02/11/2021-08/11/2021 Mapping Requests have been made for comments on the following proposals: motorroad=yes > to formalise a definition of motorroad for Japan. amenity=parcel lockers for mapping lockers that are used to store parcels awaiting self-service pick-up. ref:EU:bwid=* to record the unique identifier of a …

26/10/2021-01/11/2021 Mapping campaigns Jinal Foflia invited contributors to participate in some interesting mapping challenges in the Philippines and Malaysia. She suggested that new or experienced mappers put their mapping hats on and join the MapRoulette challenges. The mapping contest to improve OSM road data in …

19/10/2021-25/10/2021 Mapping Pascal Neis tweeted that his ‘Unmapped Places of OSM’ has been updated. A total of 331,000 places have been identified this year, compared with 339,000 by the same time last year. Christian Rogel, who recently bought an electrically assisted tricycle, suggested > that he will be able to …

12/10/2021-18/10/2021 Mapping campaigns The Planning Department of the Ministry of Education in Madagascar, in collaboration with the UNESCO International Institute for Educational Planning (IIEP-UNESCO) and UN Mappers, is seeking to map the full road network of the Vakinankaratra region to make sure that the journey …

05/10/2021-11/10/2021 Mapping Daniel Capilla told > us in his blog that the reality in Malaga has nothing to do with the old cliché ‘Malaga, city of a thousand bars and only one bookshop’, sharing details related to bookshop and libraries mapped in OSM. Voting is underway for boundary=border_zone, for tagging areas …

28/09/2021-04/10/2021 Mapping campaigns The OrganicMaps team asked users to help fix issues with subway mapping using this validator. Brandon suggested that the makers of the recently released new app for Jungle Bus could perhaps initiate a collaboration? Mapping MapSpot has created several maps detailing the progress …

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 …