16/01/2025-22/01/2025 Mapping A request for comments has been made for the mtb:scale:amtb=* proposal. It proposes a tagging scheme to classify mountain biking trails’ suitability for adaptive mountain biking (AMTB), considering the specific needs of riders with mobility impairments. This scale extends the existing …

09/01/2025-15/01/2025 Mapping Requests for comments have been made on these proposals: catenary_mast:= to add further specifications on catenary masts, a vertical support structure used in railway electrification systems to hold up the overhead wires (also known as catenary wires) that supply electric power to …

02/01/2025-08/01/2025 Mapping Requests for comments have been made on these proposals : catenary_mast:= to add further specifications on catenary masts, a vertical support structure used in railway electrification systems to hold up the overhead wires (also known as catenary wires) that supply electric power to …

26/12/2024-01/01/2025 About us weeklyOSM has been advertised irregularly on Bluesky since issue 692, October 2023. As of issue 753, we will regularly announce the publication of a new issue there. Mapping Anne-Karoline Distel continued to remotely map Indianola, Iowa (we reported earlier). Noha307’s mapping of …

19/12/2024-25/12/2024 Community TomTom’s video celebrated OpenStreetMap’s 20th anniversary, highlighting its journey from a community-driven project, founded by Steve Coast in 2004, to one of the world’s most detailed maps. Steve Coast reflected on OSM’s evolution, its global impact on democratising mapping, and its …

12/12/2024-18/12/2024 Mapping The proposal to add oneway:foot=*, for marking one-way restrictions on pedestrian paths and improving data for routing in areas with controlled pedestrian movement, is open for voting until Tuesday 31 December. Community Inspired by meeting someone at a conference in Ireland who teaches in …

05/12/2024-11/12/2024 Breaking news OSM.org is currently offline due to network outage. OpenStreetMap Ops Team is investigating Mapping The proposal to add oneway:foot=*, for marking one-way restrictions on pedestrian paths and improving data for routing in areas with controlled pedestrian movement, is open for voting …

28/11/2024-04/12/2024 Community Ciarán Staunton has reflected on the progress of the #osmIRL_buildings campaign, an initiative to map all buildings in Ireland accurately on OpenStreetMap, addressing data gaps for planning and housing projects. While initial enthusiasm mapped several counties, challenges including …

21/11/2024-27/11/2024 Breaking news ResultMaps will be going under maintenance on December 3, 2024. Community Enock4seth urged mappers in Accra, Ghana, to stop relying solely on outdated Bing imagery for OpenStreetMap updates, highlighting Esri World Imagery as more recent and better aligned. The data quality of the …

14/11/2024-20/11/2024 Mapping Detroit has become the most comprehensively mapped city on Mapillary, achieving 99.8% street coverage through a pioneering street-level imagery (SLI) programme launched in 2018 to address asset management challenges, improving city planning and even addressing census undercounts, …