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[1] | Areas supplied and not supplied by hydrants in Schrems, Lower Austria © Supaplex030 | Map data © OpenStreetMap Contributors.
Mapping
- Requests for comments have been made on these proposals:
library:users=*to indicate which groups of people a library is intended for.wikimedia_commons=*to extend the existing tag to also allow Wikimedia PageIDs.
- Voting on a proposal, to make announcing proposal RFCs and voting on the tagging mail list optional, is underway.
Mapping campaigns
- Kalytis shared
his months-long project of indoor mapping a brand new hospital, Paris-Saclay, and started a discussion on the OSM Fr forum about mapping the complexity of the environment including emergency exits and maps as background pictures to map in JOSM. - Kingsley Amankwe concluded the 30-Day National Youth Service Corps Mapping Challenge by announcing the publication of a book titled Service Through Mapping: The Kwara Legacy Project.
Community
- In partnership with Meta, Arizona State University’s YouthMappers chapter has mapped over 1,200 miles of pavements and 10,000 pedestrian crossings across Phoenix and Tempe. The open-source data enhances urban accessibility, navigation, and planning, especially for pedestrians with disabilities, and contributed to the growing trend of detailed OSM-based footway mapping in US cities.
- darkonus has published a refreshed version of the Ukrainian highway tag usage scheme, focusing on improved visuals and updated wording. Feedback is welcome in the OSM Community forum thread.
- ivanbranco has outlined a series of quality assurance checks for trees mapped in OpenStreetMap, including measurements, leaf characteristics, species identification, and proper linkage to Wikidata.
- Kai Johnson explained that there are several factors to consider before adding a node with
ford=yesat the intersection of a waterway and a highway, especially in the context of the Southwestern United States, where waterways are often dry. - LordGarySugar showcased a collection of various buildings and areas he has mapped in 3D, detailing the techniques and tools used to achieve these accurate representations.
- The Italian community has adapted the concept of a curated OSM newsletter with mensileOSM, a monthly summary focused on Italy. The latest edition, covering
July, was published this week. You can find all past issues here . - Ika-chan announced that support for Greek road signs in the OSM Destination Signs app is currently a work in progress.
- Philam48 described his approach to mapping footpaths and crossings in Melbourne. He separates footpath and crossing data, detailing attributes such as surface type and crossing features to enhance route planning and accessibility information.
- After the major milestone of introducing the Shortbread vector tiles on OpenStreetMap.org, Paul Norman shared a list of known issues to tackle next.
- Maciek M has created a concept paper about adding reviews of POIs in OsmAnd.
Local chapter news
- After consulting with Wikimedia Taiwan Supaplex has asked
the community if they think it is suitable to follow the OpenStreetMap Italy model, by becoming a local chapter recognised by the OpenStreetMap Foundation.
the community if they think it is suitable to follow the OpenStreetMap Italy model, by becoming a local chapter recognised by the OpenStreetMap Foundation.Events
- The State of the Map Europe have extended their deadline for session and talk proposals to Sunday 31 August. The conference will take place in November, so proposals don’t need to provide all the content of the session but enough that reviewers will know what it will be about.
OSM research
- HeiGIT has reported that a recent study by the DC Office of the Chief Technology Officer explored how walking access to key built environment assets is linked to the social determinants of health. Using openrouteservice and the new interactive map tool developed by Kareem Ahmed, it examined spatial inequalities in access to essential services that support health and wellbeing.
OSM in action
- [1] Supaplex030 explained ► how to analyse, using QGIS, which areas the fire department can cover when extinguishing fires around hydrants. This can be used to determine where hydrants are missing, either because they haven’t been mapped yet or because they are actually absent.
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Open Data
- The Panoramax project announced the intention to create a foundation to ensure its long-term viability and support its continued growth.
Software
- Bastian Greshake Tzovaras shared how he created a Mastodon bot to post daily statistics on the evolution of the Panoramax-Federation.
- Ulf Schleth explained how to add several custom third-party map layers to OsmAnd, such as ArcGIS satellite imagery and Google Traffic.
- OpenStreetMap US is gauging the interest in forming a potential Maintainers Working Group aimed at supporting the developers and maintainers of tools, technologies, and projects within the OSM ecosystem. They are inviting feedback from the community on possible areas of focus and collaboration for the proposed group.
- What’s new on the OpenStreetMap website since mid-June? Besides the new vector tile layers, you can change the language of labels on the MapTiler OMT layer, get a human-readable description of any Wikidata ID, and if you joined OSM before May 2019, confirm that you have accepted the terms of use.
- Zkir has developed Urban Eye 3D, a JOSM plugin for viewing 3D building objects from OpenStreetMap.
Urban Eye 3D, a JOSM Programming
- Ashutosh Ranjan explained how Zepto Maps leveraged building footprints data from OpenStreetMap to model real-world navigation patterns, creating a dynamic, delivery-optimised map.
Releases
- Frederik Ramm announced that starting Monday 1 September, Geofabrik will implement HTTP redirects for requests of the latest OSM PBF files to enhance their caching system.
- Following the recent introduction of the Shortbread OpenStreetMap vector tile layer, Christoph Hormann has updated his OpenStreetMap map layer comparison table, providing an overview of each layer’s map style, licensing, technology stack, and data update frequency.
Did you know that …
- … search result entries on the OpenStreetMap website now have colour-coded permanent map markers instead of being visible only on hover? This feature was added by Marwin Hochfelsner on 27 July.
- … the GPS-Wanderatlas ► offers many tour suggestions from hikers for hikers and they are available for free download as GPX files?
Other “geo” things
- Ann-Brit Bakkenbüll of ARD Stockholm reported ► on growing concerns over frequent satnav disruptions in the Baltic Sea, posing a serious threat to fishing and recreational vessels. In several recent incidents GNSS signals on board suddenly failed and onboard compasses began spinning erratically. Volunteers from the Swedish Sea Rescue Society in Skillinge are now being dispatched multiple times a week to assist distressed boats, many of which are unable to transmit their exact location. The volunteers are relying not on modern technology, but on traditional tools such as experience, a compass, and paper nautical charts.
- Jeff Hargarten and Zoë Jackson, of the Minnesota Star Tribune, have reported that debate over the exact boundaries of Minneapolis’ Uptown neighbourhood is common, with widely varying answers reflecting the lack of consensus. The case serves as another real-world example of how people often hold subjective views on the geographic limits of familiar places, a phenomenon Andy Townsend had noted earlier.
Upcoming Events
| Country | Where | Venue | What | Online | When |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Salt Lake City | Woodbine Food Hall | OSM Utah Sidewalk Map Night  | 2025-07-31 | |
| [Online] OpenStreetMap Foundation board of Directors – public videomeeting | 2025-07-31 | ||||
 | Granada | Online | Mappy Hour OSM España | ✓ | 2025-07-31 |
| Eastern Europe Mappy Hour | 2025-07-31 | ||||
| OSM World Mappy Hour | 2025-08-01 | ||||
 | Ciudad de México | Microsoft Teams (Remote) | Mapping Party Semanal LATAM Weekly LATAM Mapping Party | 2025-08-01 | |
| UN Mappers #ValidationFriday Mappy Hour | 2025-08-01 | ||||
| HOT Training WG: Advanced Waterways Mapping Webinar | 2025-08-02 | ||||
 | IIIT Lucknow | OpenStreetMap Workshop @ FOSS Meetup Lucknow | 2025-08-02 | ||
| Delhi | Jitsi Meet (online) | OSM India Online (Remote) Mapping Party | 2025-08-03 | |
| Lucknow | Hazratganj Metro Station | 1st OpenStreetMap Lucknow MapWalk | 2025-08-03 | |
 | Amsterdam | TomTom Amsterdam | Maptime Amsterdam: Map & Meet | 2025-08-04 | |
| Salt Lake City | Woodbine Food Hall | OSM Utah Monthly Map Night | 2025-08-06 | |
 | Salzburg | Bewohnerservice Elisabeth-Vorstadt | OSM Treffen Salzburg | 2025-08-05 | |
| Missing Maps London: (Online) Mapathon [eng] | 2025-08-05 | ||||
| San Jose | Online | South Bay Map Night | ✓ | 2025-08-06 |
 | Derby | The Brunswick, Railway Terrace, Derby | East Midlands Pub Meet-up & OSM 21st Birthday Party | 2025-08-05 | |
| iD Community Chat | 2025-08-06 | ||||
| Stuttgart | Stuttgart | Stuttgarter OpenStreetMap-Treffen | 2025-08-06 | ||
| Dresden | Bottoms Up | OSM-Stammtisch Dresden | 2025-08-07 | ||
| Siliguri | CCC Room, Siliguri Government Polytechnic | 21st OpenStreetMap Anniversary & Mapathon by YouthMappers at Siliguri Government Polytechnic | 2025-08-08 | |
| OSMF Engineering Working Group meeting | 2025-08-08 | ||||
| OSM World Mappy Hour | 2025-08-08 | ||||
| Potsdam | machbar Potsdam, Haus 5,Friedrich-Engels Straße 22 | 206. OSM-Stammtisch Berlin-Brandenburg | 2025-08-08 | ||
| Stuttgart | Umweltzentrum Stuttgart Rotebühlstraße | Stuttgarter OSM-Geburtstagtreffen | 2025-08-09 | ||
 | 臺北市 | 國立臺灣科技大學研揚大樓 512 教室 | COSCUP 2025 OpenStreetMap x Wikidata開放內容議程軌 | 2025-08-10 | |
 | København | Cafe Mellemrummet | OSMmapperCPH | 2025-08-10 | |
 | Zürich | Bitwäscherei Zürich | 178. OSM-Stammtisch Zürich | 2025-08-11 | |
| 臺北市 | MozSpace Taipei | OpenStreetMap x Wikidata Taipei #79 | 2025-08-11 | |
| Hamburg | Voraussichtlich: “Variable”, Karolinenstraße 23 | Hamburger Mappertreffen | 2025-08-12 | ||
| Missing Maps – DRK & MSF Online Mapathon | 2025-08-13 | ||||
| München | Echardinger Einkehr | Münchner OSM-Treffen | 2025-08-13 | ||
| Online | OpenStreetMap Midwest Meetup | ✓ | 2025-08-15 |
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This weeklyOSM was produced by MarcoR, MatthiasMatthias, Raquel Dezidério Souto, Strubbl, Supaplex, Andrew Davidson, barefootstache.
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