weeklyOSM 740

19/09/2024-25/09/2024

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The Plaza 25 de Mayo de 1810 in Resistencia, Argentina [1] | © F4map | Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors

Mapping campaigns

Community

  • Ezra Edwards blogged about the first mapathon in Pakistan. The collaborative event took place in Islamabad, Karachi, and online.
  • Jennifer made
  • Kajord spent 11 nights backpacking in Glacier National Park (U.S.A.) and mapped the area around the Hole-in-the-Wall Camp.
  • CycleStreets has proposed a complete overhaul of the Bicycle page on the OSM wiki. The work is already underway, with several gaps being addressed, and feedback via the OSM Community forum is welcome.

Imports

  • Tallcoleman shared some lessons learned from the completion of the Toronto public toilet import project.

Events

OSM research

  • Bobby Xiong et al. modelled the European high-voltage grid based on OpenStreetMap data.
  • HeiGIT reported that they have conducted a data quality assessment of open source data (including OSM) using their ohsome quality API. They analyzed aspects such as currentness, completeness, comparison with external datasets, and the activity of OSM contributors. The results of the analysis were to support the efforts of the World Bank to develop an analytical tool, the Gender Enabling Environments Spatial Tool, designed to assess localities based on how supportive they are in enabling women to access employment or business opportunities in the renewable energy sector.

OSM in action

Licenses

  • The Fédé des pros d’OSM (OSM Pros’ Federation) announced the publication of their practical guide Tout Savoir
    Sur La Licence ODbL
    (All about ODbL Licensing).

Software

  • Rudo Kemper has created a webpage to convert Google Maps GeoJSON data into GPX and KMZ files, allowing them to render properly in Organic Maps.

Releases

  • Sarah Hoffmann announced the release of version 4 of pyosmium, a Python wrapper for the Osmium C++ library, used for reading, writing, and processing OSM data. This major update includes several new features, such as iterative processing, filter functions, and an OSM data writer with automatic reference completion.
  • Eugene Kizevich announced the release of OsmAnd Web Version 1.01. You can explore the latest version directly at OsmAnd Map.
  • osm2pgsql version 2.0.0 has been released.

Did you know …

  • … that you can geolocate an image by comparing the height of an object with the length of its shadow?
  • …that there is an in-depth course on validating OSM data on the UN Maps Learning Hub? It has been available since the beginning of the year and was used for a 20-hour training course organised over several weeks, followed by weeks in which participants applied their new knowledge. To access it, you will need to create an account on the Moodle platform used by the UN Maps Learning Hub.

OSM in the media

Other “geo” things

Upcoming Events

WhereWhatOnlineWhenCountry
MarpingenCraft Mapping an der “Marpinger Grenzstein-Tour” 2024-09-29flag
Defence Colony Tehsil12th OSM Delhi Mapping Party 2024-09-29flag
City of EdinburghGeomob Edinburgh 2024-10-01flag
SalzburgOSM Treffen Salzburg 2024-10-01flag
San JoseSouth Bay Map Night 2024-10-02flag
Missing Maps London: (Online) Mapathon [eng] 2024-10-01
StuttgartStuttgarter OpenStreetMap-Treffen 2024-10-02flag
EssenFOSSGIS-OSM-Communitytreffen Nr. 22 2024-10-03 – 2024-10-06flag
MontrougeRéunion des contributeurs de Montrouge et du Sud de Paris 2024-10-03flag
PontarlierCartographie collaborative pour tous 2024-10-05flag
Chanakya Puri TehsilOSM India casual online mapathon 2024-10-06flag
LondonLondon pub meet-up 2024-10-07flag
中正區OpenStreetMap x Wikidata Taipei #69 2024-10-07flag
MünchenMünchner OSM-Treffen 2024-10-08flag
Ifẹ̀State of the Map Nigeria 2024 2024-10-09 – 2024-10-11flag
Lorain CountyOpenStreetMap Midwest Meetup 2024-10-10flag
BochumBochumer OSM Treffen 2024-10-10flag
OSMF Engineering Working Group meeting 2024-10-11

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