21/09/2021-27/09/2021 Mapping jgruca shared details on the design choices underpinning the new way rendering of golf courses in the latest Carto release. qeef wants to inspire us by mapping highway radars and mirrors using the Damn-Project. The German OSM chapter FOSSGIS received > a complaint from the local …

14/09/2021-20/09/2021 Mapping Requests have been made for comments on the following proposals: natural=fumarole to map an opening in a planet’s crust, which emits steam and gases. outlet=* to map culvert or pipeline outlets with more details. historic=creamery for tagging an industrial building where butter, cheese or …

07/09/2021-13/09/2021 Mapping campaigns The Swiss OSM Project of the Month for September is the mapping of electrical vehicle charging stations > . Mapping A long thread on the Swiss mailing list, split over several months, discussed how to map the border between Switzerland and Italy around Monte Generoso, where the …

31/08/2021-06/09/2021 Mapping campaigns Радченко Алексей invited us to participate in the OpenStreetMap markup contest > running from 10 to 30 September. There are simple instructions and dozens of prizes to be won. Join in. The OSM-US project to map playgrounds in Philadelphia (we reported earlier) was completed on 1 …

24/08/2021-30/08/2021 Mapping The speed limit on most Parisian streets has been lowered to 30 km/h (18 mph). Christian Quest tweeted that this has resulted in a major update to OSM that should propagate through to route planners over the next few days. Kontur tweeted a reminder that in the wake of Hurricane Henri, …

17/08/2021-23/08/2021 Mapping campaigns Congrats to Mapbeks and Youthmappers for their successful mapathon competition for a cause (map for sustainability), where they mapped 41,994 buildings in five days. To celebrate, 280 trees will soon be planted in the #OpenStreetMapPH Forest in Zamboanga del Norte. Mapping Anim …

10/08/2021-16/08/2021 Mapping A long thread on how to tag recreational routes designed for multiple transport modes led Kevin Kenny to suggest that striving for a Platonic ideal of tagging is not necessary. oh8mxl wrote a blog post about ‘how to check cycling mapping mistakes and fixme tags in your area’. Requests have …

03/08/2021-09/08/2021 About us Mariotomo, from Panama, explained some of the problems faced by our readers in countries with poor and/or expensive internet connections. He has a relatively simple solution: using a bash script to pull items from the RSS feed which may be of interest to others. The weeklyOSM team are …

27/07/2021-02/08/2021 Breaking news [1] Quick, get your act together! As we go to press the OSM 17th birthday global mapathon will be underway. The mapathon starts at 03:00 UTC (13:00 Australian Eastern Standard Time) on Sunday 8 August with the OSGeo Oceania community. A different OSM chapter takes the lead each hour …

20/07/2021-26/07/2021 Breaking news Three part-time positions are open with Trufi Association using OSM for public transport solutions. Applications are open until Sunday 8 August for an Administrative Coordinator, a Business Development Manager, and a Marketing and Communications Expert. Mapping campaigns The …