12/03/2026-18/03/2026 Mapping After passing through the proposal process and being approved the ETCS Markers Tagging Scheme, an effort to unify the tagging of the markers used by the European Rail Traffic Management System, is available for everyone to use. Previously these were implemented using country-dependent …

05/03/2026-11/03/2026 Mapping AndreaDp27 has proposed a tagging scheme to map officially designated civil protection areas. Voting opened on 9 March 2026 and will close on 23 March 2026. Community At the recent State of the Map Ben Hur Pintor delivered a presentation titled ‘Awesome (OSM) Games’, highlighting a range …

26/02/2026-04/03/2026 About us StreetComplete now has in-app support for weeklyOSM notifications, including a daily update from the weeklyOSM RSS feed, along with user settings to control message types. Also included in this update are notifications about OSM events nearby from the OpenStreetMap Calendar. You can read …

19/02/2026-25/02/2026 Mapping Simgaymer has asked for comments on a tagging proposal to extend the existing building:flats=* tag, allowing mappers to record the number of flats with 0 bedrooms (studio), 1 bedroom, 2 bedrooms, and so on. For example building:flats:0_bedrooms=* to record the number of studio flats. The …

12/02/2026-18/02/2026 Mapping Comments are requested on the proposal bicycle_parking=absent. This tag aims to document that no bicycle parking is available around a feature, for example a shop or station, making such gaps in infrastructure discoverable in data analyses. Related discussion is also taking place on the …

05/02/2026-11/02/2026 Mapping User AndreaDp271 is seeking comments on their proposal of a tagging scheme for civil protection areas used in case of large scale emergencies. Please review the proposal and share your feedback to help refine the technical details and address any potential issues. Voting on the tagging …

29/01/2026-04/02/2026 Mapping Two proposals are waiting for your vote: The flashing_lights=* proposal as of Thursday 5 February 2026. The proposal suggests a new design for flashing lights beyond just crossings. The markers indication proposal until Tuesday 17 February 2026. This proposal is intended to introduce …

22/01/2026-28/01/2026 Mapping campaigns AE35 reported that 22 volunteers participated in MapRoulette challenges across Denmark’s five regions, resulting in a total of 71,251 brand-new roads and paths added to Denmark. Jonny McCullagh announced that a mapathon will take place in Belfast on Saturday 21 February from …

15/01/2026-21/01/2026 About us Hello dear friends of the Italian language. This is probably our last issue in Italian. Last week we didn’t publish issue #808 because we only had one proofreader. This week we are publishing even though we only have one proofreader. Our quality standards stipulate that at least two …

08/01/2026-14/01/2026 Community Eiim reported on the ongoing progress of mapping buildings in Delaware County, Ohio. In an OpenCage blog, members of the CoMaps team talked about the app and how they relate to the OSM community. Rphyrin has used OpenStreetMap data to map the extent and impact of Jakarta’s torrential …