02/04/2026-08/04/2026 Mapping Comments on the following proposal have been requested: Deprecate railway=narrow_gauge The following proposals are up for a vote: man_made=cable_landing_station, to standardise the mapping of submarine cable landing station locations in OpenStreetMap. The tag is intended to more accurately …

26/03/2026-01/04/2026 About us We made a mistake last week regarding the proposed safari service road tag. The proposed service=safari tag is to be used in combination with a highway=service tag. Mapping Comments are requested on this proposal: highway=service + service=safari to map dedicated service roads in safari …

19/03/2026-25/03/2026 Mapping Two proposals are waiting for your comments: The cable_landing_station=* proposal to map landing points of submarine cables. The highway=safari_service_road proposal to describe specific service roads in safari parks. The proposal flashing_lights=* is still open for voting. The proposal …

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 …