(English) weeklyOSM 306

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05/24/2016-05/30/2016

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The Knife_Tool for JOSM from Eliane J. Meneses aka samely und Rúben L. Mendoza aka Rub21 [1]

About us

Mapping

  • User Reclus started a discussion (Deutsch) (automatic translation) about difficulties with the previously agreed public transport tagging (Deutsch) (automatic translation) used for public transport in the Rhine Ruhr conurbation. He notices problems with maintenance of the OpenStreetMap data and the variation in data provision between transport operators. Discussion ensues.
  • User Blackbird27 wrote a lengthy and detailed article about using Mapillary for mapping in OpenStreetMap with JOSM. Sandra Uddback aslo wrote about using Mapillary in OpenStreetMap in the Mapillary blog.
  • User Ukundji began a discussion (German) (automatic translation) about improving the mapping of churches and mosques around Berlin which then provoked a lot of tagging discussion about buildings, religious communities, ways and nodes.
  • [1] The Peruvian members of the Spanish team of our sister “weeklyOSM”, Eliane Joyo Meneses and Rubén López Mendoza (both employed by Mapbox Peru) have developed a knife-tool for JOSM, which makes splitting ways at an arbitrary point a breeze.
  • The 6.17 release of the iOS MAPS.ME app can search postal codes. The release notes suggest that users should add missing postal codes to OSM. TheFive tweets his doubts that this is not such a good suggestion for newbies.
  • User Maturi0n is asking on the German OSM Forum if he can delete the details of private gardens from OSM that were mapped from aerial imagery. His personal opinion is that these details are private and do not belong on OSM. The discussion gets quite heated. (Deutsch) (automatic translation)
  • There is a discussion in the talk-at mailing (Deutsch) (automatic translation) list about whether to include including some spiritual improvised outdoor shrines in OpenStreetMap but there are concerns raised about their impermanence.

Community

OpenStreetMap Foundation

  • The State of the Map Working Group (WG SotM) published a paper to the topic corporate membership. Source: OSMF-talk
  • User malenki reports at his user blog that OSM’s German Amazon Affiliate account has earned about 10,000 EUR since its creation in May 2010. At that time he also opened an account at amazon.com but the US community was not interested in using it.

Events

  • Peter Neubauer writes at his user blog about his experiences at SotM France and the Mapillary contributors he met there.

Humanitarian OSM

  • Two reports on the effectiveness of OSM by the recent earthquake in Ecuador:
  • The Gorilla Highlands Initiative will host a mapping party on 2-3 June. With the help of HOT and Edirisa they hope to significantly enhance the map in south-western Uganda and north-western Rwanda.
  • Mapbox announces that their map related tools are now free for humanitarian response.
  • Paul Uithiol reports that HOT receives financial support through “Grand Challenges Explorations” (GCE) for pioneering research in global health and development. The GCE initiative was launched in 2008 and supported 1186 projects in 61 countries.
  • Mapbox published ultra high-res UAV imagery with a resolution of 7.5cm of Sri Lanka. The images were created by the Sri Lankan Government Disaster Management Center and the Survey Department of Sri Lanka.

Maps

  • Kaushik Chatterji describes in detail the effects and implications of the proposed bill [PDF] in India. There is an appeal to all to save the map in India.

Software

  • Ladislav Laska announces the availability of nightly build versions for the OSM editor Merkaartor (may be unstable), both for Windows and OSX platforms. Bug reports are welcome e.g. on Merkaartor’s github repository.
  • The new Maproulette has reached beta stage and will replace the previous version around the end of June. Try it out and give Martijn a feedback.

Releases

SoftwareVersionRelease DateComment
OpenLayers3.16.02016-05-23Features and fixes from 95 pull requests since release v3.15.1
iD1.9.52016-05-25
Maps.me iOS6.1.72016-05-25ZIP codes available
osmosis0.452016-05-27Many, see release info

provided by the OSM Software Watchlist

Did you know …

Other “geo” things

  • Real Earth wins the Microsoft competition to efficiently map a series of markers that are indoors in 3D with a minimum of error.
  • The Tagesanzeiger compares the longest railway tunnels in the world.
  • Google extends its ads program by adding “promoted pins” to Google Maps.
  • Justin O’Beirne writes about the changes to Google Maps cartography over the years.
  • Terrapattern published an alpha version of their “similar images search“. Martin Dittus asks if this could somehow be used for HOT.
  • Lauren Young describes 10 techniques to help convert our world into maps.

Upcoming Events

DóndeQuéFechaPaís
Wien57. Wiener Stammtisch02/06/2016austria
ColaboratorioMapa Comunitario de Activos de Santurce04/06/2016puerto rico
Mantova2016 Mapping party a Volta mantovana04/06/2016italy
BucharestOSM Bucharest Mapping Party 201604/06/2016romania
BucharestOSM Bucharest Mapping Party 201605/06/2016romania
BrasíliaEncontro OSM Brasília05/06/2016brazil
BrusselsMissing Maps Mapathon @Doctors without borders/Handicap international06/06/2016belgium
TokyoOSM Monthly Mappers “M-eat-ing” – Jun 201609/06/2016japan
Besenello TrentinoPortobeseno : several talk about OpenStreetMap10/06/2016-12/06/2016italy
EdinburghEdinburgh14/06/2016united kingdom
LyonRencontre mensuelle mappeurs14/06/2016france

OSM Terminausblick

WoWasWannLand
BerlinDB Open Data Hackday17.06.2016-18.06.2016germany
Kyoto京都世界遺産マッピングパーティ:最終回 天龍寺25.06.2016japan
SalzburgOSM-Sonntag03.07.2016austria
SalzburgFOSSGIS 201604.07.2016-06.07.2016austria
SalzburgAGIT 201606.07.2016-08.07.2016austria
SeattleState of The Map US 201623.07.2016-25.07.2016united states
BonnFOSS4G 2016 Code Sprint20.08.2016-22.08.2016germany
BonnWorkshops at FOSS4G 201622.08.2016-23.08.2016germany
Bonn”’FOSS4G 2016”’24.08.2016-26.08.2016germany
BonnFOSS4G 2016 Code Sprint Part II27.08.2016-28.08.2016germany
BrusselsState of the Map 201623.09.2016-26.09.2016belgium
Metro ManilaState of the Map Asia01.10.2016-02.10.2016philippines
BerlinHackweekend15.10.2016-16.10.2016germany
KarlsruheHackweekend29.10.2016-30.10.2016germany

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