30/05/2024-05/06/2024 Mapping [1] Jérôme Limozin, a Singapore-based OpenStreetMap mapper, has managed to cycle through 99% of all the roads in Singapore by using the Wandrer exploration game. Ilya Zverev announced that as of 1 June, his Level0 editor and other services, such as the OSM Imagery Browser and the Offset …

23/05/2024-29/05/2024 Mapping Pete Masters explained how the use of 3D meshes created from drone imagery has significantly improved the accuracy of mapping in the informal settlements of Sierra Leone, allowing the complex structures to be better visualised and understood from different angles. Pedro Tharg has proposed …

16/05/2024-22/05/2024 Mapping Comments were requested on the following: The proposal to deprecate cycleway=opposite tags. The proposal to introduce natural=wadi for broad, flat channel of an ephemeral stream with distinct banks. The proposal to introduce the ordering: prefix for ordering-only phone numbers, SMS-only …

09/05/2024-15/05/2024 Mapping Salim has set up a new challenge on MapRoulette called ‘Portugal – Fix Spiky Buildings’, which aims to correct inaccurately mapped buildings identified on OpenStreetMap, some of which may be correct but many of which are likely errors. The proposal to set the tag shop=tortilla is in the …

02/05/2024-08/05/2024 Mapping campaigns contrapunctus has suggested hosting a mapping party to coincide with DebConf24, which will be held from 28 July to 4 August at Pukyong National University, Busan, South Korea. Hwang Dongha said that attracting the local OSM community, Debian user groups, and Ubuntu user groups to …

25/04/2024-01/05/2024 Mapping ivanbranco discussed the mapping of trees on OpenStreetMap, emphasising the importance of using detailed tags for leaf type, leaf cycle, and species to improve the utility and accuracy of the map, and presented resources and tools to assist in the accurate tagging of tree data. Lucas …

18/04/2024-24/04/2024 Mapping Clay_C discussed the process of mapping pipelines using US government data, specifically from the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration. He outlined a detailed workflow for using JOSM to download and map pipelines within specific US counties, thereby increasing the …

11/04/2024-17/04/2024 Mapping [1] Christoph Hormann demonstrated his work during the recent Karlsruhe Hack Weekend to improve the way addresses and entrances are displayed. His modifications include more differentiated entrances icons and a new address rendering strategy. Alternative styles are available in the …

04/04/2024-10/04/2024 Mapping Suresh Devalapalli described how to improve the quality of OpenStreetMap data by identifying and correcting untagged pedestrian crossings, which are critical to improving the accuracy of pedestrian networks in urban areas such as Los Angeles. Using algorithms, they have automated the …

28/03/2024-03/04/2024 Mapping [1] barefootstache explored the Croatian countryside, not hesitating while being soaked traversing waterway crossings. GovernorKeagan has shared his journey of detailed mapping in Gqeberha (Port Elizabeth, South Africa), focusing on adding buildings and details missing in his hometown, …