Paul Johnson wants to propose a better way to map traffic control (stop and yield) and traffic calming devices, by using relations to overcome the “non-directional” nature of nodes.
Thilo Haug created a new wiki page for aeroway=spaceport. He is facing criticism because this tagging is not generally accepted. Frederik Ramm notes that tag discussions should take place in the tagging mailing list and not in the wiki itself.
Mattias Dalkvist proposed the tag meadow=wooded_meadow and invites comments.
Michael Tsang suggests a new tag to mark areas where public transport has no regular stops but can be asked to stop by waving.
Manohar writes about the Pokémon related mapping activity on OpenStreetMap, also discussing some features that are mapped specifically for Pokémon “biomes”.
The call for proposals for the FOSS4G+SOTM Argentina is open until July 31st 2017. The event will take place from October 23rd to the 28th 2017, in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
At Oxford University, a temporary position for a “Researcher in Digital Geography” is vacant. Application deadline is June 15, 2017.
Continuing the work of the Humanitarian Mapping Unit (UHM) in the first emergency days in the city of Mocoa, the OpenStreetMap Colombia Foundation will conduct a workshop to provide information about activities in case of emergencies. The workshop (automatic translation) is aimed to assess the information and communication needs of participants in the stage of reconstruction after the event and to provide practical tools that may be useful in this respect.
Pascal Neis’s change of his extremely useful HDYC site to use OAuth, based on an OpenStreetMap account created a certain amount of surprise. Previously there had been a long discussion about “data security” on the German Forum (automatic translation) (it’s a long but worthy read) and on the mailing list Talk-de (automatic translation). The conversation on talk did move towards a useful sort of discussion about “what OSM data is all about anyway“.
Dieterdreist publishes a map of all regular OSMF members. Have you thought about becoming a member?
Events
Call for scholarship applications to attend State of the Map Asia 2017 in Kathmandu, Nepal, on September 23rd to 24th 2017 is now open.
Registration for State of the Map 2017 is now open. Register now for the early bird discount.
DINAcon 2017 (automatic translation) is a conference on digital sustainability. The call for proposals is open (automatic translation) until May 20th 2017.
SotM-FR in Avignon published their program schedule. You can still register. Most sessions however will be in French, of course.
Humanitarian OSM
HOT outlines its mapping efforts in the refugee establishments of Uganda and invites interested agencies to collaborate with them.
Maps
[1] Bruno Salerno published recently Citylines.co, which is a collaborative platform that helps rebuild transport systems in the cities of the world as well as their evolution. Citylines is free software and uses OSM maps and Mapbox GL technology.
The EuroVelo 13, also known as the Iron Curtain Trail, is a cycle path over 7500 km from the Barents Sea to the Black Sea. An official app has been released for the trail, which includes an OSM based interactive map.
… the slides of the talk by Stefan Keller on the topic: “OpenStreetMap for web maps – OpenStreetMap – the underestimated resource?” (automatic translation)
Linux Journal presents a short introduction of editing OSM using JOSM.
Technical.ly published an article on the fight against malaria in Zimbabwe by Missing Maps and partners.
Techcrunch reports about Mapillary releasing a free dataset of 25,000 street-level images from 190 countries that can be used to train automotive AI systems.
Other “geo” things
World’s longest pedestrian suspension bridge was opened in the Harz Mountains in Germany on Sunday, but in OSM there is still some work to do. At the nearby Geierlay bridge in Hunsrück, the mapping is exemplary.
Mapbox released Mapbox Studio Preview, which is a companion app to Mapbox Studio. It allows one to view any map style directly from the mobile device and help one design the right map for iOS applications.
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