weeklyOSM 463

28/05/2019-03/06/2019

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Mapping

  • The latest version of “How Did You Contribute” by Pascal Neis now uses osmose to display information about the quality of the user’s edits.
  • Facebook’s Maps Team announced the RapiD Editor based on iD, which enables mappers to convert data they extracted using machine learning into OSM features.
  • WiGeoGIS, a contractor of the fuel station chain OMV, announced plans to improve and maintain fuel stations of the brands OMV, AVANTI, Petrom, FE Trading and EuroTruck in OSM. See also the discussion on the Talk mailing list (May, June).
  • Valor Naram put a revised version of changing_table=* tagging to a vote.
  • Developers of the Maps.me navigator, which uses OSM data, created a validator for underground railways (subways/metros) all over the world.

Community

  • Simon Poole made some suggestions on the Tagging mailing list on how to deal with the increasing number of messages and proposals there. There were lots of replies.
  • Recently the Kazakhstan OSM community created a Telegram chat.

OpenStreetMap Foundation

  • Joost Schouppe reports about the OSMF Board meeting in Brussels (including discussing the survey that was carried out beforehand) on the OSM Foundation’s blog.

Events

  • OpenStreetMap Argentina announces a local State of the Map to be held on Saturday 27th July in Santa Fe.

Humanitarian OSM

  • HOT shares on their blog about an experimental version of the Tasking Manager which incorporates machine learning assistance for various tasks.
  • Simon Johnson writes on Medium about how “big data” in the humanitarian community is often at odds with the idea of “minimum viable data” – the idea that less data is actually more valuable because it’s better quality and easier to verify.
  • In Better Bombing with Machine Learning Frederik Ramm points out that computer vision/machine learning could be used by military forces for aerial bombing, and the OSM community should consider whether we should be so jubilant regarding companies that use those technologies for improving OSM.

Maps

  • Richard Fairhust tweets an example of using Lua to automatically transliterate names whilst processing OSM data for rendering. Post-processing OSM data in this way often removes the need for many name:<iso-code> tags.
  • The map of electoral districts on the website of the Magnitogorsk City (in Russia) is based on OSM.
  • A map of roads that are or will be repaired has been posted on the website of the Russian federal program “Safe and high-quality roads”. It is based on OSM but first you need to choose a region.

Releases

  • A new stable JOSM version (15155) was released. Category icons and a field for filtering background image settings have been added. Dynamic entries in the Background Images menu are displayed in submenus as well as many more improvements.
  • The OsmAnd Online GPS Tracker has been updated to version 0.5. New features are contact search, proxy settings, GPS settings and active markers.
  • Thanks to v2.0 of Babykarte, babies will not lose their way anymore. Or rather, it will become easier for parents to find baby and toddler friendly amenities (map).

Did you know …

OSM in the media

  • This short podcast from BBC Radio 4 asks the question: are there more stars in the universe than grains of beach sand on Earth? A contributor to the programme, using the OSM Planet File, computed an approximation for the amount of beach sand on the planet Earth.
  • An interview with Russian mapper Ilya Zverev has been posted (ru) on Habr. He spoke about what he did during his two years on the OSMF Board, why the American OSM society is the most friendly and why you need to participate in offline conferences. (automatic translation)

Other “geo” things

  • How to make a Simpsons-inspired map with expressions.
  • John Murray has been using the recent release of Rapids AI, a data science library for GPUs, to compute distances to everywhere in Great Britain from a point in a few seconds.
  • An extract from a forthcoming book by Barbara Tversky discusses “What makes a good map?”
  • An outdoor clothing company has been sneakily adding photos of its products to Wikipedia articles, in an attempt to get their brand higher up in Google image results. Just another danger of an open wiki system that we must be aware of.
  • Daniel J-H announced the release of a new version of RoboSat, which can detect roads and buildings in aerial imagery.
  • Die Welt has an article (automatic translation) about the best apps for water sports enthusiasts.

Upcoming Events

WhereWhatWhenCountry
RennesRéunion mensuelle2019-06-10france
BordeauxRéunion mensuelle2019-06-10france
LyonRencontre mensuelle pour tous2019-06-11france
Salt Lake CitySLC Mappy Hour2019-06-11united states
ZurichOSM Stammtisch Zurich2019-06-11switzerland
BordeauxRéunion mensuelle2019-06-11france
HamburgHamburger Mappertreffen2019-06-11germany
WuppertalWuppertaler Stammtisch im Hutmacher 18 Uhr2019-06-12germany
LeobenStammtisch Obersteiermark2019-06-13austria
MunichMünchner Stammtisch2019-06-13germany
BochumMappertreffen2019-06-13germany
Berlin132. Berlin-Brandenburg Stammtisch2019-06-14germany
MontpellierState of the Map France 20192019-06-14-2019-06-16france
Essen5. OSM-Sommercamp und 12. FOSSGIS-Hackingevent im Linuxhotel2019-06-14-2019-06-16germany
Kyoto京都!街歩き!マッピングパーティ:第9回 光明寺2019-06-15japan
DublinOSM Ireland AGM & Talks2019-06-15ireland
Santa CruzSanta Cruz Ca. Mapping Party2019-06-15California
Cologne Bonn AirportBonner Stammtisch2019-06-18germany
LüneburgLüneburger Mappertreffen2019-06-18germany
SheffieldSheffield pub meetup2019-06-18england
RostockRostocker Treffen2019-06-18germany
KarlsruheStammtisch2019-06-19germany
London#geomob London2019-06-19england
LeoberdorfLeobersdorfer Stammtisch2019-06-20austria
RennesPréparer ses randos pédestres ou vélos2019-06-23france
BremenBremer Mappertreffen2019-06-24germany
Angra do HeroísmoErasmus+ EuYoutH_OSM Meeting2019-06-24-2019-06-29portugal
Salt Lake CitySLC Map Night2019-06-25united states
MontpellierRéunion mensuelle2019-06-26france
LübeckLübecker Mappertreffen2019-06-27germany
MannheimMannheimer Mapathons e.V.2019-06-27germany
DüsseldorfStammtisch2019-06-28germany
LondonOSMUK Annual Gathering including Wikidata UK Meets OSM2019-06-29united kingdom
Kyoto幕末京都オープンデータソン#11:京の浪士と池田屋事件2019-06-29japan
Santa FeState of the Map Argentina 20192019-07-27argentina
MinneapolisState of the Map US 20192019-09-06-2019-09-08united states
EdinburghFOSS4GUK 20192019-09-18-2019-09-21united kingdom
HeidelbergErasmus+ EuYoutH_OSM Meeting2019-09-18-2019-09-23germany
HeidelbergHOT Summit 20192019-09-19-2019-09-20germany
HeidelbergState of the Map 2019 (international conference)2019-09-21-2019-09-23germany
Grand-BassamState of the Map Africa 20192019-11-22-2019-11-24ivory coast

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This weeklyOSM was produced by Polyglot, Rogehm, SK53, Silka123, SomeoneElse, TheFive, TheSwavu, YoViajo, derFred, geologist, jinalfoflia.