24/01/2023-30/01/2023 Mapping As part of a series on how to generalise OSM data, Jochen Topf shared his insights about the generalisation of river networks. In Cochabamba, Bolivia, the Trufi Association is encouraging users of their app to contribute informal transport routes using a simplified mapping feature. …

17/01/2023-23/01/2023 Mapping User bradrh consulted the US Forest Service Motor Use Maps to update motor vehicle access restrictions on forest roads and trails in several national forests. Bryce Cogswell (bryceco) listed every OpenStreetMapper that has managed to map for more than a thousand days without a break. Lejun …

10/01/2023-16/01/2023 Breaking news The next public OSMF Board meeting will be held in the online boardroom on Thursday 26 January at 13:30 UTC. The preliminary agenda is on the Board/Minutes/2023-01 wiki page and this is also where the draft minutes will be added.The topics to be covered are: Treasurer’s report …

03/01/2023-09/01/2023 Breaking news Paul Norman announced the release of version 5.7.0 of the OpenStreetMap Carto Stylesheet, the default map stylesheet for the OSM website, on the mailing list and in his blog. All changes can be found there. The most obvious change, as the OSM Ops team tweeted, is the representation …

27/12/2022-02/01/2023 Mapping TrickyFoxy wrote, on telegra.ph, an article on ‘Why you should try Every Door’. Requests have been made for comments on the following proposals: emergency=fire_water_inlet for mapping an inlet to a building’s firefighting system. place=sea to deprecate the use of a closed way or …

20/12/2022-26/12/2022 About us The weeklyOSM team would like to express our sincere gratitude to the entire OpenStreetMap community and to all of weeklyOSM’s readers. Your dedication and hard work have made a significant impact on the world of map making and have contributed to the growth and success of OpenStreetMap. …

13/12/2022-19/12/2022 Breaking news The first meeting of the new OSMF Board after the 16th Annual General Meeting was held on Tuesday 20 December. New officers have been selected as Secretary, Personnel Committee Chair, Open Source Initiative OSM Delegate and the Trademark licensing subcommittee representative. New …

06/12/2022-12/12/2022 Breaking news Four major companies, two of whom are corporate members of the OSMF, in conjunction with the Linux Foundation have announced a new open map platform, Overture Maps. Map data will, in part, be based on OSM with other data from other open sources. We will provide more detail on this …

29/11/2022-05/12/2022 Mapping Anne-Karoline Distel recounted her experiences of mapping defibrillator locations in County Kilkenny, Ireland. Tiago Lubiana shared a Wikidata query that shows a map of the COVID-19 memorials ► in Brazil. Requests have been made for comments on the following proposals: snow_chains to map …

22/11/2022-28/11/2022 Mapping barefootstache blogged about their personal ‘100 Day Mapping Challenge’. A request for comments has been made for crossing:signals=, a proposal to deprecate crossing= in favour of crossing:signals=* and crossing:markings=*. Voting is open on street parking revision, to deprecate and …