15/05/2025-21/05/2025 About us Erratum: Last week we reported on the Panoramax activities of Arretche. Contrary to what was mistakenly linked, the river in question is not the L’Ardour, but the L’Adour. This section was documented by Arretche. Mapping LordGarySugar has proposed removing the railway=site tag that is …

08/05/2025-14/05/2025 Mapping campaigns Vicksun reported that Unique Mappers Network in Nigeria recently launched the Unique Mappers IT Cohort 1 for 2025 and organised the Nigeria Monthly Mapathon in collaboration with TomTom. Community Unique Mappers Network has unveiled the shortlisted logo submissions for State of …

01/05/2025-07/05/2025 Community asciipip has detailed a method for naming trails in the Catoctin Mountain Park, by combining on-the-ground observations, such as coloured blazes marked on trees, with official trail information from the park’s website. BingoBongo has been testing its in-house game engine, for realistic …

24/04/2025-30/04/2025 About us Raquel Dezidério Souto’s statistical analysis of weeklyOSM’s profile over the past ten years will be submitted to the State of the Map 2025, which will be held in Manila, Philippines, from 3 to 5 October. Tabular and graphical results are already available and have been updated recently. …

17/04/2025-23/04/2025 Mapping campaigns Séverin Ménard shared ► a new Les Libres Géographes’ blog post about the ongoing damage assessment mapping of Mayotte in OpenStreetMap after Cyclone Chido. The post explains the choices of methodology, early tests, interactions with Copernicus Rapid Mapping data, ongoing mapping …

10/04/2025-16/04/2025 About us Raquel Dezidério Souto, one of the editors of weeklyOSM’s Brazilian Portuguese edition, is carrying out a statistical survey of the content published in weeklyOSM over the last 10 years, since it became a multilingual publication (with 15 languages covered today). The research will serve …

03/04/2025-09/04/2025 Mapping Please cast your vote in the proposal to map grab rails in (wheelchair accessible) toilets. Comments are being requested for these proposals: A tagging scheme proposal for windmills and watermills that aims to clarify the distinction between building=windmill and man_made=windmill. It also …

27/03/2025-02/04/2025 Mapping campaigns OpenStreetMap Ireland has successfully completed its Louth mapping task, which was launched on 12 November 2024. The project, finished in just three months, was made possible by the contributions of Anne-Karoline Distel, jonnymccullagh, Jonako, Ciarán Staunton, and snoozingnewt. …

20/03/2025-26/03/2025 Community Bastian Greshake Tzovaras recounted his experience of contributing to MapComplete software by adding a wayside shrines layer. These small roadside altars, dedicated to saints or folk deities, serve as places of prayer and remembrance. They range from simple enclosures to elaborate sites …

13/03/2025-19/03/2025 Mapping Comments are requested on these proposals: Wheelchair users might need assistance in toilets and grab_rails=, which is a handlebar-like support mounted on the wall, are vital information, since it aids in the movement from one’s wheelchair onto the toilet. Standardise disc_golf_course= …