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29/08/2024-04/09/2024

Tricks and tips on how to draw buildings [¹] | © Koreller | Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors

Mapping

[1] Koreller showed us a series of tricks and tips on drawing buildings (and shapes in general) using JOSM with the best symmetry and alignment.

Mapping campaigns

Inspired by the Paris 2024 Olympic Games the UN Mappers hosted a mapping competition in August. Check out the final results.

Community

Bastian Greshake Tzovaras wrote about why Panoramax is an important contribution to the open source mapping landscape.
In Episode 249 of the Geomob Podcast, Ed interviewed Jo Walsh, an early OpenStreetMap pioneer, exploring the beginnings of the open data movement, the rise of initiatives like OpenStreetMap, and the ongoing challenges and future prospects for open data.
Ceejay Abilay shared his experience of speaking at the OpenStreetMap in-person training event hosted by Grab Philippines and the OpenStreetMap Philippines Community.

Events

SotM Latam 2024 has extended the deadline for submitting proposals until Tuesday 10 September. You can send your abstract of up to 500 words via the event’s Pretalx platform. Those who are unable to attend in person will be able to submit their presentation, in video format of up to 10 minutes, at a later stage. Registration is free.

Education

Marcos Dione had an OpenStreetMap editing session with his kids and later asked if there was a staging tool for parents to review and correct their children’s edits. NeatNit recommended using the OSM sandbox instance for this purpose, while Matt Whilden suggested using the iD/Rapid export edits feature.

OSM research

A team of researchers has developed a suite of computer-assisted map design tools, aimed at creating maps accessible to visually impaired individuals, based on OSM data.
HeiGIT reported that they have assessed the completeness of OSM building data using new data. Results indicate that from 2023 to 2024 completeness in most areas of the world rose more slowly than in previous years.

Software

Due to the introduction of a new class of anti-feature and problems with the F-Droid update, Organic Maps has been hidden from the default F-Droid search results for some users.
Yohan Boniface invites you to participate in the beta testing of a new version of uMap.
catme0w, a Google Summer of Code 2024 contributor, has shared their progress made on Stadia Maps’ Ferrostar project, an SDK for building turn-by-turn navigation applications.
The latest version of JOSM has a new option, ‘warn’, to only print warnings and errors to the terminal. This can be useful when collecting information to report a bug.
Miles Alan has developed Mepo, an OSM map viewer app for mobile and desktop Linux.
A bug in the Android version of Organic Maps 2024.08 is adding outdoor_seating=no to POIs when they are edited. The bug is currently being worked on.
Raymond Camden explained how to load CSV data into a Leaflet web map.

Programming

BuntingLabs has a fee-based service for downloading OpenStreetMap data as GeoJSON. You can filter by tags, select by bounding box, and export as GeoJSON, all in a single curl command.
Marquis de Geek has developed FlightSpy, a JavaScript application that generates an itinerary of what you’ll see from an aeroplane’s window throughout your entire journey. It uses both Flightradar and OSM data.

Releases

Beta 1.1.0 of the Panoramax Android app has been released. It allows you to conveniently contribute street images to the open Street View alternative from your mobile phone. The release has an APK attached, in case you want to give it a try.

Did you know …

… that you can monitor OpenStreetMap edits in real time using OpenStreetMap live edits, OSM In Realtime, or Show Me The Way?

Other “geo” things

Mountain biking in Germany’s forests will be still allowed ►, at least according to a new draft of the Federal Forest Act. A previous draft of the act last November (we reported earlier) caused significant concern in the biking community, as it proposed major restrictions on mountain biking.
Geoo is a geography learning game where you guess flags, capitals, and landmarks, and then compete with others on an online leaderboard.
In the latest episode of Developer Voice, Stadia Maps’ co-founder, Ian Wagner, discussed Ferrostar, Stadia Maps’ Rust-based open-source navigation SDK.

Upcoming Events

Where	What	Online	When
Stadtgebiet Bremen	🗺️🎂 [Bremen] Mobile Mappingparty mit Kuchen		2024-09-01 – 2024-10-01
Nairobi	State of the Map 2024		2024-09-06 – 2024-09-08
Bengaluru	IndiaFOSS 4.0		2024-09-06 – 2024-09-07
København	OSMmapperCPH		2024-09-08
Grenoble	Atelier de rentrée du groupe local OpenStreetMap de Grenoble		2024-09-09
中正區	OpenStreetMap x Wikidata Taipei #68		2024-09-09
Hamburg	Hamburger Mappertreffen		2024-09-10
Salt Lake City	OSM Utah Monthly Map Night		2024-09-12
Stainach-Pürgg	14. Österreichischer OSM-Stammtisch (online)		2024-09-11
Lorain County	OpenStreetMap Midwest Meetup	✓	2024-09-12
Berlin	195. Berlin-Brandenburg OpenStreetMap Stammtisch		2024-09-12
Bochum	Bochumer OSM Treffen		2024-09-12
München	Münchner OSM-Treffen		2024-09-12
	OSMF Engineering Working Group meeting		2024-09-13
Lynnwood	Mapping Lynnwood		2024-09-14
Bielefeld	OSM Ostwestfalen-Lippe		2024-09-16
England	OSM UK Online Chat		2024-09-16
	Missing Maps London: (Online) Mid-Month Mapathon [eng]		2024-09-17
Lyon	Réunion du groupe local de Lyon		2024-09-17
Bonn	180. OSM-Stammtisch Bonn		2024-09-17
London	Geomob London		2024-09-18
Karlsruhe	Stammtisch Karlsruhe		2024-09-18
Kiel	OSM auf den 22. Kieler Open Source und Linux Tagen		2024-09-19 – 2024-09-21
Amsterdam	Maptime Amsterdam End of Summer Meetup		2024-09-19
Dresden	Stammtisch Dresden		2024-09-19
Dresden	OSM auf den Datenspuren Dresden		2024-09-21
Dublin	OpenStreetMap Ireland AGM 2024		2024-09-21
Lamego (Almacave e Sé)	Dia do Software Livre		2024-09-21 – 2024-09-22
Strasbourg	1er Atelier de cartographie sur OpenStreetMap		2024-09-23
Arlon	Rencontre OSM Luxembourg		2024-09-23