
<p>Here is the <a href="https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/OSMF_Membership_Drive_2024" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">OSMF Membership Drive 2024 Plan on the OSM Wiki.</a></p>
<p>For any additional questions and comments, reach out to us via the <a href="https://community.openstreetmap.org/t/updates-osmf-membership-drive-campaign-2024/109280" data-type="link" data-id="https://community.openstreetmap.org/t/updates-osmf-membership-drive-campaign-2024/109280">OSM Community Forum thread</a>.</p>
<p>We appreciate your help and look forward to growing and diversifying OSMF membership with you!</p>
<p><strong>The OSMF Membership Campaign Team</strong></p>
<figure class="wp-block-image size-full"><a href="https://blog.openstreetmap.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/image.png"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="690" height="241" src="https://blog.openstreetmap.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/image.png" alt="" class="wp-image-176659792" srcset="https://blog.openstreetmap.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/image.png 690w, https://blog.openstreetmap.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/image-300x105.png 300w, https://blog.openstreetmap.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/image-624x218.png 624w" sizes="(max-width: 690px) 100vw, 690px" /></a></figure>
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OpenStreetMap Blog
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OpenStreetMap User's Diaries: OSM Doué-en-Anjou
https://www.openstreetmap.org/user/Vali-44-49/diary/403683
2024-03-11T19:33:19+00:00
<p>Bonjour,</p>
<p>Une petite information : Doué-en-Anjou (sud du Maine-et-Loire) possède maintenant une petite communauté OSM! Elle s’organise en utilisant le réseau social <a href="https://www.communecter.org/co2/app/page/type/organizations/id/65dc980de803473f2373153c" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Communecter</a>.</p>
<p>On se retrouve normalement l’après-midi du deuxième samedi du mois. Si vous n’êtes pas trop loin, vous serez les bienvenus!</p>
<p>Au plaisir!
Valentin</p>
OpenStreetMap User's Diaries
http://www.openstreetmap.org/diary/
OpenStreetMap User's Diaries: LUCAS SHEPARD BREWER
https://www.openstreetmap.org/user/LucasShepBrewBrew/diary/403682
2024-03-11T16:36:53+00:00
<p>Hello my name is Lucas Shepard Brewer and I go to Jesuit Highschool. I loved mapping in turkey today!!! I do mapping everyday!!!! WHEN I SLEEO WHEN I EAT WHEN I RUN EVERYWHERE!!!!</p>
OpenStreetMap User's Diaries
http://www.openstreetmap.org/diary/
OpenStreetMap User's Diaries: Je rêve d'un rendu 3D sur OpenHistoricalMap
https://www.openstreetmap.org/user/Charles%20Outters/diary/403680
2024-03-11T12:21:54+00:00
<p>Meilleur rendu 3D d’OSM: <a href="https://demo.f4map.com/#lat=48.8020445&lon=2.1337863&zoom=17&camera.theta=79.714&camera.phi=64.457" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">https://demo.f4map.com/#lat=48.8020445&lon=2.1337863&zoom=17&camera.theta=79.714&camera.phi=64.457</a></p>
<p>Un article inspirant là-dessus: <a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/user/Koreller/diary/403604" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">https://www.openstreetmap.org/user/Koreller/diary/403604</a></p>
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OpenStreetMap User's Diaries: [HOT] How does HOT engage with the community / contributors?
https://www.openstreetmap.org/user/arnalielsewhere/diary/403679
2024-03-11T12:07:16+00:00
<p>In 2 March 2024, various OSM contributors and community members/leaders gathered together for the Local Chapters and Communities Congress! It was my pleasure to share a short update about HOT where I work as an Online Community Engagement Lead.</p>
<p>My <a href="How%20does%20HOT%20engage%20with%20the%20%20community%20/%20contributors?" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">slide presentation is here</a>. Recordings to be uploaded and shared here too :)</p>
<p>Just a point to make that I shared about the <strong>HOT and its community</strong>, and not the HOT as an org. <a href="hotosm.org/annual-reports/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">HOT Annual reports are available here</a>.</p>
<p><img src="https://github.com/arnalielsewhere/photos/blob/main/Screenshot%202024-02-06%20180225.png?raw=true" alt="HOT CommunityWG"></p>
<h3 id="how-to-get-involved-in-hot">How to get involved in HOT?</h3>
<p>There are three general ways to get involved with HOT:</p>
<ol>
<li><strong><a href="tasks.hotosm.org" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">mapping</a></strong> in your own time,</li>
<li><strong><a href="tinyurl.com/HOTWG" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">participate in a HOT Working Group/s</a></strong>, and</li>
<li><strong><a href="https://github.com/hotosm" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">contribute to tech.</a></strong></li>
</ol>
<h2 id="so-how-do-we-engage-with-the-community--contributors-at-hot">So how do we engage with the community / contributors at HOT?</h2>
<p>Since lots of different community members and leaders were there in the Congress, I took the opportunity to share and highlight how we foster a collaborative and inclusive space in HOT and channels</p>
<ol>
<li>
<p>First and most importantly, we strictly <strong>enforce the <a href="hotosm.org/code-of-conduct" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">HOT Code of Conduct</a> in our online channels and in-person events,</strong> we have moderators and complaint handling process in place to ensure that people feel safe and can report any incident they found uncomfortable.</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>Showing <strong>recognition and appreciation</strong> by amplifying community voices and works. Recently, we recognized women in open mapping through the <a href="https://twitter.com/hotosm/status/1765948458941239784" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Open Mapping Women Awards</a> as well as document <a href="https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/International_Women's_Day_2024" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">International Women’s Day events in the OSM Wiki</a> and amplify them in our channel.</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>We also recognize volunteer contributions through <strong><a href="https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Humanitarian_OSM_Team/Working_groups/Community/Mentorship" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">mentorship</a></strong>, supporting professional growth and development.</p>
</li>
</ol>
<p>We have an ongoing <a href="https://www.hotosm.org/updates/call-for-applications-datacamp-donates-x-humanitarian-openstreetmap-team-scholarship/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Call for Application for the HOT x DataCamp Donates Scholarship</a> to provide free data education and recognize dedicated humanitarian open mapping contributors.</p>
<p><img src="https://github.com/arnalielsewhere/photos/blob/main/5.png?raw=true" alt="HOTxDataCamp Donates application"></p>
<p>4.Supporting members to realize their power and paving a way for <strong>community leadership</strong> to take head and guide HOT community. Half of HOT’s Working Groups are led by volunteer community leaders.Most of HOT Working Group</p>
<p><img src="https://github.com/arnalielsewhere/photos/blob/main/Welcome%20our%20new%20CommunityWG%20Co-chairperson%20Walter!.png?raw=true" alt="welcome walter as communitywg co-chairperson"></p>
<p>5.<strong>Building trust</strong> among and within the HOT community and contributors. As an online engager and volunteer manager, we give time to connect and chat with our contributors. I see this as one of the perks of my role as I love connecting with people!</p>
<p><img src="https://github.com/arnalielsewhere/photos/blob/main/Screenshot%202024-02-22%20163454.png?raw=true" alt="chat with Hoepful"></p>
<p>Recently, I chatted with Bafamodei Hopeful from Nigeria, a mentee from last year’s Mentorship and founder Delighted Women Dev Initiative - is an umbrella of young girls and women that embrace positivity, empowers, educate & train young girls and women for development! I can listen to her all day! Her voice is her power and she’s using it for the good❤️🔥🎯🙌⚡️🌻 #mappychats</p>
<h3 id="closing">closing</h3>
<p>I like what Eugene said as an introduction - <em>OSM is global <strong>yet</strong> local</em></p>
<p>Recognizing that while OSM is a global project with contributors from all around the world, OSM is also local - a network of (small) communities. And the way to achieve our global goal.. which is “OSM to be the best map of the world”, is to work together within our small communities, and foster collaboration with other OSM community groups.</p>
OpenStreetMap User's Diaries
http://www.openstreetmap.org/diary/
OpenStreetMap User's Diaries: Ahoj Praho
https://www.openstreetmap.org/user/Bogomil%20Shopov%20-%20%D0%91%D0%BE%D0%B3%D0%BE/diary/403678
2024-03-11T10:46:26+00:00
<p>After FOSDEM I was hooked again to contributing to OSM. I started slowly by using StreetComplete and did more than 700 suggestions and edits for a months. Now I am looking into using the editor to be able to add missing spots, especially pubs and toilets.</p>
<p>If there any any other Englis speaking enthusiasts in Prague, I am always open for doing a map walk combined with a pub visit.</p>
OpenStreetMap User's Diaries
http://www.openstreetmap.org/diary/
OpenStreetMap User's Diaries: Annalise Clue 1
https://www.openstreetmap.org/user/DerMeister19/diary/403677
2024-03-11T07:50:03+00:00
<p>Found by Harrison Grossman and Caitlyn Faulkner</p>
OpenStreetMap User's Diaries
http://www.openstreetmap.org/diary/
OpenStreetMap User's Diaries: AlayData @ Intramuros, celebrating Open Data Day in Manila
https://www.openstreetmap.org/user/GOwin/diary/403675
2024-03-11T06:21:43+00:00
<p>Yesterday morning, our OSM community in Metro Manila, conducted an AlayData event for the quarter. We gathered to celebrate Open Data Day, focusing on open geopsatial data from OpenStreetMap, and give ourselves opportunities to socialize and get to know other contributors, sharing stories and experiences, and a chance for hands-on learning with new tools.</p>
<p>Among the things that our community learned from a “getting to know you” survey we did last quarter, is the high interest in other aspects of the OSM movement: like field mapping, photo-mapping, and getting familiar with other tools available from the OSM ecoysystem, to promote more casual opportunities to contribute other than arm-chair mapping.</p>
<p>The volunteer group was sub-divided into three teams of their choice:</p>
<ul>
<li><strong>Galúgad</strong> - folks also on foot, using FieldPapers, for a no-tech mapping approach. In Filipino, “Galúgad” means travelling to explore, or search for something.</li>
<li><strong>Tahák</strong> - folks on foot, using StreetComplete_EE (SCEE). “Tahák” in Filipino means to pass through a new or unusual path.</li>
<li><strong>Padyák</strong> - folks on HPVs (in our case, just bikes), to collect ground-level photos, to support or augment map editing. “Padyák” in Filipino means to stomp, and by extension, to pedal or push with your foot.</li>
</ul>
<h3 id="initial-results">Initial results</h3>
<p>Here’s the latest heatmap of recent edits made in the area:</p>
<p><img src="https://github.com/Helium314/SCEE/assets/5821688/ab1764b6-a7aa-4026-8bb3-fed7da8aa28b" alt="image"></p>
<p>During the ice-breaker, two YouthMapper club reps (finally!) mapped the location of their clubs in OSM 🤭. That’s two down, and 15(?) more to go.</p>
<p><a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/search?query=youthmappers%2C%20PH#map=13/14.5846/121.0291" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer"><img src="https://github.com/Helium314/SCEE/assets/5821688/ae43791c-ce82-4f15-98aa-ae44e6998bf4" alt="image"></a></p>
<p>We expect more edits to come in soon, as FieldPaper snapshots gets uploaded and editing gets started:</p>
<blockquote>
<p><img src="https://github.com/Helium314/SCEE/assets/5821688/abb53dfc-c477-4bbe-8b97-5e10fa1d7c0a" alt="image"> Photos of some FieldPapers Snapshots</p>
</blockquote>
<p>Same for the collected imagery:</p>
<blockquote>
<p><img src="https://github.com/Helium314/SCEE/assets/5821688/d58430f3-332c-4753-82a6-762e8ecdc8b0" alt="image">
Screenshot of areas where ground imagery that’s been uploaded, so far.</p>
</blockquote>
<p>When the contributor is not sure about what they’re doing, they’ve been adding helpful notes with images include:
<img src="https://github.com/Helium314/SCEE/assets/5821688/0bf17299-59d3-48bb-8124-1fec261c52e9" alt="image"></p>
<h3 id="next-steps">Next steps</h3>
<p>We were (pleasantly) surprised to find extensive improvements going on in Intramuros, and the pedestrianization of certain road segments, but at the same, it made it more challenging to navigate certain roads within the walled city.</p>
<p>They’ve also added dedicated cycleways, and many of routes we depended on for routing were out of date.</p>
<p>Over refreshments (thanks for supporting the activity, Kaart!) we had to chance to gather informal feedback from participants (activity was “too short”, we’d like to do this again, option to chat/ask questions to fellow participants, etc), most were positive, and many are valuable additions we can incorporate in future activities.</p>
<p>Some of us thought that we probably should give Intramuros another go in a few months. By then, the road work is probably completed, and we’d have more fun with another tuned-up #AlayData.</p>
<h4 id="gallery">Gallery</h4>
<p>One last group shot of the participants, before the end of the activity.</p>
<blockquote>
<p><img src="https://github.com/Helium314/SCEE/assets/5821688/bf54dbcc-6853-40a0-97d6-334616893d0b" alt="image"> Group Photo</p>
</blockquote>
<blockquote>
<p><img src="https://github.com/Helium314/SCEE/assets/5821688/a5162b33-2e02-4c5d-b852-ffeb20631fcb" alt="image"> Group photos, by team: Galúgad, Tahák, Padyák</p>
</blockquote>
<h5 id="photos-by-mark-purio-as-shared-on-adamson-youthmappers-sns-accounthttpswwwfacebookcompermalinkphpstoryfbid253802884483479id100095613069262cft0azx0b1axithhlrkmmdkrx2rmqz1frj8imbd3tt7qskaoqt-7ahwim1ywdm8h5n7fgz1agi0mr6enoj6bs4kh9wcfunxaodyubel7kclraoktue4m9z-g2g1y8vjrgieuk9hcmtg6sfzailu2mwxjcpixjkmp7hmax6bss-3hrdljbuxxza526cawpx3bxuy3rxr7903xw4cnzy4m3uw1x2frjwnpk-qe4wnvirosgm6iwli2cxxzcu0fz6ui4kqgcehj-e3a9ol1pi4ttn2co2cp-r">Photos by Mark Purio, as shared on Adamson YouthMappers <a href="https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=253802884483479&id=100095613069262&__cft__[0]=AZX0B1AXItHHlRkMmDkrx2rmQZ1FRj8iMBD3tt7QSk_AOQT-7Ahwim1ywdM8h5n7fgz1AGi0mr6eNOJ6b_S4kH9WcfunXaodyubEL7KClraOktuE4M9z-g2g1Y8vJRgIEUK9HcmTg6SFZAiLu2MwXjCPixjKMP7hmAX6Bss-3hRdljbU_XXza526_cAwpx3bxUY3rxR7903Xw4cNzY4m3uW1X2Fr_jwnpK-qe4WNVIROsgm6iWLI2cXX_ZCU0fz6ui4KQGcehj-e3a_9OL1p_i4T&__tn__=%2CO%2CP-R" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">SNS account</a>.</h5>
<p><img src="https://github.com/Helium314/SCEE/assets/5821688/6376f226-de4b-47af-8f59-c07e1d0f4c37" alt="image">
<img src="https://github.com/Helium314/SCEE/assets/5821688/b4ff93de-ab80-437a-b6af-6ccef3cb2ccb" alt="image"></p>
<h4 id="trivia-">Trivia 🥳</h4>
<ul>
<li>a participant traveled ~250 km, to join our event.</li>
<li>our youngest participant is twelve, and came with a guardian.</li>
<li>a first-time participant, with no prior OSM background, contributed the most number of answers to the SCEE quests</li>
<li>the most frequent “complaint”: “the activity is too short!”</li>
<li>we took a small step towards a zero-waste event, minimizing single-use plastic usage, with more than half of the participants bringing their own reusable utensils, food containers and flasks. 🤩</li>
</ul>
<p>I personally had lots of fun. I haven’t been going to many community activities since the pandemic began, and this was worth the wait.</p>
<p>And it was awesome to hear some of the plans and initiatives the local YM clubs are working on.</p>
OpenStreetMap User's Diaries
http://www.openstreetmap.org/diary/
OpenStreetMap User's Diaries: Tool to get an access token
https://www.openstreetmap.org/user/kwiatek_123/diary/403673
2024-03-10T14:04:20+00:00
<p>I have created a web-based <a href="https://tools.interactivemaps.xyz/token" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">tool</a> to easily and intuitively obtain the access token needed to make most requests to the OpenStreetMap api.</p>
<p>It is hosted courtesy of <a href="https://interactivemaps.xyz" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Interactive Maps</a>.</p>
<p>The <a href="https://tools.interactivemaps.xyz/token" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">tool</a> walks you through the process of obtaining such a token. It is useful for those writing server-side software that communicates with the api.</p>
<p>I created this <a href="https://tools.interactivemaps.xyz/token" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">tool</a> because there is no other simpler way to authorise server applications. Current ways require running code locally.</p>
<p>It is available here: <a href="https://tools.interactivemaps.xyz/token" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">https://tools.interactivemaps.xyz/token</a></p>
OpenStreetMap User's Diaries
http://www.openstreetmap.org/diary/
weeklyOSM: weeklyOSM 711
https://weeklyosm.eu/?p=17097
2024-03-10T11:11:18+00:00
<p>29/02/2024-06/03/2024</p>
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<p class="wp-caption-text">DemoF4map 3D rendering in Pyongyang [<a href="#wn711_30154"><sup>1</sup></a>] | ©F4 | map data © <a href="https://wiki.osmfoundation.org/wiki/Licence/Licence_and_Legal_FAQ">OpenStreetMap contributors</a></p>
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<h2 id="wn711_mapping">Mapping</h2>
<ul>
<li id="wn711_30154">[1] Koreller <a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/user/Koreller/diary/403604">explained</a> how he mapped Pyongyang, the capital of North Korea, in 3D. An effort was made to recreate both ordinary buildings and city landmarks in detail. Inspiration for the project came from the popular simulation game ‘Cities: Skylines’.</li>
<li id="wn711_30158">Penegal <a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/user/Penegal/diary/403620">shared</a> <img decoding="async" src="/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/fr.svg" />►<a href="https://www-openstreetmap-org.translate.goog/user/Penegal/diary/403620?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=EN"><img decoding="async" src="/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/en-green.svg" /></a> his thoughts on mapping the natural regions of mainland France: what is a natural region? How should they be mapped? What sources should be used?</li>
<li id="wn711_30104">Geozeisig has made a request for comments on <a href="https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Proposal:Aerodrome_3"><code>aerodrome=*</code></a>, a proposal that the <code>aerodrome=*</code> key should be used to classify aerodromes according to their importance and purpose.</li>
</ul>
<h2 id="wn711_community">Community</h2>
<ul>
<li id="wn711_30157">mikeocool <a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/user/mikeocool/diary/403613">stumbled</a> upon an intriguing discovery while mapping Forest Service roads in northwest Montana: two airstrips across the road from each other. Further investigation revealed a backstory involving retired US Navy commander Murland Searight and Hollywood director Michael Cimino.</li>
<li id="wn711_30166">Ali Ingersoll, from WRAL-TV, <a href="https://www.wral.com/story/residents-taking-it-upon-themselves-to-update-maps-showing-city-walkability/21308683/">reported</a> that residents of Raleigh, North Carolina, have been mapping pedestrian infrastructure in OSM as volunteers for <a href="https://codewiththecarolinas.org/">Code with the Carolinas</a>.</li>
<li id="wn711_30149">The <a href="https://mappers.un.org/index.php/news/blog/2024/03/UN-Mapper-of-the-month">UN Mapper of the Month</a> for March 2024 is Pawan Muddu, from India.</li>
</ul>
<h2 id="wn711_local_chapter_news">Local chapter news</h2>
<ul>
<li id="wn711_30173">The OSM-FR association has <a href="https://fr.osm.social/@sotmfr/112043377737514045">announced</a> <img decoding="async" src="/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/fr.svg" /> that the 10th SotM France will be held in Lyon from Friday 28 to Sunday 30 June 2024. Detailed information and the call for papers should be available soon.</li>
</ul>
<h2 id="wn711_maps">Maps</h2>
<ul>
<li id="wn711_30172">TrailStash has <a href="https://mapstodon.space/@trailstash/112018182137970565">developed</a> OpenBikeHero, an OSM and Overpass powered application for finding bicycle repair stands.</li>
<li id="wn711_30168">Rtnf has <a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/user/rtnf/diary/403645">overlaid</a> weather satellite data onto an OpenStreetMap base map to produce weather forecasts around specific coordinates.</li>
<li id="wn711_30159">Sebastian Pertsch <a href="https://Pertsch.social/@Sebastian/112021928613894270">found</a> <img decoding="async" src="/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/de.svg" /> an interesting project – a <a href="https://kartenforum.slub-dresden.de">virtual forum</a> with maps from Saxony, Germany, and the University Library of Dresden. The site has more than 9000 georeferenced historical maps that can be overlaid on a modern OpenStreetMap layer. Some maps were created in the 17th century, which makes this platform even more valuable.</li>
</ul>
<h2 id="wn711_osm_in_action">OSM in action</h2>
<ul>
<li id="wn711_30147">By using OpenStreetMap data, Ben Ashforth has <a href="https://flowingdata.com/2024/02/29/algorithmic-road-trip-to-visit-a-street-named-after-each-day-of-the-year/">devised</a> a mathematical <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MwRbr-MjwII">route-planning</a> algorithm in order to <a href="http://www.benguin.co.uk/2023/largecal.html">visit</a> the streets around Europe that are named after each day of the year.</li>
<li id="wn711_29986"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stolperstein"><em>Stolpersteine</em></a> (literally ‘stumbling blocks’) are small brass-plated cubes laid, around Europe, in front of the last-known residences or workplaces of those who were driven out or murdered by the Nazis. <em>Heise Online</em> <a href="https://www.heise.de/news/Digitale-Erinnerungskultur-Stolpersteine-App-hat-nun-mehr-als-30-000-Eintraege-9608762.html">reported</a> <img decoding="async" src="/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/de.svg" />►<a href="https://www-heise-de.translate.goog/news/Digitale-Erinnerungskultur-Stolpersteine-App-hat-nun-mehr-als-30-000-Eintraege-9608762.html?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=EN"><img decoding="async" src="/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/en-green.svg" /></a> that 100,000 such memorial plaques have now been laid of which 30,000 have been recorded in the <a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.dsire.stolpersteine">Stolperstein app</a>. The app is primarily based on OSM data. In <a href="http://openplaques.org/series/15">OpenPlaques</a> you can find 5786 <em>Stolpersteine</em>, many with a photo. OSM has <a href="https://overpass-turbo.eu/s/1HMU">33,876</a> blocks currently mapped.</li>
</ul>
<h2 id="wn711_programming">Programming</h2>
<ul>
<li id="wn711_30148">In the year of OpenStreetMap vector maps (we <a href="https://weeklyosm.eu/archives/17047#wn708_30055">reported</a> earlier), Paul Norman has <a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/user/pnorman/diary/403600">described</a> his work on minutely updates of a tile server and <a href="https://pnorman.github.io/tilekiln-shortbread-demo/#6.56/50.394/4.684">provided</a> a webpage demo where we can see the result. Developers are invited to test and <a href="https://community.openstreetmap.org/t/110121">provide</a> comments.</li>
<li id="wn711_30162">Adrien Pavie has <a href="https://framapiaf.org/@PanierAvide/112038222954469129">shared</a> a tutorial to help users create custom models for object recognition in Panoramax photos. The tutorial <a href="https://github.com/panoramax-project/DetectionTutorial">walks</a> users through the process of creating a dataset, marking up photos, training the YOLOv8 model, and recognising objects in new photos.</li>
<li id="wn711_30171">Mary Knize has <a href="https://mary.codes/blog/programming/generating_a_vr_map_with_osm_and_aframe/">developed</a> an OpenStreetMap-based 3D map using the A-Frame framework.</li>
<li id="wn711_30152">Using the Monaco example Kamil Raczycki <a href="https://towardsdatascience.com/how-to-read-osm-data-with-duckdb-ffeb15197390">explained</a>, in <em>Towards Data Science</em>, how to use DuckDB to read OpenStreetMap data, while providing insights into nodes, ways, and relations; perfect for SQL enthusiasts looking for streamlined GIS operations with QuackOSM.</li>
<li id="wn711_30163">Volker Krause <a href="https://floss.social/@VolkerKrause/112025925890131141">tooted</a> some of their progress on indoor routing in KDE Itinerary and OSM infrastructure for Transitous (a public transport routing app).</li>
</ul>
<h2 id="wn711_releases">Releases</h2>
<ul>
<li id="wn711_30164">Joseph Elfelt has <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/@mappingsupport/112026928478426387">released</a> GeoJPG version 2, a web app to display offline maps (we <a href="https://weeklyosm.eu/archives/17016#wn706_29977">reported</a> earlier).</li>
</ul>
<h2 id="wn711_did_you_know_…">Did you know …</h2>
<ul>
<li id="wn711_30161">… Bexhill’s <a href="https://bexhill-osm.org.uk/#14/50.8470/0.4675">OSM map</a>, which leaves nothing to be desired? Bexhill-OSM is completely open source. The project is freely available for anyone to review, modify, and improve. Highly recommended for imitation.</li>
<li id="wn711_30126">… about the ‘<a href="https://github.com/maplibre/awesome-maplibre">awesome-maplibre</a>‘ GitHub repository? This repository features various projects that use or support MapLibre.</li>
<li id="wn711_30061">… the MapLibre webmap Javascript tool? It <a href="https://maplibre.org/maplibre-gl-js/docs/examples/">renders</a> vector maps including 3D models, animations, adding icons, style labels, etc. This open source API is a community led fork derived from mapbox-gl-js that uses WebGL to render interactive maps from vector tiles in a browser. Paul Norman used MapLibre GL for his vector map example in the article <a href="https://weeklyosm.eu/archives/17097#wn711_30148">above</a>.</li>
<li id="wn711_30167">… <del datetime="2024-03-11T11:44:08+00:00">HeiGIT has an instance of overpass-turbo that defaults to using their Overpass server?</del> <strong>update:</strong> the instance is for internal use only</li>
</ul>
<h2 id="wn711_osm_in_the_media">OSM in the media</h2>
<ul>
<li id="wn711_30153">Brian Sperlongano <a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/user/ZeLonewolf/diary/403614">described</a> StreetFerret, which uses OSM and Strava data to generate ‘activity completeness’ maps, often resulting in corrections to OSM. StreetFerret’s OSM-based progress <a href="https://pauljohnson.run/">tracker</a> for ultra-runner Paul Johnson’s quest to <a href="https://www.foxla.com/news/navy-lieutenant-running-from-la-to-nyc-to-raise-awareness-to-mental-health">run</a> across the United States was recently <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/C4BFsn5r7UY/">featured</a> on a Los Angeles TV news station.</li>
</ul>
<h2 id="wn711_other_“geo”_things">Other “geo” things</h2>
<ul>
<li id="wn711_30155">Shaun McDonald <a href="https://blog.shaunmcdonald.me.uk/2024/03/alternative-traffic-improvements-around-ravenswood-ipswich/">raised</a> concerns about proposed traffic solutions in the Ravenswood area of Ipswich, England. He suggests developing alternatives such as walking, cycling, and public transport.</li>
</ul>
<h2 id="wn711_upcoming_events">Upcoming Events</h2>
<table>
<thead>
<tr>
<th>Where</th>
<th>What</th>
<th>Online</th>
<th>When</th>
<th>Country</th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td></td>
<td>OSMF Membership Drive – March Volunteers Meetup <a href="https://osmcal.org/event/2730/"><img decoding="async" src="/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/osmcal.png" width="16" height="16" /></a></td>
<td></td>
<td>2024-03-09</td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Bologna</td>
<td>Open Data Pax 2024 <a href="https://osmcal.org/event/2707/"><img decoding="async" src="/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/osmcal.png" width="16" height="16" /></a></td>
<td></td>
<td>2024-03-09</td>
<td><img decoding="async" src="https://blog.openstreetmap.de/wp-uploads/2016/02/it.svg" alt="flag" /></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Intramuros</td>
<td>#AlayData sa Intramuros Open Data Day 2024 <a href="https://osmcal.org/event/2699/"><img decoding="async" src="/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/osmcal.png" width="16" height="16" /></a></td>
<td></td>
<td>2024-03-10</td>
<td><img decoding="async" src="https://blog.openstreetmap.de/wp-uploads/2016/05/ph.svg" alt="flag" /></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>København</td>
<td>OSMmapperCPH <a href="https://osmcal.org/event/2709/"><img decoding="async" src="/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/osmcal.png" width="16" height="16" /></a></td>
<td></td>
<td>2024-03-10</td>
<td><img decoding="async" src="https://blog.openstreetmap.de/wp-uploads/2016/07/dk.svg" alt="flag" /></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Zürich</td>
<td>161. OSM-Stammtisch <a href="https://osmcal.org/event/2704/"><img decoding="async" src="/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/osmcal.png" width="16" height="16" /></a></td>
<td></td>
<td>2024-03-11</td>
<td><img decoding="async" src="https://blog.openstreetmap.de/wp-uploads/2016/02/ch.svg" alt="flag" /></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>臺北市</td>
<td>OpenStreetMap x Wikidata Taipei #62 <a href="https://osmcal.org/event/2457/"><img decoding="async" src="/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/osmcal.png" width="16" height="16" /></a></td>
<td></td>
<td>2024-03-11</td>
<td><img decoding="async" src="https://blog.openstreetmap.de/wp-uploads/2016/05/tw.svg" alt="flag" /></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Rennes</td>
<td>Cartopartie “Places PMR” du Master SIGAT <a href="https://osmcal.org/event/2686/"><img decoding="async" src="/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/osmcal.png" width="16" height="16" /></a></td>
<td></td>
<td>2024-03-12</td>
<td><img decoding="async" src="https://blog.openstreetmap.de/wp-uploads/2016/02/fr.svg" alt="flag" /></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Salt Lake City</td>
<td>OSM Utah Monthly Map Night <a href="https://osmcal.org/event/2692/"><img decoding="async" src="/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/osmcal.png" width="16" height="16" /></a></td>
<td></td>
<td>2024-03-13</td>
<td><img decoding="async" src="https://blog.openstreetmap.de/wp-uploads/2016/01/us.svg" alt="flag" /></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Berlin</td>
<td>Missing Maps – DRK Online Mapathon <a href="https://osmcal.org/event/2702/"><img decoding="async" src="/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/osmcal.png" width="16" height="16" /></a></td>
<td></td>
<td>2024-03-12</td>
<td><img decoding="async" src="https://blog.openstreetmap.de/wp-uploads/2016/01/de.svg" alt="flag" /></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Hamburg</td>
<td>Hamburger Mappertreffen <a href="https://osmcal.org/event/2732/"><img decoding="async" src="/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/osmcal.png" width="16" height="16" /></a></td>
<td></td>
<td>2024-03-12</td>
<td><img decoding="async" src="https://blog.openstreetmap.de/wp-uploads/2016/01/de.svg" alt="flag" /></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Plano Piloto</td>
<td>Encontro OSM Brasil <a href="https://osmcal.org/event/2708/"><img decoding="async" src="/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/osmcal.png" width="16" height="16" /></a></td>
<td></td>
<td>2024-03-12 – 2024-03-13</td>
<td><img decoding="async" src="https://blog.openstreetmap.de/wp-uploads/2016/03/br.svg" alt="flag" /></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Autelbas</td>
<td>OSM Belgium – Ardenne belge – Réunions des contributeurs <a href="https://osmcal.org/event/2665/"><img decoding="async" src="/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/osmcal.png" width="16" height="16" /></a></td>
<td></td>
<td>2024-03-12</td>
<td><img decoding="async" src="https://blog.openstreetmap.de/wp-uploads/2016/05/be.svg" alt="flag" /></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Potsdam</td>
<td>Radnetz Brandenburg Mapping Abend #3 <a href="https://osmcal.org/event/2733/"><img decoding="async" src="/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/osmcal.png" width="16" height="16" /></a></td>
<td></td>
<td>2024-03-13</td>
<td><img decoding="async" src="https://blog.openstreetmap.de/wp-uploads/2016/01/de.svg" alt="flag" /></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Lorain County</td>
<td>OpenStreetMap Midwest Meetup <a href="https://osmcal.org/event/2563/"><img decoding="async" src="/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/osmcal.png" width="16" height="16" /></a></td>
<td>✓</td>
<td>2024-03-14</td>
<td><img decoding="async" src="https://blog.openstreetmap.de/wp-uploads/2016/01/us.svg" alt="flag" /></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Berlin</td>
<td>189. Berlin-Brandenburg OpenStreetMap Stammtisch <a href="https://osmcal.org/event/2717/"><img decoding="async" src="/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/osmcal.png" width="16" height="16" /></a></td>
<td></td>
<td>2024-03-14</td>
<td><img decoding="async" src="https://blog.openstreetmap.de/wp-uploads/2016/01/de.svg" alt="flag" /></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Bochum</td>
<td>Bochumer OSM-Treffen <a href="https://osmcal.org/event/2604/"><img decoding="async" src="/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/osmcal.png" width="16" height="16" /></a></td>
<td></td>
<td>2024-03-14</td>
<td><img decoding="async" src="https://blog.openstreetmap.de/wp-uploads/2016/01/de.svg" alt="flag" /></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>München</td>
<td>Münchner OSM-Treffen <a href="https://osmcal.org/event/2541/"><img decoding="async" src="/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/osmcal.png" width="16" height="16" /></a></td>
<td></td>
<td>2024-03-14</td>
<td><img decoding="async" src="https://blog.openstreetmap.de/wp-uploads/2016/01/de.svg" alt="flag" /></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Stainach-Pürgg</td>
<td>12. Österreichischer OSM-Stammtisch (online) <a href="https://osmcal.org/event/2166/"><img decoding="async" src="/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/osmcal.png" width="16" height="16" /></a></td>
<td></td>
<td>2024-03-14</td>
<td><img decoding="async" src="https://blog.openstreetmap.de/wp-uploads/2016/02/at.svg" alt="flag" /></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Hannover</td>
<td>OSM-Stammtisch Hannover <a href="https://osmcal.org/event/2301/"><img decoding="async" src="/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/osmcal.png" width="16" height="16" /></a></td>
<td></td>
<td>2024-03-15</td>
<td><img decoding="async" src="https://blog.openstreetmap.de/wp-uploads/2016/01/de.svg" alt="flag" /></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Chemnitz</td>
<td>Chemnitzer Linuxtage <a href="https://osmcal.org/event/2691/"><img decoding="async" src="/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/osmcal.png" width="16" height="16" /></a></td>
<td></td>
<td>2024-03-16 – 2024-03-17</td>
<td><img decoding="async" src="https://blog.openstreetmap.de/wp-uploads/2016/01/de.svg" alt="flag" /></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Perth</td>
<td>Social Mapping Saturday: QEII 2024 <a href="https://osmcal.org/event/2700/"><img decoding="async" src="/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/osmcal.png" width="16" height="16" /></a></td>
<td></td>
<td>2024-03-16</td>
<td><img decoding="async" src="https://blog.openstreetmap.de/wp-uploads/2017/06/au.svg" alt="flag" /></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Defence Colony Tehsil</td>
<td>6th OSM Delhi Mapping Party <a href="https://osmcal.org/event/2736/"><img decoding="async" src="/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/osmcal.png" width="16" height="16" /></a></td>
<td></td>
<td>2024-03-17</td>
<td><img decoding="async" src="https://blog.openstreetmap.de/wp-uploads/2016/01/in.svg" alt="flag" /></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>England</td>
<td>OSM UK Chat <a href="https://osmcal.org/event/2729/"><img decoding="async" src="/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/osmcal.png" width="16" height="16" /></a></td>
<td></td>
<td>2024-03-18</td>
<td><img decoding="async" src="https://weeklyosm.eu/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2020/09/uk.svg" alt="flag" /></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Lyon</td>
<td>Réunion du groupe local de Lyon <a href="https://osmcal.org/event/2735/"><img decoding="async" src="/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/osmcal.png" width="16" height="16" /></a></td>
<td></td>
<td>2024-03-19</td>
<td><img decoding="async" src="https://blog.openstreetmap.de/wp-uploads/2016/02/fr.svg" alt="flag" /></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Strasbourg</td>
<td>Apéro OpenStreetMap <a href="https://osmcal.org/event/2663/"><img decoding="async" src="/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/osmcal.png" width="16" height="16" /></a></td>
<td></td>
<td>2024-03-19</td>
<td><img decoding="async" src="https://blog.openstreetmap.de/wp-uploads/2016/02/fr.svg" alt="flag" /></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Bonn</td>
<td>173. OSM-Stammtisch Bonn <a href="https://osmcal.org/event/2593/"><img decoding="async" src="/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/osmcal.png" width="16" height="16" /></a></td>
<td></td>
<td>2024-03-19</td>
<td><img decoding="async" src="https://blog.openstreetmap.de/wp-uploads/2016/01/de.svg" alt="flag" /></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>San Jose</td>
<td>South Bay Map Night <a href="https://osmcal.org/event/2504/"><img decoding="async" src="/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/osmcal.png" width="16" height="16" /></a></td>
<td>✓</td>
<td>2024-03-20</td>
<td><img decoding="async" src="https://blog.openstreetmap.de/wp-uploads/2016/01/us.svg" alt="flag" /></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>City of Edinburgh</td>
<td>OSM Edinburgh pub meetup <a href="https://osmcal.org/event/2619/"><img decoding="async" src="/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/osmcal.png" width="16" height="16" /></a></td>
<td></td>
<td>2024-03-19</td>
<td><img decoding="async" src="https://weeklyosm.eu/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2020/09/uk.svg" alt="flag" /></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td></td>
<td>Map-py Wednesday <a href="https://osmcal.org/event/2679/"><img decoding="async" src="/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/osmcal.png" width="16" height="16" /></a></td>
<td></td>
<td>2024-03-20</td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Karlsruhe</td>
<td>Stammtisch Karlsruhe <a href="https://osmcal.org/event/2672/"><img decoding="async" src="/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/osmcal.png" width="16" height="16" /></a></td>
<td></td>
<td>2024-03-20</td>
<td><img decoding="async" src="https://blog.openstreetmap.de/wp-uploads/2016/01/de.svg" alt="flag" /></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Bremen</td>
<td>Bremer Mappertreffen <a href="https://osmcal.org/event/2697/"><img decoding="async" src="/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/osmcal.png" width="16" height="16" /></a></td>
<td></td>
<td>2024-03-25</td>
<td><img decoding="async" src="https://blog.openstreetmap.de/wp-uploads/2016/01/de.svg" alt="flag" /></td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<p>Note:<br />
If you like to see your event here, please put it into the <a href="https://osmcal.org">OSM calendar</a>. Only data which is there, will appear in weeklyOSM.</p>
<p align="right"><i>This weeklyOSM was <a href="https://umap.openstreetmap.fr/de/map/weeklyosm-is-currently-produced-in_56718#2/8.4/108.3"> produced</a> by <a href="http://hdyc.neis-one.org/?Betaslb">Elizabete</a>, <a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/user/PierZen">PierZen</a>, <a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/user/SeverinGeo">SeverinGeo</a>, <a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/user/Strubbl">Strubbl</a>, <a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/user/TheSwavu">TheSwavu</a>, <a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/user/barefootstache">barefootstache</a>, <a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/user/darkonus">darkonus</a>, <a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/user/derFred">derFred</a>, <a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/user/renecha">renecha</a>, <a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/user/rtnf">rtnf</a>.<br />
We welcome link suggestions for the next issue via <a href="https://weeklyosm.eu/en/this-news-should-be-in-weeklyosm">this</a> form and look forward to your contributions. </i></p>
weeklyOSM
http://www.weeklyosm.eu/
OpenStreetMap User's Diaries: Woodland data on Vancouver Island
https://www.openstreetmap.org/user/DENelson83/diary/403672
2024-03-10T04:57:16+00:00
<p>In case you might have not yet noticed, my current project on OSM is to cover the entire remainder of Vancouver Island with woodland data. I started with my home area of the Comox Valley and am radiating out from there in all directions, eventually finishing up with the area around Cape Scott. Every patch of forest I find in aerial imagery, no matter how expansive, even if the trees are small, will be added.</p>
OpenStreetMap User's Diaries
http://www.openstreetmap.org/diary/
OpenStreetMap User's Diaries: ../
https://www.openstreetmap.org/user/Raquel%20Dezid%C3%A9rio%20Souto/diary/403667
2024-03-09T01:24:11+00:00
<hr>
<p>✔ <strong><a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/user/Raquel%20Dezid%C3%A9rio%20Souto/diary/403666" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">YouthMappers UFRJ receives the Women’s Participation Award!</a></strong></p>
<p>✔ <strong><a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/user/Raquel%20Dezid%C3%A9rio%20Souto/diary/403665" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">YouthMappers UFRJ recebe o Women’s Participation Award!</a></strong></p>
<p>✔ <strong><a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/user/Raquel%20Dezid%C3%A9rio%20Souto/diary/403662" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Our participation in the Open Data Day YouthMappers at UFBA 2024</a></strong></p>
<p>✔ <strong><a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/user/Raquel%20Dezid%C3%A9rio%20Souto/diary/403661" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Nossa participação no Open Data Day 2024 do YouthMappers at UFBA</a></strong></p>
<p>✔ <strong><a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/user/Raquel%20Dezid%C3%A9rio%20Souto/diary/403477" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Web map do mapeamento colaborativo para redução de riscos e desastes (RRD)</a></strong></p>
<p>✔ <strong><a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/user/Raquel%20Dezid%C3%A9rio%20Souto/diary/403478" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Web map of colaborative mapping for the Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR)</a></strong></p>
<p>✔ <strong><a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/user/Raquel%20Dezid%C3%A9rio%20Souto/diary/403459" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Mapear POI no OpenStreetMap e exibir dinamicamente com uMap</a></strong></p>
<p>✔ <strong><a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/user/Raquel%20Dezid%C3%A9rio%20Souto/diary/403466" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Mapping POI in OpenStreetMap and displaying dynamically with uMap</a></strong></p>
<p>✔ <strong><a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/user/Raquel%20Dezid%C3%A9rio%20Souto/diary/402846" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Resultados do GIS DAY 2023!</a></strong></p>
<p>✔ <strong><a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/user/Raquel%20Dezid%C3%A9rio%20Souto/diary/402786" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">V Olimpíada Brasileira de Cartografia incluiu o OpenStreetMap como parte de sua etapa prática</a></strong></p>
<p>✔ <strong><a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/user/Raquel%20Dezid%C3%A9rio%20Souto/diary/402785" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">V Brazilian Cartographic Olympiad included OpenStreetMap as part of its practical stage</a></strong></p>
<p>✔ <strong><a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/user/Raquel%20Dezid%C3%A9rio%20Souto/diary/402693" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Geocodificação com OpenStreetMap</a></strong></p>
<p>✔ <strong><a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/user/Raquel%20Dezid%C3%A9rio%20Souto/diary/402562" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Mapeamento humanitário e OpenStreetMap</a></strong></p>
<p>✔ <strong><a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/user/Raquel%20Dezid%C3%A9rio%20Souto/diary/402560" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Nossa participação no State of the Map Brasil 2023</a></strong></p>
<p>✔ <strong><a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/user/Raquel%20Dezid%C3%A9rio%20Souto/diary/402348" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Atualização dos dados populacionais dos municípios brasileiros no OpenStreetMap</a></strong></p>
OpenStreetMap User's Diaries
http://www.openstreetmap.org/diary/
OpenStreetMap User's Diaries: YouthMappers UFRJ receives the Women's Participation Award!
https://www.openstreetmap.org/user/Raquel%20Dezid%C3%A9rio%20Souto/diary/403666
2024-03-09T00:55:31+00:00
<h4 id="womens-participation-is-recognized">✽✽ Women’s participation is recognized</h4>
<hr>
<p><a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/user/Raquel%20Dezid%C3%A9rio%20Souto/diary/403665" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Leia em Português</a></p>
<p>The international project YouthMappers awarded the YouthMappers UFRJ Chapter (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) for promoting women’s participation in its activities and organization, corresponding to more than 50% of its membership.</p>
<p>The <a href="https://ivides.org/youthmappers-ufrj" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">YouthMappers UFRJ Chapter</a> is an initiative of open collaborative mapping, that results of a partnership between the Virtual Institute for Sustainable Development - IVIDES.org and the Laboratory of Cartography - GeoCart-UFRJ, chaired by <a href="https://ivides.org/raquel-deziderio" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Dr. Raquel Dezidério Souto</a>.</p>
<p>On this International Women’s Day, we dedicate this award to all girls and women, hoping that they can achieve their goals!</p>
<p><img src="https://ivides.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/UFRJ_WomenParticipation_2024.png" alt="youthmappers-ufrj-award"></p>
<p><img src="https://ivides.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/logo_ivides_reg_md-300x263.png" alt="IVIDES_logo"></p>
<p><img src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/ae/Logo_YouthMappers_UFRJ.png" alt="youthmappers-ufrj"></p>
OpenStreetMap User's Diaries
http://www.openstreetmap.org/diary/
OpenStreetMap User's Diaries: YouthMappers UFRJ recebe o Women's Participation Award!
https://www.openstreetmap.org/user/Raquel%20Dezid%C3%A9rio%20Souto/diary/403665
2024-03-09T00:44:02+00:00
<h4 id="representatividade-feminina--reconhecida">✽ ✽ Representatividade feminina é reconhecida</h4>
<hr>
<p><a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/user/Raquel%20Dezid%C3%A9rio%20Souto/diary/403666" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Read in English</a></p>
<p>O projeto internacional YouthMappers premiou o capítulo <a href="https://ivides.org/youthmappers-ufrj" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">YouthMappers UFRJ</a> (Rio de Janeiro, Brasil), pela promoção da participação feminina em suas atividades e organização, correspondendo a mais de 50% de sua membresia.</p>
<p>O capítulo YouthMappers UFRJ é uma iniciativa de mapeamento colaborativo aberto, fruto da parceria entre o Instituto Virtual para o Desenvolvimento Sustentável - IVIDES.org e o Laboratório de Cartografia - GeoCart-UFRJ, sendo presidido pela <a href="https://ivides.org/raquel-deziderio" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Dra. Raquel Dezidério Souto</a>.</p>
<p>Neste Dia Internacional das Mulheres, dedicamos este prêmio a todas as meninas e mulheres, que consigam sempre realizar os seus objetivos!</p>
<p><img src="https://ivides.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/UFRJ_WomenParticipation_2024.png" alt="youthmappers-ufrj-award"></p>
<p><img src="https://ivides.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/logo_ivides_reg_md-300x263.png" alt="IVIDES_logo"></p>
<p><img src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/ae/Logo_YouthMappers_UFRJ.png" alt="youthmappers-ufrj"></p>
OpenStreetMap User's Diaries
http://www.openstreetmap.org/diary/
Nominatim: Nominatim 4.4.0 and Photon 0.5.0 released
https://nominatim.org/2024/03/08/release-440
2024-03-07T23:00:00+00:00
<p>We are happy to announce that this week new versions of Nominatim and its
ElasticSearch frontend Photon have been released.</p>
<p>Version 4.4.0 of Nominatim brings many bug fixes and performance improvements
for the new Python frontend, which was introduced in version 4.3.0. It can
now be considered stable and has become the frontend recommended to be used
for new installations. You find <a href="https://nominatim.org/release-docs/latest/admin/Deployment-Python/">deployment guides</a>
for the Python frontend in the documentation. There is no need to reimport
your existing database. It will work perfectly fine with the new frontend.</p>
<p>A new feature in this release is experimental support for exporting a
Nominatim database to SQLite. The SQLite database can then be used with the
new Python frontend or when using the Nominatim library. For more information
about this, watch the talk at <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBLuSZ4TOfw">SotM-EU 2023</a>
or read about it in the <a href="https://nominatim.org/2023/10/25/sqlite-reverse.html">SQLite blog posts</a>.</p>
<p>Version 0.5.0 of Photon brings back the ability to update a Photon database
from a Nominatim database. The new mechanism is better decoupled from the
Nominatim update process, making it easier to handle. A long-standing issue
around UIDs of house numbers documents has been fixed so that all data should
now be correctly handled. This version also introduces a new API endpoint
<code class="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">/nominatim-update/status</code> which allows scripts to check if an update is
already in progress. To find out if your Photon database is indeed up-to-date
use the newlt added <code class="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">/status</code> endpoint.</p>
<p>If you do not use the update facility, then the Photon release remains
compatible with version 0.4 database dumps including the ones available on
<a href="https://download1.graphhopper.com/public">https://download1.graphhopper.com/public</a>.
If you want to run updates, you need to create a fresh import using this
release. Please be aware that updates now require an additional preparation
step. Consult the README for more information.</p>
Nominatim
https://nominatim.org/blog/
OpenStreetMap User's Diaries: ../
https://www.openstreetmap.org/user/Raquel%20Dezid%C3%A9rio%20Souto/diary/403663
2024-03-08T16:49:33+00:00
<hr>
<p><strong><a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/user/Raquel%20Dezid%C3%A9rio%20Souto/diary/403662" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Our participation in the Open Data Day YouthMappers at UFBA 2024</a></strong></p>
<p><strong><a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/user/Raquel%20Dezid%C3%A9rio%20Souto/diary/403661" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Nossa participação no Open Data Day 2024 do YouthMappers at UFBA</a></strong></p>
<p><strong><a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/user/Raquel%20Dezid%C3%A9rio%20Souto/diary/403477" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Web map do mapeamento colaborativo para redução de riscos e desastes (RRD)</a></strong></p>
<p><strong><a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/user/Raquel%20Dezid%C3%A9rio%20Souto/diary/403478" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Web map of colaborative mapping for the Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR)</a></strong></p>
<p><strong><a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/user/Raquel%20Dezid%C3%A9rio%20Souto/diary/403459" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Mapear POI no OpenStreetMap e exibir dinamicamente com uMap</a></strong></p>
<p><strong><a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/user/Raquel%20Dezid%C3%A9rio%20Souto/diary/403466" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Mapping POI in OpenStreetMap and displaying dynamically with uMap</a></strong></p>
<p><strong><a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/user/Raquel%20Dezid%C3%A9rio%20Souto/diary/402846" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Resultados do GIS DAY 2023!</a></strong></p>
<p><strong><a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/user/Raquel%20Dezid%C3%A9rio%20Souto/diary/402786" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">V Olimpíada Brasileira de Cartografia incluiu o OpenStreetMap como parte de sua etapa prática</a></strong></p>
<p><strong><a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/user/Raquel%20Dezid%C3%A9rio%20Souto/diary/402785" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">V Brazilian Cartographic Olympiad included OpenStreetMap as part of its practical stage</a></strong></p>
<p><strong><a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/user/Raquel%20Dezid%C3%A9rio%20Souto/diary/402693" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Geocodificação com OpenStreetMap</a></strong></p>
<p><strong><a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/user/Raquel%20Dezid%C3%A9rio%20Souto/diary/402562" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Mapeamento humanitário e OpenStreetMap</a></strong></p>
<p><strong><a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/user/Raquel%20Dezid%C3%A9rio%20Souto/diary/402560" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Nossa participação no State of the Map Brasil 2023</a></strong></p>
<p><strong><a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/user/Raquel%20Dezid%C3%A9rio%20Souto/diary/402348" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Atualização dos dados populacionais dos municípios brasileiros no OpenStreetMap</a></strong></p>
OpenStreetMap User's Diaries
http://www.openstreetmap.org/diary/
OpenStreetMap User's Diaries: Our participation in the Open Data Day YouthMappers at UFBA 2024
https://www.openstreetmap.org/user/Raquel%20Dezid%C3%A9rio%20Souto/diary/403662
2024-03-08T16:46:19+00:00
<h4 id="an-event-to-strengthen-alliances-between-mappers-from-brazil-and-africa">An event to strengthen alliances between mappers from Brazil and Africa</h4>
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<p><a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/user/Raquel%20Dezid%C3%A9rio%20Souto/diary/403661" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Read in Portuguese</a></p>
<p>Between March 2nd and 5th, 2024, the event <strong>OPEN DATA DAY - Communities mapping communities: Brazil-Africa connection</strong> was held in Salvador (Bahia, Brazil), with the participation of Brazilians and Africans, who presented <strong>special keynotes and case studies</strong> on collaborative mapping, on the themes of sustainable development, gender equity, adequate housing, humanitarian mapping, disaster risk reduction and urban planning.</p>
<p>The YouthMappers at UFBA, producer of the event, also held <strong>mapathons</strong>, or mapping marathons, in the format of hybrid workshops, where participants mapped collaboratively on-line, using the editor iD for OpenStreetMap.</p>
<p>The <a href="https://ivides.org/youthmappers-ufrj" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">YouthMappers UFRJ</a> participated of the event, with the special keynote <strong>Collaborative mapping for disaster risk reduction - Case study: Municipality of Maricá (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)</strong>, given by its president, Dr. Raquel Dezidério Souto (<a href="https://ivides.org/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">IVIDES.org</a>).</p>
<p>WATCH the RECORED VIDEO (in Portuguese and English), <strong><a href="https://youtu.be/bzgVCF_9nGE" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">clicking here</a></strong>.</p>
<p>READ The PDF PRESENTATION FILE (in Portuguese and English), available <strong><a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1rhgjxiGzLft8y9sIcxIGxluy0rpcqwbC/view" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">here</a></strong>.</p>
<p>KNOW about this case study of collaborative mapping <strong><a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/user/Raquel%20Dezid%C3%A9rio%20Souto/diary/403477" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">here</a></strong>.</p>
<p><img src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/Palestra_Open_Data_Day_YouyhMappers_UFBA_2024.png/800px-Palestra_Open_Data_Day_YouyhMappers_UFBA_2024.png?20240308160645" alt="cover-video-palestra"></p>
<p><img src="https://ivides.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/logo_ivides_reg_md-300x263.png" alt="IVIDES_logo"></p>
<p><img src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/ae/Logo_YouthMappers_UFRJ.png" alt="youthmappers-ufrj"></p>
OpenStreetMap User's Diaries
http://www.openstreetmap.org/diary/
OpenStreetMap User's Diaries: Nossa participação no Open Data Day 2024 do YouthMappers at UFBA
https://www.openstreetmap.org/user/Raquel%20Dezid%C3%A9rio%20Souto/diary/403661
2024-03-08T16:31:34+00:00
<h4 id="um-evento-para-aproximar-mapeadores-do-brasil-e-da-frica">Um evento para aproximar mapeadores do Brasil e da África</h4>
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<p><a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/user/Raquel%20Dezid%C3%A9rio%20Souto/diary/403662" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Read in English</a></p>
<p>Entre os dias 02 e 05 de março de 2024, foi realizado em Salvador (Bahia, Brasil), o evento <strong>DIA DOS DADOS ABERTOS YouthMappers UFBA - Comunidades mapeando comunidades: Conexão Brasil-África</strong>, com a participação de brasileiros(as) e africanos(as), que apresentaram <strong>palestras e estudos de caso</strong> sobre mapeamento colaborativo, nas temáticas do desenvolvimento sustentável, equidade de gênero, direito à moradia digna, mapeamento humanitário, redução de riscos de desastres e planejamento urbano.</p>
<p>O capítulo YouthMappers at UFBA, produtor do evento, realizou ainda, as <strong>mapatonas</strong>, ou maratonas de mapeamento, no formato de oficinas híbridas, ministradas ao-vivo pela web, onde os(as) participantes mapearam colaborativamente e utilizando o editor iD para OpenStreetMap.</p>
<p>O <a href="https://ivides.org/youthmappers-ufrj" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">YouthMappers UFRJ</a> participou do evento, com a palestra <strong>Mapeamento colaborativo para redução de riscos e desastres - Estudo de caso: Município de Maricá (Rio de Janeiro, Brasil)</strong>, ministrada pela sua presidenta, Dra. Raquel Dezidério Souto (<a href="https://ivides.org/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">IVIDES.org</a>).</p>
<p>ASSISTA à PALESTRA GRAVADA (em português e inglês), <strong><a href="https://youtu.be/bzgVCF_9nGE" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">clicando aqui</a></strong>.</p>
<p>LEIA o arquivo PDF da APRESENTAÇÃO (em português e inglês) está disponível <strong><a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1rhgjxiGzLft8y9sIcxIGxluy0rpcqwbC/view" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">neste link</a></strong>.</p>
<p>CONHEÇA mais sobre o MAPEAMENTO, <strong><a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/user/Raquel%20Dezid%C3%A9rio%20Souto/diary/403477" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">clicando aqui</a></strong>.</p>
<p><img src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/Palestra_Open_Data_Day_YouyhMappers_UFBA_2024.png/800px-Palestra_Open_Data_Day_YouyhMappers_UFBA_2024.png?20240308160645" alt="capa-video-palestra"></p>
<p><img src="https://ivides.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/logo_ivides_reg_md-300x263.png" alt="IVIDES_logo"></p>
<p><img src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/ae/Logo_YouthMappers_UFRJ.png" alt="youthmappers-ufrj"></p>
OpenStreetMap User's Diaries
http://www.openstreetmap.org/diary/
OpenStreetMap User's Diaries: Cheap and easy way to add Bluetooth to Ardusimple simpleRTK2B without XBEE
https://www.openstreetmap.org/user/2hu4u/diary/403660
2024-03-08T13:53:13+00:00
<h2 id="introduction">Introduction</h2>
<p>I am writing this tutorial because adding wireless connectivity to the cheapest hobbyist RTK module (Ardusimple simpleRTK2B) is very useful but not trivial for those inexperienced with electronics, and Ardusimple closed down their forums for… some reason. Hopefully this is something anyone can follow to make RTK more accessible to the general hobbyist mapper.</p>
<p>This entry is building on from my previous diary entry <a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/user/2hu4u/diary/399857" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">“Affordable, High Quality 360 Street Level Imagery using GoPro Fusion and Ardusimple”</a>, I have now been using the rig for a couple years and it is holding up very nicely.</p>
<p>A quick summary is that I used the simpleRTK2B with my phone and GoPro Fusion 360 to make a very cheap and ultra portable street level imagery rig, for Mapillary or Kartaview. It can be used handheld or mounted to a car or bicycle.</p>
<p>The last survey I went on, whilst mostly fine, did bring up some issues regarding the reliability of the USB OTG data connection. This has always been a weak point of the rig in other ways because;</p>
<ul>
<li>the USB connection would drain my phone’s battery and make it difficult to charge the phone simultaneously whilst surveying, unless using wireless charger</li>
<li>the phone always needed to be in close proximity to the simpleRTK2B</li>
<li>too easy to accidentally disconnect</li>
<li>The OTG adapter is wobbly in the type-c port</li>
</ul>
<p>As my Android app of choice “SW Maps” permits a bluetooth connection for the NTRIP corrections, it was the obvious way to go.</p>
<h2 id="bluetooth-module-choice">Bluetooth module choice</h2>
<p>Ardusimple sells the Bluetooth XBEE module for the simpleRTK2B for €34 which is quite expensive. I know you’re reading this Ardusimple! Third party Bluetooth XBEE modules are somewhat cheaper (around $20 AUD), however I had a generic bluetooth UART module laying around so I decided to just solder it in. Similar ones are quite cheap to buy new, for example the arduino HC-06 module goes for around $10 AUD.</p>
<h2 id="connecting-it-up">Connecting it up</h2>
<p>Here is how I soldered mine;
<img src="https://i.imgur.com/CIxP0ep.jpeg" alt="Picture of simpleRTK2B wired to bluetooth module"></p>
<p>Make sure you know everything is working before making the permanent connections though! I found that just shoving the wires into the holes was fine for testing purposes; no need to solder on headers if you’re feeling lazy.</p>
<p>Here is the wiring diagram;
<img src="https://i.imgur.com/wuUZLkK.png" alt="Wiring diagram"></p>
<p>It is important to connect IOREF to 3.3 volts (or whatever logic level is appropriate for your module) otherwise the hardware UART pins will be disabled. Then connect TX to RX and RX to TX.</p>
<p>Note; I was unable to get the UART2 working on the ZED-F9P even after configuring the target in u-center. Apparently it’s a common problem. Maybe this is another advantage of this method over the XBEE method.</p>
<p>Everything in the case and velcro strapped to a power bank;
<img src="https://i.imgur.com/gJ1n6Nf.png" alt="Finished project"></p>
<p>The most important thing to getting it working is to match the baud rate between the Bluetooth module and the simpleRTK2B. Most bluetooth modules are configured to 9600 by default but for some reason mine was set to 57600 and I wasted a bunch of time troubleshooting this. The simpleRTK2B UART is often set at 38400. Both should be configurable but I found it easier to configure the simpleRTK2B baud rate using ublox U-center, so I set it to 57600.</p>
<p>Connect the simpleRTK2B to your computer and open U-center, and make sure everything is working OK. Then go View > Messages view (F9), expand UBX > CFG (Config) > PRT (Ports) and set the baud rate to whatever works. Click “Send” and then go UBX > CFG (Config) > CFG (Configuration) and hit “Send” again. I recommend pairing your phone to the bluetooth receiver and using the “Serial Bluetooth Terminal” app to make sure you are receiving the NMEA messages properly rather than just garbage (eg. �������������).</p>
<p>Finally, you can use SW Maps to establish the NTRIP connection. Go to Bluetooth GNSS and select your Bluetooth device. Make sure “Instrument Model” is set to u-blox RTK and that you are logging the data to a file. Then you can authenticate into the NTRIP server and CORS station of your choice and get that sweet RTK.</p>
OpenStreetMap User's Diaries
http://www.openstreetmap.org/diary/