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= …

06/03/2025-12/03/2025 Mapping RobJN has developed a proposal to deprecate socket:tesla_supercharger and socket:tesla_destination. His reasoning is as follows: It is no longer correct to have the socket:tesla_supercharger=* tag and the socket:tesla_destination=* tag. This is because: They do not represent one thing, …

27/02/2025-05/03/2025 Mapping The proposal to add catenary_mast:=, the structures that support the system of overhead wires used to supply electricity to overhead powered vehicles such as trams, street cars, light rail, trains, and trolleybuses, is open for voting until Saturday 15 March. Community Pieter Vander …

20/02/2025-26/02/2025 Community ENSTP’s OSM Club is back and you are invited ► to participate. On the agenda: training, conferences, projects, and many other surprises. This event marks the beginning of the activities of the OSM community at the Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Travaux Publics in Cameroon. …

13/02/2025-19/02/2025 About us Hiroshi Miura shared a video that explains the weekly process of managing the Japanese edition of weeklyOSM. Mapping Comments are sought on a revised sensory_friendly=* proposal, for tagging to indicate if a feature provides sensory accessibility for people with sensory processing …