03/12/2019-09/12/2019 Mapping Michael Behrens has made a request for comments on a proposal for specifying the function of different parts of a hiking trail. Examples include: approaches from public transport stops; and excursions to viewpoints or peaks near the main trail. A request for comments on a proposal to adopt …

26/11/2019-02/12/2019 About us Trying to identify @anonymaps? You can exclude the weeklyOSM proofreaders from your list of suspects. As they rightly pointed out, OpenRailWayMap development isn’t discussed in the rails_dev list. Rails is a web framework that powers, amongst others, the OpenStreetMap.org website. If …

19/11/2019-25/11/2019 Mapping kreuzschnabel suspects (automatic translation) that the OSM wiki for the key bridge=yes/no is recommending tagging for the renderer, as it suggests adding the bridge name as name= rather than the name of the road on the bridge. However, it appears this usage was documented in 2012 and …

12/11/2019-18/11/2019 Mapping SelfishSeahorse’s proposal to tag lanes on roads which are explicitly marked for pedestrians, in open for voting. Clifford Snow opened voting for his proposal footway=access_aisle, intended to tag marked footways to parking lots in parking areas. SelfishSeahorse’s proposal to use …

05/11/2019-11/11/2019 Mapping Steve Coast suggests the creation of a SIG (Special Interest Group) on Addressing in OSM. He points to a prototype address QA tool. In the replies various people point out that OSM already has a rich range of tools to assist with address mapping. Jan Michel suggests we should consider …

29/10/2019-04/11/2019 Mapping SelfishSeahorse proposes the tagging of lanes on roads which are explicitly marked for pedestrians. StreetCred is a company founded by Randy Meech after MapZen folded. They now provide their POI data with an MVT-Tileserver, which can be used in iD as an extra custom layer. Hanikatu asked …

22/10/2019-28/10/2019 Mapping Jean-Louis Zimmerman poses an ontological challenge for OSM tagging. How do you describe a tourism direction sign (fingerpost) with dynamic digital panels which rotate? The tag highway=mini_roundabout has been used nearly 52,000 times and was documented 11 years ago. Florian Lohoff came …

15/10/2019-21/10/2019 Mapping On regio-osm.de there is now a house number evaluator for Kosovo. Florian Lohoff wrote in his blog about the issues arising when access=private is used on service roads. Usually this choice means no routers will use these highways; more nuanced access options should be chosen instead. Adam …

08/10/2019-14/10/2019 Mapping The MapRoulette team tweeted about improvements to documentation. They are also seeking feedback and volunteers to help. Frederik Ramm asked for opinions on various areas mapped as parks (including “micro parks”). The issue arose as part of a dispute in the US which has been referred to …

01/10/2019-07/10/2019 Mapping Richard Fairhust points out, on the talk mailing list, that most EuroVelo routes are very out-of-date. Toy libraries have been mapped in a very limited way on OSM for several years. Now a proposal to formalise the usage has been made. In the discussion on the tagging list a plea is made to …