17/10/2024-23/10/2024 Mapping Andy Mabbett has raised a concern about a remote mapper repeatedly closing an unresolved OpenStreetMap note regarding a cemetery. The mapping was done using aerial imagery, which does not capture the full extent of the cemetery, and Andy questioned how to properly escalate this issue. He …

10/10/2024-16/10/2024 Breaking news Guillaume Rischard shared the OpenStreetMap Foundation 2024 chairperson’s report. Craig Allan, Laura Mugeha, Maurizio Napolitano, and Héctor Ochoa Ortiz have been elected as new OpenStreetMap Foundation board members. A total of 740 ballots were cast out of 1,971 eligible voters in …

03/10/2024-09/10/2024 About us The editorial board of weeklyOSM is celebrating ten years of sharing weekly news from the OpenStreetMap world in multiple languages. On October 2014, the first multilingual edition was published. Mapping Okainov has made a request for comments on their new proposal to standardise the …

26/09/2024-02/10/2024 Mapping Kai Michael Poppe has submitted an automated edit proposal to fix the fixme=name inconsistencies of OSM objects. Community Alan Grant discussed various factors that complicate point of interest (POI) mapping, including the instability of POIs due to the accelerated turnover of retail …

19/09/2024-25/09/2024 Mapping campaigns The Trufi Association reported about their project to fully map the Zamora (Mexico) public transport system in collaboration with Codeando México and with the support of HOT. They observed that the project revealed fewer routes and vehicles than expected, leading to better …

12/09/2024-18/09/2024 Breaking news Next OSMF board meeting on Thursday 26 September 2024 at 13:30 UTC, unless rescheduled The OpenStreetMap.org website and mapping API will be read-only / partially unavailable on Thursday, 26 September, from 20:00 to 21:00 UTC due to server maintenance. Mapping Darkonus outlined some …

05/09/2024-11/09/2024 About us Bastian Greshake-Tzovaras has started using weeklyOSM to practice their Spanish. darkonus marked ► two years since the launch of the Ukrainian version of weeklyOSM. They celebrated the work of the translators and highlighted the project’s success in making OpenStreetMap news accessible to …

29/08/2024-04/09/2024 Mapping [1] Koreller showed us a series of tricks and tips on drawing buildings (and shapes in general) using JOSM with the best symmetry and alignment. Mapping campaigns Inspired by the Paris 2024 Olympic Games the UN Mappers hosted a mapping competition in August. Check out the final results. …

22/08/2024-28/08/2024 About us Pieter Vander Vennet has created a graph which analysed weeklyOSM’s outbound links, comparing the number of Twitter and Mastodon links. Mapping Barro shared ► their review of the equipment used for micro-mapping in the field while cycling. Zh95967 has created a visualisation of the …

15/08/2024-21/08/2024 Mapping [1] ftrebien described ► his efforts to map the roads blocked, destroyed, or under construction due to the 2024 floods in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. He detailed the challenges in updating OSM with precise and accurate information amid unreliable commercial maps, fragmented …