29/10/2026-04/11/2026 Mapping The iD tagging schema v7.3.0 was released, bringing new features to iD, GoMap!!, EveryDoor, and other editors. It includes several new, better icons. A number of new structural definitions are now available for editing software. Presets now state, for example, that nodes within power=line …

22/10/2026-28/10/2026 Mapping Andy Mabbett has proposed a tagging scheme for the concrete arrows and illuminated beacon towers along the historic US Transcontinental Airway System. These physical navigation aids were built to guide early airmail pilots. Concrete arrows were enormous arrows painted or laid out on the …

15/10/2026-21/10/2026 Mapping Mateusz Konieczny has proposed bot edits that would remove wall=wall from barrier=wall objects (and nowhere else) and do the same for fitness_station=yes and fitness_station=fitness_station on leisure=fitness_station, crossing=yes on highway=crossing, bollard=yes on barrier=bollard …

08/10/2026-14/10/2026 Mapping Two tagging proposals, related to graffiti, are open for voting until 26 October 2026. Evyy is proposing a dedicated tag, shop=graffiti, for shops specialising in spray cans, markers, stickers, and other street art supplies, which have often been tagged as shop=craft or shop=paint in the …

01/10/2026-07/10/2026 Mapping Mateusz Konieczny proposed a mechanical edit that would move info about material from bollard= to material=. It would include editing bollard=concrete/wood/stone/rock/metal/plastic. Mappers in the United Kingdom are considering removing the brand:wikipedia tag, which was mostly set from …

24/09/2026-30/09/2026 About us We’re excited to announce that weeklyOSM is now accessible via news.osm.org, honouring the voices and contributions of our global community equally. The new domain redirects to weeklyOSM.eu. Mapping campaigns Eugene Alvin Villar announced the #31DayOSMChallenge proposed by the …

17/09/2026-23/09/2026 About us Next week we will launch our completely revamped website; an exciting milestone for us! With Hugo as our new framework, a self-hosted commenting system (Remark42), and our own Listmonk server for managing mailing lists, we’ve modernised our publishing workflow and automated key processes. …

10/09/2026-16/09/2026 Mapping v7.2.0 of the iD tagging schema has been released and includes tweaks to labels, new icons, changed fields for various presets, new search terms, better documentation, improved build scripts, and more. Helper presets for some subvariants of aerialway stations, silos, and parking spots were …

03/09/2026-09/09/2026 Mapping Voting has started on the lgbtq=* proposal and is open until and including 19 September. Mapping campaigns In a talk at State of the Map 2026, Enock Seth Nyamador explained how massive mapathon campaigns carried out by paid mappers affiliated with large companies or organisations could …

27/08/2026-02/09/2026 Mapping campaigns Hiki introduced the Deutsche Bahn Metadata Cleanup project, an effort to improve the quality of OpenStreetMap data around German railway stations. Denmark’s OpenStreetMap community has made mapping accessible parking spaces its September 2026 project, encouraging contributors to …