weeklyOSM 806

Jan 4, 2026 · 3 min read · No Comments

[1] I ‘Sisparnas’ developed by the Ministry of Tourism of the Republic of Indonesia | Leaflet - map data © by OpenStreetMap Contributors.

25/12/2025-31/12/2025

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Carlos Felipe Castilo has developed a web dashboard to predict population figures in a region using OpenStreetMap data, such as building footprints, levels, and housing density.
Evgeny Arbatov noted the importance of local knowledge from runners and walkers who discover unmapped streets.
Rphyrin has conducted a field mapping expedition along the west coast of Java.
Rtnf travelled to Bandung to attend a wedding, observing the surroundings during the journey and mapping them on OpenStreetMap.

Chris Debian is proposing a bulk import of historical bunkers and pillboxes in the UK into OpenStreetMap.
Damianeue is preparing a mass data import of Italy’s boundary data from the Database di Sintesi Nazionale into OpenStreetMap.

The OpenStreetMap Operations Team reported that they just received an exceptionally generous bitcoin donation of 2 BTC (valued around 177,017.60 USD at transaction time). You can also donate to OpenStreetMap using bitcoin.

^[1] The Ministry of Tourism of the Republic of Indonesia has developed the National Tourism System (Sistem Pariwisata Nasional / ‘Sisparnas’), an OpenStreetMap-based webmap that displays all officially registered tourism destinations across the country.

Victor and Eugene shared OsmAnd’s 2026 New Year’s resolutions, offering a glimpse of future updates and improvements.

The OSM Apps Catalog is getting a new design thanks to a microgrant from the OSM Foundation. Markus, aka ToastHawaii, the author of the OSM Apps Catalog, has asked the community to participate in a survey to better understand what users need.

Tyler August, of Hackaday, reported that Instructables user madkins9 has developed a globe for playing the game Risk, resolving the long-standing debate over the most preferable map projection for players.
Lorenz Hurni and others have written Engineers of Map Art, a comprehensive overview of 170 years of cartography at ETH Zurich, published to mark the 100th anniversary of the Institute of Cartography and Geoinformation.
The Japan Geospatial Times, by Eita Horishita, has published an article introducing Japan’s FOSS4G community, featuring OSGeo Japan and the OpenStreetMap Japan ►.
Josh Meissner examined the uneasy relationship between corporate capital and community-powered services, through the recent sale of the route-planning platform Komoot to private equity (we reported earlier).

Where	Venue	What	When
नई दिल्ली	Jitsi Meet (online)	OSM India - Monthly Online Mapathon	2026-01-04
		Missing Maps London: (Online) Mapathon [eng]	2026-01-06
		iD Community Chat	2026-01-07
Stuttgart	Stuttgart	Stuttgarter OpenStreetMap-Treffen	2026-01-07
		MapYourGrid webinar: Data quality in OpenStreetMap for energy system planning	2026-01-08
Berlin	Restaurant Neumanns	211. OSM-Stammtisch Berlin-Brandenburg	2026-01-08
	Online	OpenStreetMap Midwest Meetup	2026-01-08
Dresden	Bottoms Up, Dresden	OSM-Stammisch Dresden	2026-01-08
Bochum	Das Labor, Alleestraße 50, Bochum	OSM-Treffen in Bochum	2026-01-08
		OSMF Engineering Working Group meeting	2026-01-09
	Jitsi-Meet	Erstes Online-Treffen der OSM-Mapper:innen im Sauerland	2026-01-09
Zürich	Bitwäscherei Zürich	183. OSM-Stammtisch Zürich	2026-01-09
	Chiasso	Mapping party @ New Year’s brunch by Wikimedia CH	2026-01-10
New Delhi	Indian Coffee House, Connaught Place	OSM Delhi Mapping Party No.25 (Central Zone)	2026-01-11
København	Cafe Bevar’s	OSMmapperCPH	2026-01-11
		Missing Maps : Mapathon en ligne - CartONG [fr]	2026-01-12
臺北市	MozSpace Taipei	OpenStreetMap x Wikidata Taipei #84	2026-01-12
München	Echardinger Einkehr	Münchner OSM-Treffen	2026-01-13
Mangaluru		Mapping Party @ Surathkal	2026-01-18

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