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Sono entrato a far parte della community OSM da poco, e nell’ultimo mese ho iniziato a prendere sul serio l’attività, decidendo di impegnarmi per tenere aggiornato e arricchire il database. La domanda è: ci sono dei mappatori in provincia di Varese che sono disposti a scambiare opinioni e consigli?

20 hours ago

你好，陈欣恬，我是钱辰飞。很快就又到你的生日了，这一年来，你从未回我一句话。上次你生日，那个球可真好玩，可是我估计一辈子也不会再做出那个球了，因为我已经忘了怎么做了，这有点可惜。初二下对我是很有意义的，这是在小组死后我拥抱个人的降级选择，我和你发生了许多有趣的事情，这些事情历历在目，不可再来，但我也对你做了很多错事，例如硬要送你钱，即使你不要，或者乱说爱你，还有在11上把你弄摔倒。这些事情是个大问题，因为我竟然不考虑你的感受，这可能也是你离开的原因吧。我现在好抱歉，我一直对你做错事，让你在学期末时其实很讨厌我了，而且我在小组群里一直发乱七八糟的东西，偏离了小组的宗旨，让我被其他人也讨厌。桃源兴城苑我是不敢再进去了，我也不应该进去，虽然经常路过，但也就只能远远看看，我也不知道你到底还在不在里面，只是暗中相信你还在。那里真的挺美，地下天窗好好看，好有趣，你和我在那里向下看真实有趣又神经。未来还能不能见到你，我对这个问题的答案是偏向于否定的，我其实不觉得你会想要见到我，反而见到米豪的概率大一点，我可能会带米豪去浙江。 再见，来自小组：钱辰飞。

a day ago

Я створив невеликий втулок для JOSM з назвою Fillet Tools (fillettools.jar).

Він додає інтерактивний режим для заокруглення кутів ліній, подібний до інструмента «fillet» у CAD-програмах. Основний сценарій використання — контури підʼїзних шляхів та інша точна геометрія, де ручне розміщення кількох точок для заокруглення кута займає багато часу.

Ви можете знайти проєкт у репозиторії GitLab, а завантажити перший тестовий jar-файл — зі сторінки релізу v0.1.0.

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Як це працює:

• увімкніть режим Fillet Tools на панелі інструментів (або натисніть клавішу V);
• наведіть мишу на лінію або всередину замкнутого багатокутника;
• біля доступних кутів зʼявляться маленькі маркери (ручки);
• потягніть за маркер, щоб побачити і підібрати радіус бажаної дуги;
• відпустіть кнопку миші, щоб застосувати заокруглення.

Також є дві корисні клавіші-модифікатори:

• Shift привʼязує радіус до фіксованого кроку, що полегшує створення кількох кутів з однаковим радіусом;
• Alt / Option дозволяє «надмірне» перетягування для створення більших дуг. Втулок усе одно перевіряє фінальну геометрію перед застосуванням змін.

Я намагався зробити так, щоб втулок дбайливо ставився до даних. Він використовує стандартний стек команд JOSM, тому скасування дій працює належним чином. Він також намагається не замінювати і не видаляти важливі вже наявні точки. Початкова кутова точка разом із історією залишається на новій дузі.

Важлива примітка: я абсолютний новачок у програмуванні й використовував ШІ-агента для написання цього втулка. Тож у коді можуть траплятися дивні, неефективні або просто помилкові речі. Будь ласка, майте це на увазі, якщо переглядатимете репозиторій або тестуватимете втулок.

Наразі втулок недоступний у загальному списку JOSM. Щоб протестувати його, вам потрібно завантажити fillettools.jar зі сторінки релізу, вручну покласти його до теки втулків JOSM і перезапустити редактор.

На macOS це зазвичай: ~/Library/JOSM/plugins/

На Windows це: %APPDATA%/JOSM/plugins/

Буду радий, якщо хтось протестує його на практиці. Відгуки, звіти про помилки, випадки з дивною поведінкою та пропозиції можна писати тут у коментарях або на GitLab.

a day ago

Quienes se interesan en la región de América Latina saben que somos relativamente jóvenes en la organización de los States of the Map regionales, iniciados en 2015 después de un encuentro fortuito entre personas apasionadas por OpenStreetMap de diferentes partes de la región durante la conferencia Abrelatam en la Cineteca Nacional de la Ciudad de México en 2014 (mismo contexto en el que se decidió crear un chat de Telegram regional, semilla de la comunidad actual). Posterior a este año, se tuvo cierta continuidad hasta la pandemia, por obvias razones, y también por una desmotivación generalizada de la comunidad, que había vivido cierto “renuevo generacional” que había tenido poca interacción con las pasadas, y, claro, también por la precarización general causada por la pandemia, de la que no nos hemos repuesto ante la situación global actual.

Retomaron después de 5 años las conferencias en Belén, Brasil, en 2024, desde una agrupación de personas entusiastas, relativamente continuas con la organización del evento siguiente en Medellín en 2025 y con relativa continuidad también con este próximo evento de 2026 en Ciudad de México. ♦

Hoy estamos a medio proceso de esta gestión y muy emocionadxs. Si algo caracteriza a México es el orgullo y felicidad por compartir lo suyo. Felices de unir a muchas personas de LATAM y de otros lados, estamos en pleno periodo de convocatoria abierta

para charlas y talleres, en torno a tres ejes: el eje general; un eje académico (estudios con más rigor y con proyecto de publicación colectivo en revista científica); y un eje institucional. ¡¡Anímate a participar, desde cualquier parte del mundo!! -> www.facebook.com/share/p/18bRwJ5Xr4/ -> www.instagram.com/p/DXYCczJl7fu/?img_index=1 -> www.osmlatam.org/sotm/2026-es/ ♦ ♦

Compártenos experiencias, reflexiones, casos de uso, propuestas comunitarias, posturas sobre la comunidad OSM Latam, talleres técnicos básicos y avanzados, tecnologías, etc. Una visión propia de esta edición, es un deseo grande de institucionalizar el uso de OSM en organizaciones públicas y la toma de decisiones que afectan los territorios.

Esta edición tiene también un fuerte liderazgo femenino y joven, con la participación siempre más central de las participantes de Geochicas, y un comité de diversidad e inclusión, y la participación desde el comité organizador de la generación comunitaria de los recientes años. El evento sucederá junto a los 10 años de Geochicas, un seminario en los días posteriores.

Conoce la wiki del SotM a day ago

✈️ مطار ذي ناعم – محافظة البيضاء تم إنشاء مطار ذي ناعم عام 1982م، ويُعد المطار الرسمي لمحافظة البيضاء، لما يتمتع به من موقع استراتيجي مهم في قلب المحافظة، إضافة إلى كونه قابلًا للتوسعة والتطوير بما يخدم الاحتياجات المستقبلية للنقل الجوي والتنمية.

تحيات /ابوعاصم العمري

2 days ago

Tornadoes

Tornadoes are very complex natural disasters involving many shapes and sizes. For a tornado to be on the ground, Look for rotating dust on the ground. The funnel does ## NOT have to touch the ground to be considered a tornado.

Notable Tornadoes

The most notable tornado is the May 22, 2011 Joplin EF-5tornado because it was the deadliest tornado in over 70 years. Not even 3 days after, one of the strongest and most notable oklahoma tornadoes happened, May 24, 2011, El Reno - Piedmont EF-5

2 days ago

♦ Bring State of the Map to Your Community/Country!

We’re excited to invite bids for the next State of the Map conference, taking place in 2027. This is a unique opportunity to partner with us and host the conference in your city!

Why bid?

• Share your community’s experiences and successes with the global OpenStreetMap community
• Showcase your city’s unique culture and attractions
• Contribute to the growth and development of OpenStreetMap globally

How to bid:

1. Read the guidelines and selection criteria on the OSM Wiki page
2. Plan your application carefully, considering dates, venues, and logistics
3. Avoid clashes with other relevant conferences, such as FOSS4G and local SotMs

Early bird advantage:

By bidding now, you’ll have the greatest flexibility in choosing dates for the 2027 conference. Don’t miss this opportunity!

We look forward to receiving your bid and partnering with you to bring State of the Map to your community/Country

Key Dates

• Call for venues open: 11 May 2026
• Deadline of bids: 19 July 2026
• We will review the bids for State of the Map 2027 in July/August 2026 and will inform the teams immediately after the decision.
• Announcement of venue 2027: during State of the Map 2026 in Paris

Need help?

The SotM Working Group is available for any further clarifications! Please contact via email: sotm [at] openstreetmap.org as early as possible so that we can provide guidance, if needed.
We look forward to collaborating with you.

The State of the Map Working Group

The State of the Map conference is the annual, international conference of OpenStreetMap, organised by the OpenStreetMap Foundation. The OpenStreetMap Foundation is a not-for-profit organisation, formed to support the OpenStreetMap Project. It is dedicated to encouraging the growth, development and distribution of free geospatial data for anyone to use and share. The OpenStreetMap Foundation owns and maintains the infrastructure of the OpenStreetMap project, is financially supported by membership fees and donations, and organises the annual, international State of the Map conference. Our volunteer Working Groups and small core staff work to support the OpenStreetMap project. Join the OpenStreetMap Foundation for just £15 a year or for free if you are an active OpenStreetMap contributor.

OpenStreetMap was founded in 2004 and is an international project to create a free map of the world. To do so, we, thousands of volunteers, collect data about roads, railways, rivers, forests, buildings and a lot more worldwide. Our map data can be downloaded for free by everyone and used for any purpose – including commercial usage. It is possible to produce your own maps which highlight certain features, to calculate routes etc. OpenStreetMap is increasingly used when one needs maps which can be very quickly, or easily, updated.

2 days ago

30/04/2026-06/05/2026

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[1] | Cast-iron Street Map of the City Centre in the Ukrainian City of Poltava

Mapping

• Comments are requested on this proposal:
  • name:<language>-Latn to consistently tag transliterations in Latin script worldwide following BCP 47.
• The following proposal is up for a vote until Tuesday 12 May:
  • route=safari to map safari routes as dedicated relations and structure drive-through tourist routes in safari parks.

Community

• Christoph Hormann expanded on his earlier critique of the German FOSSGIS association (we reported earlier) and is proposing a federated structure to better balance the interests of the FOSS community and OSM mappers. The aim is to address the ongoing tension between professional users and hobby contributors.
• Kamil Kalata analysed how many OSM elements use tags documented on the wiki. The results showed that about 99.99% of tagged elements contain at least one documented key, even though only a small share of all keys are described on the wiki.
• A forum discussion is exploring which routes should be stored in OSM and which should be managed externally. The platform mapeak.com is presented as a possible solution for sharing and managing routes outside the OSM database.
• OpenStreetMap way IDs have reached 1.5 billion. The milestone object was created by user Colbertson. There are just under 1.2 billion ways currently in OSM.

Local chapter news

• OpenStreetMap Syria participated in a webinar titled ‘(Re)Envisioning Syria: Earth Observation Research on Conflict Damage and Recovery’, organised by the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team and the Distributed Damage Mapping Group with support from the H2H Network, as part of the ReMapping Syria project.

Events

• Videos from the ‘OpenStreetMap and Territories’ event, held ♦►♦ in Brest (France) on 24 March 2026, are now available ♦ on PeerTube.

Education

• Betaslb noted ♦ that students from the Escola Secundária Jerónimo Emiliano de Andrade, studying Legal Services Technician and Educational Action Technician 1, decided that the best way to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the autonomy of the Autonomous Region of the Azores was to create a journey through some of the places that have contributed and continuously contribute to an ever-stronger autonomy, which resulted in this map.

OSM research

• Laura Possani, a Brazilian mapper, has made ♦ a uMap on integrated sanitation (infrastructure and POIs) for the City of Tapes, in the State of Rio Grande do Sul. The map includes OpenStreetMap highways and was part of her final undergraduate project on environmental management. She learned how to create web maps with uMap in the online training sessions freely offered ♦ by the Virtual Institute for Sustainable Development ♦►♦ in 2025.
• A study has used topic modelling to analyse the evolution of gender discourse in YouthMappers blogs. It found that initiatives such as ‘Everywhere She Maps’ increasingly portray women as active mappers and leaders rather than passive actors.

Maps

• Gespot ♦ has made it possible to view overhead power and telecommunications lines, as well as their support structures, as recorded in the OpenStreetMap database. This ongoing ♦►♦ project is in partnership with Enedis ♦►♦ and has the support of the OpenStreetMap France Association ♦►♦.
• A Reddit post presented an interactive map of India’s planned high-speed rail corridors based on OpenStreetMap data. The map visualises routes, stations, and interconnections in a diagram-style layout.
• Sean Carapella has launched PaddleMap, a map and routing tool specialised for watercraft based on BRouter and BRouter-web. PaddleMap allows routing on waterways and portage routes with customised routing for whitewater skill, portage style, and other paddling preferences. It also highlights canoe, kayak, and other paddle craft-related POIs including slipways, waterway access points, dams, waterfalls, rapids, etc.

OSM in action

• Is your car electric? Then you should give the ABRP route planner a try. Powered by OSM, of course.
• Komoot explained ♦ in a recently updated FAQ that their navigation and automatic re-planning are based on OpenStreetMap data. Limitations may occur if routes are incompletely mapped or there is no internet connection for new route calculations.

Open Data

• Anne-Karoline Distel demonstrated, in a video, a map of holy wells in Ireland dedicated to female saints. The map is based on OpenStreetMap and Wikidata and shows how such data can be visualised using uMap.

Licenses

• The Fédération des Pros d’OpenStreetMap has released ♦►♦ an updated version of its practical guide to the ODbL licence, Tout savoir sur la licence ODbL. This 12-page booklet outlines key principles for anyone using OSM data and was written by François Lacombe (Datactivist), Florian Lainez (Jungle Bus), Antoine Riche (Carto’Cité), and Christophe Biez (Latitude-Cartagène Cartographies). The booklet has been translated into English and Portuguese ♦ by Editora IVIDES and you can read about the effort on Raquel Dezidério Souto’s OSM User Diary. A Swahili version is currently being prepared.

Software

• François Lacombe posted ♦►♦ recently on LinkedIn about Podoma, a geospatial service for analysing contributions to OpenStreetMap. The service was presented at FOSDEM 2026 and is documented on GitHub.
• Watmildon has released center-node-2, a JOSM plugin that converts areas and relations into their centre nodes while preserving tags. It extends center-node’s functionality and supports compact representations of features.
• An OSM Community forum discussion is exploring whether StreetComplete should expand its use of the check_date tag to mark verified objects. Topics include accuracy, GNSS proximity, and how reliable such information is.

Programming

• Evert Pot outlined a method for setting up a TCP server that emits a static GPS-like coordinate, allowing Linux applications to continue accessing location information after Mozilla shut down their location service. The server feeds coordinate data directly to geoclue, enabling location-aware features to continue to work.
• Evgeny Arbatov presented a tool that combines multiple GPX files into a cleaned route by matching them to OSM ways and optimising the geometry. It uses services such as Overpass and OSRM to produce more accurate tracks.
• OpenStreetMap has been selected as an organisation for Google Summer of Code 2026, offering projects on topics such as routing, Nominatim, and tile servers. Earlier, the OSM team invited the community to submit project ideas and volunteer as mentors.
• A new helper tool allows ♦ GeoJSON and JSON routes to be sent directly to JOSM. It is designed to streamline workflows when preparing and refining routes from external analysis tools.
• The latest MapLibre newsletter has reported on progress made across MapLibre GL JS, Native, Flutter, and React Native. Highlights included the preparations for version 6, new APIs, and work on a dedicated 3D tile format.

Releases

• Version 2026.04.23 of CoMaps is available. It comes with refreshed OSM data up to 21 April. The main changes for the Android app include being able to select a preferred interface language, as well as the ability to switch between turn-by-turn navigation details for the next stop or the final destination. This release also brings a range of bug fixes and tweaks.
• stac-map is a web-based tool for visualising STAC datasets and geospatial data directly in the browser. Version 2.0 has introduced features including sharing links, URL-based configuration, and improvements in rendering and performance.
• Yopaseopor has introduced 3DModelsOSM, an experimental renderer that turns OpenStreetMap data into simple 3D models. The tool can load Overpass query results or GeoJSON and serves as a proof-of-concept for detailed micromapping and 3D visualisation.
• Pablo Brasero (aka pablobm) shared a new update from the OSM website team, detailing their latest work including security fixes, more efficient use of assets, and routing improvements.

Did you know that …

• … Anne-Karoline Distel has a brief step-by-step tutorial, on her YouTube channel, on how to upload photos to Wikimedia Commons and include them in marker labels on uMap?
• … the Philippine Viscan YouthMappers group carried out a youth-led project mapping fire hydrants as reference data for fire emergency response in 2022–2023? They created a uMap showing the locations of fire hydrants in the city of Leyte.
• … OpenChargeMap aims to provide an open database of charging equipment locations globally?
• … the free online tool Streckenheld ♦ allows motorcyclists to share dangerous spots in traffic they have found? This means that tours can be planned ♦►♦ better and dangerous situations in traffic can be avoided.
• … the Whole Earth Foundation (WFF) has created Tekkon, a game for mapping infrastructure? It is available on APKCombo. The WFF is a non-profit organisation with its headquarters in Singapore, which creates, provides, and operates an infrastructure information platform for community initiatives.
• … Nosolosig ♦►♦ maintains a Telegram group, Detrás del mapa ♦►♦, to share news and resources on maps and geographic information technologies?
• … that OpenStreetMap wouldn’t be possible without the support of many organisations around the world who donate their time, hosting space, or hardware to help us?

OSM in the media

• Chris Hunter described OpenStreetMap as core infrastructure in the geospatial ecosystem and emphasised the importance of local contributions. They showed how OSM’s continuous updates and community-driven approach can make it more current than official datasets.
• Ralph Straumann reported, on Spatialists, about Panoramax, the open street-level imagery project developed by OSM France and the French mapping agency IGN. The article highlighted its current status and plans for international growth.

Other “geo” things

• [1] In the Ukrainian city of Poltava, there are manhole covers on Pylypa Orlyka Street featuring ♦ a cast iron street map of the city centre. The design, created by the local bureau Axioma Design in 2016, was funded and implemented by entrepreneur Oksana Demkova in 2023.
• The European Tech Map visualises technology and innovation locations across Europe using OpenStreetMap. This interactive map allows users to explore projects and initiatives geographically.
• Jérôme Gagnon-Voyer introduced publicly accessible geocoder APIs from the City of Toronto for address search and reverse geocoding. The services provide coordinates and administrative information and can be used without authentication.
• A news report from Toronto highlighted how an error on Google Maps directed drivers the wrong way down a one-way street. The incident underlines the importance of accurate and up-to-date geospatial data for navigation services.
• Qiusheng Wu introduced OpenGeoAgent, an open-source agent that automates geospatial analysis and visualisation using natural language. The tool supports QGIS, Python, and Jupyter and enables multimodal interaction.
• Dominic Royé outlined how to select the most appropriate map projection for a given purpose, while highlighting some common pitfalls to avoid.

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3 days ago

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Generally speaking, Lifecycle Prefixes mean that when something is no longer in use, a tag such as amenity gets changed to disused:amenity. That should be straightforward, but sometimes disused=yes creeps in.

This example overpass query for nwr["amenity"="fast_food"]["disused"="yes"]({{bbox}}) finds a couple of examples. In these cases we can have a look at the tag history and (as seen in the picture at the top) notice that the FHRS ID changed recently, and the disused=yes actually corresponded to the name of a different business on the same site (in fact that that one has the full set of such tags: ["amenity"="fast_food"], ["disused:amenity"="fast_food"] (which don’t make sense together) and ["disused"="yes"]. In these cases you can often look through the tag history and see what the current status is supposed to be; if the last changeset comment was “this has now closed” it’s fairly obvious.

So does disused=yes always mean that someone has forgotten to change something to a lifecycle prefixed version? Well, maybe not. As an example, what about this former quarry? It’s not used as a quarry any more, but it is still a very big hole in the ground, so it makes sense to show it as such. Maps that I create distinguish between operational quarries

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and historical ones

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so including disused=yes in the latter category was straightforward.

What else might disused-yes occur with?

Quite a lot of the landuses don’t need any change at all. For example landuse=brownfield; disused=yes is something that people have tagged, and landuse=grass; disused=yes is also around; it usually means that something else (perhaps no longer tagged!) is disused.

4 days ago

Welcome to my first entry in OSM.

I have been quite interested in being here every once in a while, it actually helps the fact that there’s a map that needs constant updating and can actually do something.

So far, from what I’ve done within my local city of London, Ontario, I finished up:

1. New Plaza at Fanshawe/Highbury
2. Bus routes
3. Road classification
4. Fixing of OSM notes
5. Coveted new developments at the South and West sides of the city.

Im not surprised that theres alot more for me as an individual to explore, nothing much and thats just all.

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I love OSM being first. So I went straight out to take GPS trace of new roundabout on our town’s bypass, almost as soon as bypass re-opened.

Probably need to go back and do a bit more work on the exits, but at least it is there!

osm.org/changeset/182400633

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Today in our OpenStreetMap interview series we speak with Volker Krause about Transitous, a community-driven, open platform for public transport routing. We explore the challenges of relying on proprietary transit APIs, the importance of open data for mobility, and how projects like Transitous are pushing the boundaries of what’s possible with OpenStreetMap and collaborative infrastructure.

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1. Can you introduce yourself, your involvement with OpenStreetMap, and what first got you interested in open mapping?

I’m Volker, contributing to Free Software for more than two decades, mostly in the KDE community. As part of the work on the travel app “Itinerary”, I started using OpenStreetMap data, initially for indoor map rendering and indoor routing, especially in train stations. That’s also how I ended up as part of the team that started Transitous two years ago.

2. What is Transitous, and what motivated you to build it? What problem are you trying to solve with it?

The primary source for public transport routing for Free Software applications prior to Transitous were the proprietary APIs of public transport operators and agencies. Usage of those was tolerated at best, the APIs had to be reverse engineered and could change or even disappear entirely at any time.

That’s not an ideal foundation to build applications on, so we wanted something better. Transitous is a public transport routing service built entirely on Free Software and Open Data. It’s run by the community as shared infrastructure for free applications needing access to realtime public transport data.

3. Why does it matter to build open, shared public transport routing infrastructure instead of relying on proprietary platforms?

What’s even worse than the technical limitation mentioned above is that these proprietary APIs only cover the regions an operator is active in, and only their own services. While understandable from their perspective, as a traveler I don’t want to have to manually find the right operators for the regions I’m traveling in, and to query multiple sources to get the full picture of all available options.

Transitous doesn’t care about regional nor operator boundaries, on the contrary.

Having no conflicting interests also allows us to look into things that are unlikely to be provided in proprietary services. One such example is transfer routing for wheelchair users, taking into account the realtime operation status of elevators. These kinds of features usually only appear in proprietary services in response to regulatory pressure.

Another example is ongoing work for taking empirical delay information into account, something that is also very unlikely to be done by operators trying to advertise their own services.

We’ll only get things like these if we as a community build them ourselves, and Transitous is a platform on which we can do this.

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4. Where does OpenStreetMap data work well for routing today, and where does it still fall short, especially for pedestrians and public transport use cases?

The OpenStreetMap data generally works very well for routing, and the fact we just have to work with one single integrated planet-wide dataset alone is a massive help.

For routing transfers inside e.g. train stations there’s some aspects where improving the mapping would help though.

In multi-floor stations we heavily rely on the “level” tag. Its use and maintenance varies a lot across different countries. Also, none of the standard views on the OSM website visualize it in any way yet, which isn’t helping with this either.

When considering accessibility in routing it’s mostly about the level of detail. Technically it’s not a big difference whether you route for a pedestrian or a wheelchair user, but for the latter the result becomes useless if we miss just a single step somewhere. So every such barrier has to be mapped for this to work reliably.

5. What are the main technical and data integration challenges in building a cross-border public transport routing system using OpenStreetMap and open transit data?

For the public transport schedule data we don’t have the luxury of a single integrated dataset. There we are currently integrating more than 3000 data feeds. Those need to be properly aligned so overlaps don’t result in duplicates, and normalized so that you get consistent results everywhere.

Part of that is also realtime data that updates once a minute, and that continuously needs to be matched to the static baseline data. Given the rapid update frequency, this has to work fully automatic, without human review or intervention.

6. What could the OpenStreetMap and open mobility communities do to better support projects like Transitous?

While there’s of course always details in the data that could be improved, the collaboration with the OSM community works great.

Public transport operators actually providing their data (which at least in the EU is legally required), doing so with a decent quality, and being responsive to feedback to issues we find would help a lot though. How well that is done varies greatly unfortunately.

7. OpenStreetMap recently celebrated 20 years. Where do you see the project in another 20 years?

I’m sure OSM will still be around and be more relevant than ever. I find it very hard to predict how things will evolve though.

For example: Just three years ago a community-run public transport routing service with even just national-wide coverage was considered technically impossible with realistically available resources. Two years ago the assumption was that the best we could do is stop-to-stop routing in a handful of European countries. Recently our test server has demonstrated door-to-door routing from Berlin to Tokyo. Something that might seem infeasible today might just get implemented tomorrow.

One area in the vicinity of OSM that I’d like to see progress in and that today is still dominated by a few proprietary vendors is dynamic traffic data, i.e. anything from temporary road closures to traffic flow data. I hope we’ll have all that liberated as well eventually, maybe even a bit earlier than in 20 years.

Transitous demonstrates the power of open data and community collaboration in solving complex mobility challenges, from cross-border routing to accessibility-aware navigation. As Volker notes, the future of open mobility will depend on how communities continue to build and expand these shared systems.

A big thank you to Volker Krause for sharing his insights.

Danielle

Please let us know if your community would like to be part of our interview series here on our blog. If you are or know of someone we should interview, please get in touch, we’re always looking to promote people doing interesting things with open geo data.

5 days ago

海西州飛地一大塊全劃到西藏去了…怎麼沒人改呢…無語…

二編：已得知唐古拉山鎮南部均租借給西藏。

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On the quiet early morning of 18 July 2018, pilgrims from the Mega Arafah Hajj Guidance Group (KBIH Mega Arafah) gathered at the Mega Arafah office near Gedung Sate.

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Their first stop was West Java Regional Police headquarters (Mapolda Jabar Gedebage), where pilgrims from across Bandung had assembled.

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Soon, ten buses departed together toward the Embarkasi Haji Bekasi, creating a convoy stretching along the highway out of the city.

The trip to Bekasi took around six hours. Along the way, the convoy stopped for lunch at a restaurant (RM Cibening Sari) in Purwakarta before continuing westward. By evening, the embarkation complex was bustling with pilgrims from West Java, Jakarta, Banten, and Lampung, all preparing for the same journey.

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The next day began long before dawn.

At 2 a.m., pilgrims woke to prepare for departure to Soekarno–Hatta International Airport. By 4 a.m., buses rolled out from the embarkation center, and at 7 a.m. the pilgrims boarded their aircraft. At 8:15 a.m., the plane lifted into the sky, carrying pilgrims toward Saudi Arabia.

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Around 2 p.m., the group landed in Medina. After immigration and airport procedures, buses brought them toward their hotel. Twenty minutes later, they arrived at Taiba Arac Suites, located near Gates 16 and 17 of Al-Masjid an-Nabawi.

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During their stay, the pilgrims joined several city tours, visiting Quba Mosque (regarded as the first mosque in Islam) as well as Mount Uhud, the historic battlefield of the Battle of Uhud. They also visited date orchards on the southern outskirts of the city.

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After eight days in Medina, the journey continued toward Mecca. On the afternoon of 17 July 2018 (16.30 pm), the buses departed the city. About thirty minutes into the journey, the pilgrims stopped at Dhul Hulayfah Miqat Mosque, commonly known as Bir Ali Mosque, to enter the state of ihram before continuing the six-hour trip southward across the Arabian desert.

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As the buses approached Mecca, they passed through security checkpoints near the city boundary.

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Around 1 a.m., the convoy finally arrived at their hotel in the Syisyah 2 district. The pilgrims rested only briefly before preparing for their first umrah. At around 2 a.m., they boarded free buses provided by the Indonesian government toward Masjid al-Haram. The ride from Syisyah 2 to the Syib Amir terminal took roughly twenty minutes.

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From Syib Amir, the pilgrims entered through the Marwah side of the mosque complex and walked toward the Kaaba through the sa’i corridor.

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Stepping into the mataf area, the pilgrims began their tawaf, starting from the Hajar al-Aswad. The tawaf took around an hour. After tawaf came the sa’i between Safa and Marwah. Their sa’i was briefly interrupted by the approaching Subuh, and they completed the sa’i around 6 a.m. The umrah concluded with tahallul, marking the end of the ihram state. The pilgrims returned to Syib Amir terminal and traveled back to their hotel in Syisyah 2.

The days that followed were filled with additional visits around Mecca. One stop was the Al-Kakiyah goat market, where pilgrims arranged their animals. They also visited Mount Arafat, Mina, and Jabal Nur.

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As the days of Hajj approached, preparations intensified. The Saudi government announced that the wuquf in Arafah would take place on Monday, 20 August 2018. On the previous day (Sunday, 19 August 2018), Indonesian pilgrims began moving toward Arafah.

At around 1 p.m. on Sunday, the pilgrims gathered in the hotel lobby before boarding buses bound for Arafah. The journey took about forty-five minutes. Upon arrival, endless rows of white tents covered the plain beneath the rocky hill of Arafah.

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On 20 August, the wuquf officially began after noon.

Later that afternoon, the pilgrims prepared to leave Arafah for Mina. Heavy traffic slowed the movement of buses, and they did not arrive at their Mina tents until around 10 p.m.

Near midnight, preparations began for the Jamarat Aqabah. The pilgrims walked roughly five kilometers from Mina toward the Jamarat Bridge complex. After completing the Jamarat, they walked all the way back to Mina, arriving around Subuh time the next morning. With the completion of Jamarat Aqabah and tahallul, the state of ihram came to an end.

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As the days of Tashriq continued, the rhythm of the pilgrimage became increasingly demanding. Around midnight, the pilgrims once again walked toward Jamarat, arriving around 2 a.m. to perform the Jumrah Ula, Wustha, and Aqabah. Afterward, instead of returning to Mina, they continued on foot directly to their hotel in Syisyah 2, reaching it around 4 a.m. after walking approximately three kilometers.

The following day, they returned once more to Jamarat, this time walking through the Mina tunnel system (King Fahd Road Tunnel). Although they arrived around sunset, the actual Jamarat was performed later at around 2 a.m.

With the completion of the second day of Tashriq, the group chose nafar awal and departed Mina earlier.

From Jamarat, they walked all the way to Masjid al-Haram.

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By the time they arrived, the Subuh was approaching. After performing Subuh, the pilgrims completed the tawaf ifadah followed by sa’i.

At that moment, their Hajj pilgrimage was finally complete.

Since the free bus services were not yet operating at that hour, the pilgrims returned to Syisyah 2 by taxi.

Two days before departure from Saudi Arabia, the pilgrims returned once more to Masjid al-Haram to perform the tawaf wada, the farewell tawaf. This final tawaf took place around Subuh time. By then, the free Indonesian bus services had resumed, making the journey to the Grand Mosque easier.

One day before departure, suitcases filled the hotel lobby as baggage was collected for airport transport. The following morning, shortly after Subuh, the pilgrims boarded buses leaving Mecca for Jeddah. The drive to the airport took around two hours.

At 2 p.m., 29 August 2018, they boarded their flight at King Abdulaziz International Airport.

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After nine hours in the air, the plane landed back at Soekarno–Hatta Airport around 3 a.m. the next day.

From there, buses carried the pilgrims back to the Bekasi embarkation center, before the final journey home to Bandung.

Note:

1. I made this visualization using Altilunium Locationpad. You can download the raw coordinate data here, then import it into your own Locationpad instance.

2. You can read the full, unabridged story here.

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I made a small JOSM plugin called Fillet Tools (fillettools.jar).

It adds an interactive mode for rounding corners of ways, similar to a fillet tool in CAD software. The motivation is simple: in the real-world, many objects are not designed with sharp corners. Roads, sidewalks, residential landuse areas, sports fields, running tracks, and other planned infrastructure often have smooth, consistent curves. Mapping these curves by hand usually means placing several nodes one by one, which is slow and often inconsistent. Fillet Tools is an attempt to make this specific editing task easier in JOSM.

You can find the project in the GitLab repository, and download the first test jar from the v0.1.0 release.

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How it works:

• enable the Fillet Tools mode from the toolbar or by pressing v;
• move the mouse over a way or inside a closed polygon;
• small handles appear near available corners;
• drag a handle to preview the radius;
• release the mouse button to apply the rounded corner.

There are also two useful modifier keys:

• Shift snaps the radius to a fixed step, so it is easier to make several corners with the same radius;
• Alt / Option allows a larger “oversize” drag for bigger arcs. The plugin still checks the final geometry before applying the change.

I tried to make the plugin careful with data. It uses the normal JOSM command stack, so undo works as expected. It also tries not to replace important existing nodes. In the usual case, the original corner node is moved onto the new arc instead of being deleted, so its local/OSM id history is preserved as much as possible.

Important note: I am an absolute beginner in programming, and I used an AI coding agent to help write this plugin. So there may be strange, inefficient, or simply wrong things in the code. Please keep this in mind if you look at the repository or test the plugin.

For now the plugin is not available from the JOSM plugin list. To test it, you need to download fillettools.jar from the release page and copy it manually into your JOSM plugins directory.

After copying the file, open Preferences → Plugins in JOSM, search for Fillet Tools, and enable the checkbox next to it. Then restart JOSM. After restart, the plugin should be ready for testing.

On Windows this is usually:

%APPDATA%/JOSM/plugins/

On macOS this is usually:

~/Library/JOSM/plugins/

I would be happy if someone could test it on real mapping tasks.

Feedback, bug reports, strange geometry cases, and suggestions are very welcome. You can write them here in the comments, or on GitLab.

a day ago

✨ CICLO DE OFICINAS OPENSTREETMAP 2026 PROMOVIDO PELA IVIDES DATA® COMEÇA COM PARTICIPANTES DE PAÍSES LUSÓFONOS

 

No dia 08 de maio de 2026, iniciamos o Ciclo de Oficinas OpenStreetMap 2026, com participantes de países lusófonos e grande adesão em território brasileiro. Agradecemos a todos que se interessaram em realizar esta formação!

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Imagem capturada: Mapa exportado do uMap, com a geolocalização das cidades dos participantes, conforme dados informados por eles mesmos no formulário de inscrição. Dados do mapa de fundo (c) 2026 Contribuidores do OpenStreetMap.

 

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🎥 VÍDEO gravado ao vivo

 

🔗 PDF da primeira sessão: doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.20085876.

 

Disponibilizamos o vídeo gravado da primeira sessão. O aviso sobre a sessão e o PDF e outros arquivos são enviados por e-mail para quem se inscrever pelo formulário indicado.

 

👉 FORM INSCRIÇÃO

 

São fornecidos certificados avulsos (4h/sessão) ou um certificado de 20h para quem completar todas as cinco sessões do ciclo. Os encontros são realizados a cada quinze dias - 08/05, 22/05, 05/06, 19/06 e 03/07 (sextas-feiras), 14 às 16h (UTC-3). Maiores informações na minha outra entrada de diário.

 

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Important note: IVIDES.org® and IVIDES DATA® are registered trademarks.

  The OpenStreetMap® trademark is also registered.

 

To keep contact: ivides [at] ivides.org ivides.org a day ago

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GPS handle (handheld GPS) tidak direkomendasikan untuk digunakan sebagai alat ukur utama Ground Control Point (GCP) pada pemetaan drone atau fotogrametri yang membutuhkan akurasi tinggi. Meskipun GPS handle dapat merekam koordinat, tingkat ketelitiannya hanya dalam hitungan meter (rendah), sedangkan GCP memerlukan ketelitian sentimeter.

Mengapa GPS Handle Kurang Tepat untuk GCP?

• Akurasi Rendah: GPS handheld (seperti Garmin seri 64/66) menghasilkan kesalahan posisi hingga 1-5 meter, yang akan merusak hasil akurasi peta foto udara.

• Standar Pemetaan: Pengukuran GCP wajib menggunakan GPS Geodetik/GNSS (RTK/PPK) untuk mencapai ketelitian sentimeter.

Kapan GPS Handle Bisa Digunakan?

• Pemetaan Skala Kecil/Tingkat Akurasi Rendah: Jika pemetaan hanya untuk visualisasi umum dan tidak membutuhkan akurasi geometris yang ketat.

• Titik Bantu: Sebagai titik acuan awal, namun hasil foto udara tetap memerlukan koreksi manual yang intensif.

Rekomendasi Alat:

Gunakan GPS GNSS RTK/PPK (seperti Emlid, Trimble, Topcon, dll.) untuk mendapatkan koordinat GCP dengan presisi sentimeter yang diperlukan untuk fotogrametri.

Jadi inget dulu pernah bekerja di perusahaan internasional, waktu mengumpulkan GCP menggunakan GPS handle. Yang akhirnya akurasi satelit imagery sangat mengecewakan. 2 days ago

Hiking has become a popular choice for many outdoor enthusiasts. Especially since the spread of COVID in the early 2020s, hiking has gained widespread popularity. Even people who previously rarely or never went hiking began to see it as a healthy and enjoyable activity during the pandemic.

In response to this continuing trend, an idea emerged: what if we at Kaart invited the OSM contributor community in Bandung to hold a joint activity? Besides serving as a recreational gathering, the event could also become an opportunity to learn about the tagging system related to hiking trails. We first shared this idea in a limited group in Bandung, but it was enthusiastically welcomed by two YouthMappersgroups: UPI YouthMappers and UNJ YouthMappers. Despite the long distance from Jakarta, UNJ YouthMappers showed particularly strong enthusiasm.

The UNJ and UPI YouthMappers community event was successfully organized and ran very well. The program took place smoothly in a series of activities beginning with the arrival of participants from Jakarta on the evening of April 17 and ending with everyone’s departure on the morning of April 19. The number of participants nearly reached the expected target. A total of 17 participants attended, consisting of 2 representatives from Kaart, 10 members from UNJ YouthMappers, and 5 members from UPI YouthMappers.

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The event began with tent setup on Friday night, April 17. Participants from UNJ arrived at 8:30 PM.

The main activities started on Saturday morning with a review session on hiking trail mapping, followed by an introduction to data collection techniques using a 360 camera (GoPro Max). Out of the 17 participants, 15 joined the hike to Puncak Upas (Upas Hill). One participant decided not to complete the trekking route due to physical condition, while another participant who arrived late immediately followed the group to Puncak Upas.

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The hike started at 9:00 AM, and the team successfully reached the end of the trail at 11:00 AM. All participants safely returned to the camping ground by 1:00 PM. The journey and the Mapillary data collection process using the GoPro Max were successfully completed before rain began pouring over the campsite. The rain caused some limitations for the event because the available gathering space was quite small; however, informal discussions and social interactions among participants continued well.

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The evening activities were enlivened by a campfire and barbeque.

On Sunday, April 19, the series of activities concluded with breakfast together. Some members of the UNJ team returned home by car, while the others traveled by train.

Despite being affected by the weather, most of the activities were carried out successfully. The Mapillary data collected during the event has been uploaded under the account “YouthMappersUNJ” (sample images can be found online at www.mapillary.com/app/user/YouthMappersUNJ?lat=-6.7789023&lng=107.5871204&z=17&pKey=2702344303467760&focus=photo )

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Hello friends!
We are excited to announce a new feature that allows you to sync your activities from Garmin Connect™ with OsmAnd. This integration, now available for OsmAnd Pro users, enables you to automatically import your Garmin activities and view them in the Tracks section under a new folder called "Garmin Connect."

You can now easily access your Garmin activities within OsmAnd to use them for navigation, analysis, or sharing. This update makes it simpler to keep all your outdoor adventures in one place and seamlessy integrate your Garmin data with OsmAnd’s mapping tools.

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How it works​

First, you need to sign in to OsmAnd web using an active OsmAnd Pro subscription. Then you will need to connect your Garmin Connect™ account with OsmAnd Web. Once connected, OsmAnd will automatically sync your activities from Garmin Connect™ and create a new folder called "Garmin Connect" in the Tracks section. All your synced activities will be stored in this folder, allowing you to easily access and manage them.

Connecting​

To connect your Garmin Connect™ account with OsmAnd Web, follow these steps:

Go to OsmAnd Web Map > OsmAnd Account > Connected Apps and click on the "Connect" button.

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You will be redirected to the Garmin Connect™ login page. Enter your Garmin Connect™ credentials and authorize OsmAnd to access your Garmin Connect™ account. Here you can choose sharing of Historical data (see details below). Click to "Save" button for continuation.

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Historic data: You can sync activities from the past 30 days by enabling this option on the Garmin Connect™ authorization page. Please note that activities older than 30 days cannot be imported automatically.

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Menu​

After successful authorization, you will see the Garmin Connect™ menu in your OsmAnd Web account with two section - "My data" and "Settings".
"My data" section contains "Synced activities" folder with all synced activities from Garmin Connect™, button "Last synced" activity, and Button "View on Garmin Connect™" that will redirect to your Garmin Connect™ account.
In "Settings" section you can choose type of activities to sync and the disconnecting button.

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My Data​

• All your synced activities from Garmin Connect™ will be stored in the "Garmin Connect" folder in the Tracks section.

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All new activities from Garmin Connect™ will be automatically synced with OsmAnd Web and added to the "Garmin Connect" folder. If you don't see your new activities in OsmAnd Web, please check that you have new activities available on your Garmin Connect™ account.

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You can view, analyze, and manage your activities directly within OsmAnd Web. This integration allows you to have all your outdoor adventures in one place, making it easier to track your progress and share your experiences with friends.

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The "Garmin Connect" tracks folder will be synced with OsmAnd mobile app, so you can also access your Garmin activities on the go. This means that you can view your Garmin activities on your mobile device and use them for navigation, analysis, or sharing with friends while you're out exploring.

• The "Last synced" activity button opens last synced activity from Garmin Connect™ in OsmAnd Web. This allows you to quickly access your most recent activity and view it in detail.

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• The "View on Garmin Connect™" button will redirect you to your Garmin Connect™ account Activities page, where you can view your activities in more detail and access additional features provided by Garmin Connect™.
  Not all activities from Garmin Connect™ may be synced with OsmAnd Web. Currently, only activites types what you choose in "Settings" > "Activites to sync" section will be synced.

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Settings​

Here you can choose which types of activities to sync with OsmAnd Web. Go to "Settings" > "Activities to sync" and select the activity types you want to sync.

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After selecting the activity types, OsmAnd Web will automatically sync only those activities from your Garmin Connect™ account that match the selected types. This allows you to customize your syncing preferences and ensure that only relevant activities are imported into OsmAnd Web.

For disconnecting your Garmin Connect™ account from OsmAnd Web, go to "Settings" > "Disconnect" and click on the "Disconnect" button. This will revoke the access of OsmAnd Web to your Garmin Connect™ account and stop any further syncing of activities.
Your tracks from Garmin Connect™ will remain in the "Garmin Connect" folder in the Tracks section of your OsmAnd Web account, but no new activities will be synced until you reconnect your Garmin Connect™ account.

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3 days ago

Twin Ports Warehouse & Storage

I got into looking into maps and understanding where everything is. I’m at the point where if I’m at a location I’ve never been before, I will start looking all around me and then using my brain to put everything into OpenStreetMap. I love this website. It’s like a passion project when nothing else sounds fun. Anyway… The point of this Diary is all the changes I added to different locations around the northern parts of Minnesota and Wisconsin. Here is what I wanted to update users past and present on what changes I made.

– 05/09/2026 – Location: 46°44’03.6”N 92°04’46.8”W

I want to thank the community for not deleting @MidwestMapGeek’s building outline. Today, I came here to fix what is the updated version. My goal is to help Semi Drivers and anyone trying to get to this company’s site. You are amazing @MidwestMapGeek <3

• Used Bing Maps Aerial to redraw buildings

– Changes – -Deleted outline of the building -Reworked the new outline for the company -Added another outline for a building next to an existing building -Reworked the rail system so it is clear the the train goes through (underneath) the building -Reworked the road leading to the building site (TPWS) -Added the scale shack that the site has -Finally added a “point” for anyone that is going to TPWS -hours, website, and location are added // note: the address that was given to the company is technically another access point to get inside but from what I heard, you can’t access from there and have to go underneath the bridge near Graymount

– Changeset Number: 182447332 –

4 days ago

Hari Perempuan Internasional diperingati pada 8 Maret tiap tahunnya. Pada peringatan ini pula, banyak hal yang perlu direfleksikan terkait pemenuhan hak-hak perempuan dan kesetaraan gender. Salah satunya, apakah fasilitas umum di perkotaan sudah ramah manusia, khususnya perempuan?

Sejak Maret 2026, saya mengikuti kampanye Jalanin Aja Dulu (JAD) yang diselenggarakan oleh lakunakota di Cekungan Bandung. Pada kampanye tersebut, partisipan didorong untuk berjalan kaki sejauh 2,5 km setiap harinya untuk melatih budaya mobilitas dengan berjalan kaki. Saya memanfaatkan momen ini untuk memetakan dan menilai kondisi infrastruktur pejalan kaki yang saya lalui ke OpenStreetMap (OSM).

Metode

Pemetaan saya lakukan sambil berjalan kaki dengan pace antara 9’00” (berarti 9 menit per kilometer) hingga 20’00”, rentang pace yang ditetapkan dalam kampanye JAD. Saya menggunakan aplikasi StreetComplete untuk mendata banyak objek, seperti keberadaan trotoar, penerangan, menambahkan fasilitas umum, dan menambahkan catatan untuk hal-hal yang kompleks. Setelah itu, saya berusaha merapikan pemetaan yang saya lakukan sebelumnya menggunakan desktop iD Editor.

Saya biasanya berjalan kaki di sekitar Jalan Dago, Kota Bandung. Terkadang saya juga berjalan kaki di tempat lain yang familiar, seperti Kota Baru Parahyangan dan Jalan Buah Batu. Tak jarang pula saya memutuskan untuk berjalan kaki di tempat-tempat yang belum pernah saya lalui, seperti Baros di Cimahi atau gang-gang sempit di tengah Kota Bandung untuk mendapatkan sensasi tersendiri. Selain itu, sebagian sesi berjalan kaki saya lakukan antara pukul 6 sore hingga 12 malam, menambah relevansi data yang saya dapat dengan ruang aman perempuan di jalan.

Keberadaan trotoar

Trotoar di OpenStreetMap dapat dipetakan menjadi satu dengan jalan utamanya maupun secara terpisah. Menurut OpenStreetMap Wiki, trotoar sebaiknya dipetakan sebagai Way (sebutan untuk fitur garis di OSM) yang terpisah. Hal ini dilakukan supaya routing untuk pejalan kaki lebih akurat. Meskipun demikian, saya menganggap trotoar dapat dipetakan menjadi satu dengan jalan utamanya apabila jalan yang dimaksud berupa jalan sempit, gang, atau tempat di mana trotoar nyaris tidak berfungsi sebagaimana mestinya.

Secara umum, trotoar di OSM yang dipetakan terpisah menggunakan tag sebagai berikut:

highway=footway
footway=sidewalk

Sementara itu, tag di bawah dapat disematkan ke jalan utama yang didukung oleh keberadaan trotoar:

sidewalk:left=yes/no/separate
sidewalk:right=yes/no/separate

isian yes/no/separate tergantung pada apakah trotoar ada, tidak ada, ataupun dipetakan sebagai way yang terpisah.

Dalam aplikasi StreetComplete, fitur Way hanya dapat diubah propertinya, sementara penambahan atau perubahan geometri tidak dapat dilakukan. Untuk memetakan trotoar yang ada di samping jalan, pengguna aplikasi dapat memilih kelompok “Pavement” yang ada di kanan atas layar. Kemudian, pengguna dapat menekan jalan yang ingin ditambahkan informasi trotoar untuk tiap sisinya. Terdapat tiga pilihan, yakni:

1. pavement, klik ini jika terdapat trotoar di sisi jalan yang dimaksud
2. no pavement, klik ini jika tidak terdapat trotoar di sisi jalan yang dimaksud
3. pavement displayed separately on map, klik ini jika trotoar telah terpetakan sebagai Way terpisah.

StreetComplete akan secara otomatis menambahkan tag sidewalk:left atau sidewalk:right setelah pengguna menambahkan informasi tersebut. Apabila trotoar dirasa lebih cocok untuk dipetakan terpisah, tetapi belum ada Way terpisah, saya biasanya menambahkan catatan di titik tersebut lalu menambahkannya melalui iD editor.

Untuk kasus jalanan di Cekungan Bandung, trotoar yang fungsional umumnya hanya ditemui di pusat kota saja, seperti Jalan Dago, Riau, Asia Afrika. Padahal, daerah suburban (misalnya Bojongsoang, Cisangkan, dan Cileunyi) juga sangat membutuhkan trotoar. Masyarakat yang ingin berangkat beraktivitas dari permukiman menuju perhentian bus harus berjalan kaki beriringan dengan kendaraan bermotor. Hal ini tentu saya berbahaya, baik dari segi keselamatan maupun keamanan. Harapan saya, data keberadaan dan ketiadaan trotoar ini dapat berguna bagi pengguna data OSM dalam bernavigasi dan pemangku kepentingan dalam merencanakan infrastruktur.

Pencahayaan

Aspek pencahayaan juga tak dapat dikesampingkan jika membicarakan ruang aman bagi perempuan di fasilitas umum. Trotoar dan jalan yang tidak memiliki pencahayaan dapat membahayakan ketika ada lubang maupun manhole yang dibiarkan terbuka. Selain itu, pejalan kaki juga rawan tidak terlihat oleh kendaraan bermotor yang jalurnya berpotongan dengan trotoar. Jalan dan trotoar yang dilengkapi dengan penerangan juga dapat mengurangi potensi kejahatan, meskipun tidak selalu.

OSM mampu menyimpan informasi pencahayaan di jalan dan trotoar dengan tag:

lit=(yes)/(no)/(24/7)/(automatic)

Pada aplikasi StreetComplete, pengguna dapat memilih apakah suatu jalan atau trotoar dilengkapi dengan pencahayaan. Terdapat empat opsi, yakni iya, tidak, diterangi hanya ketika dilewati orang, atau diterangi selama 24 jam. Ketika pengguna memilih salah satunya, StreetComplete akan secara otomatis menambahkan tag lit=* ke objek Way.

Penyeberangan jalan

Terdapat banyak sekali karakteristik sebuah penyeberangan yang dapat dipetakan melalui StreetComplete. Pengguna aplikasi dapat secara langsung menambahkan:

1. Keberadaan marka dalam sebuah penyeberangan
2. Keberadaan “crossing island” di antara dua jalur kendaraan
3. Keberadaan aspek lampu lalu lintas yang mengindikasikan izin bagi penyeberang jalan untuk menyeberang
4. Keberadaan tombol untuk mengatur aspek lampu lalu lintas
5. Keberadaan alarm untuk mengindikasikan adanya penyeberang jalan
6. Keberadaan pemandu untuk penyeberang jalan tunanetra
7. Kelandaian jalur penyeberangan terhadap trotoar di kedua ujungnya

Informasi-informasi ini tidak hanya berguna bagi perempuan, melainkan berguna pula bagi penyandang disabilitas, lansia, ibu hamil, dan kaum rentan lainnya.

Point-of-interest lainnya

StreetComplete juga memungkinkan pengguna yang melakukan survei langsung di lapangan untuk menambahkan tempat atau objek. Terpetakannya point-of-interest dapat membantu pengguna jalan dalam menemukan patokan-patokan tempat yang dilalui. Dengan demikian, pengguna jalan dapat menentukan potensi risiko maupun tempat-tempat yang dapat disinggahi ketika dalam kondisi di luar rencana.

Selain tempat penting untuk navigasi, POI penting yang dapat membantu mobilitas masyarakat, antara lain bangku, titik-titik penerangan jalan umum, ATM, minimarket, dan toilet umum. Keberadaan tempat-tempat lainnya, restoran, kafe, dan sekolah juga secara tidak langsung berperan dalam memudahkan perencanaan perjalanan masyarakat. Misalnya, jika diketahui bahwa tempat yang dituju tidak memiliki trotoar atau penerangan yang baik, seseorang dapat merencanakan kembali rencananya demi mempertimbangkan keamanan dan keselamatannya.

Selain menambahkan maupun mengubah objek, aktivitas berjalan kaki yang saya lakukan juga membantu “mapper” lainnya di OSM. Dalam kampanye JAD, digunakan Strava untuk menyimpan jejak aktivitas berjalan kaki. Hal ini otomatis terunggah ke sistem “Strava Heatmap” yang membantu kontributor OSM dalam menentukan keberadaan dan geometri jalan.

Penutup

Hingga diary ini ditulis, saya telah berjalan setidaknya 120 km di wilayah Cekungan Bandung dalam kampanye JAD. Berdasarkan pengamatan langsung yang saya unggah ke OSM, menurut saya kondisi fasilitas umum di Cekungan Bandung masih jauh dari kata “inklusif”. Inklusif dalam artian mampu digunakan dengan baik oleh semua golongan masyarakat, termasuk perempuan. Kondisi trotoar yang sekadar ada dan sebagian besar tidak dilengkapi pencahayaan serta fasilitas penyeberangan banyak yang tidak memiliki aspek lampu lalu lintas tentunya masih membahayakan.

4 days ago

Silos. Map ‘em. As many as you can. Lovely round, tall silos. Almost never singular. Search for them in farmyards, along railroads. Bonus points for mapping the elevator, truck scales, other assorted buildings and even adding operator.

5 days ago

Today marks three years since I joined the OpenStreetMap community in May 2023. I am posting this diary entry at the exact time I published my first changeset, which I still remember clearly for its simple message: “add more data.”

It’s a straightforward phrase, but over these three years, it’s really shaped my journey as a mapper. What began as a tiny contribution has blossomed into a deep commitment to mapping my area in as much detail as possible.

Main Objectives

Right now, I’m focused on two main goals for our region:

• Power Grid: I’m mapping every single power line in Tulcea County, from the high voltage transmission lines to the medium and low voltage lines which provide power to every town and village.

• Improving Every Town: Besides the infrastructure, I aim to enhance the data for every town in Tulcea County. This involves cleaning up geometry, adding missing POIs, and making sure the map accurately reflects our local communities.

Once I’ve improved every town in Tulcea County and wrapped up the power grid, I intend to shift from regional to national efforts. My aim is to take what I’ve learned here in Tulcea and apply it to bigger projects all over Romania.

There’s a lot to tackle, but as I’ve realized over these three years, the best way to map a country is one node at a time. The upcoming changesets will make OpenStreetMap one of the most accurate maps of Tulcea, providing a level of detail that other commercial map services simply cannot match. I can’t wait to see the map evolve even further.

5 days ago

Removed Plateau Peak Trail. During SAR search (Dec 30) it was discovered the trail was no longer visible on the ground. Parallel trail still visible and provided access to Plateau Peak as verified by GPS.

6 days ago