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Tygodnik OSM 733

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01/08/2024-07/08/2024

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OSM-based hiking map in Birkenwerder, Germany [1] | Photo by Andreas Scherbaum © 2024 – © Verein zum Schutz des Briesetales und der Havelwiesen e.V. – map data © OpenStreetMap contributors

Mapping

  • Andy Townsend questioned the default access tags for England and Wales and called for community input to refine these defaults. In another post, he examined the default access tags for urban and rural routes in England and Wales, and suggested improvements based on regional differences and gave specific example via overpass turbo queries.
  • Comments are requested on:
    • The proposal to deprecate the tag cycleway=shared in favour of more precise tags.
    • The proposal to recognise the cycleway:both=* tag as the new standard to indicate both sides.
    • The proposal to replace the tag denomination=mormon with denomination=latter-day_saint.

Mapping campaigns

Community

  • FOSSGIS e.V.
  • On the OpenStreetMap Community forum, members have criticised MapRoulette for encouraging quick edits without proper verification, citing problems with careless mapping, the need for more accountability in challenges, and other suggestions for improving the platform’s gamification features to ensure thoughtful mapping.
  • The UN Mapper of the Month for August is Taichi Furuhashi, MAPconcierge on OSM and professor at Aoyama Gakuin University in Japan.
  • Tommy G D Charles talked about Sierra Leoneans’ contributions to the OpenStreetMap project, highlighting the importance of local mapping in addressing various challenges within the country, such as disaster response and urban planning, and emphasising community engagement and training initiatives to improve mapping skills.

OpenStreetMap Foundation

  • Arnalie Vicario informed OSMF members of two software issues affecting membership management: one bug resulted in some eligible voters not receiving ballots, and another resulted in incorrect active contributor memberships being granted. The Board and the Membership Working Group are investigating these issues and will notify affected members shortly.

Events

Maps

  • Stamen discussed the implementation of motorway shields for Amazon Location maps (which use OpenStreetMap data with the attribution hidden), explaining the complexity of designing accurate and recognisable shields due to variations in data consistency and tagging conventions between countries. The article highlighted the process of creating these shields, the challenges posed by inconsistent data, and how these elements add valuable detail and context to map designs.
  • The GeoPortal München presented
  • This interactive map visualises the birthplaces of 2024 Summer Olympics medallists, allowing users to explore the geographical distribution of athletes by region of origin. The map provides insight into which areas have produced the most medallists, offering a detailed view of regional sporting achievement.

OSM in action

Software

  • William Edmisten reviewed six open source tools for querying OpenStreetMap data, including overpass turbo for web-based filtering, osm2pgsql combined with PostGIS for geospatial database queries, DuckDB’s experimental ST_ReadOsm() function for direct file queries, QLever for RDF-based querying with SPARQL, Nominatim for geocoding based on textual input, and Pelias, which uses Elasticsearch for robust geocoding. William discussed the strengths, limitations, and setup procedures of each tool.
  • HeiGIT reported that the Initiative for Safer Roads has developed a digital school route planner
  • Keir Clarke explored how OpenStreetMap data is being used to create immersive virtual reality experiences, such as osm4vr and VR Map, which allow users to navigate through a 3D world using OSM map tiles and building footprints.
  • fltb’s first bi-weekly report on their OpenStreetMap public transport relational editor project detailed development progress, successful point and path rendering tests, and challenges such as integrating a custom user agent for tile requests, with plans to further develop the editor module for API communication.

Programming

Releases

  • Nominatim has released a new Wikimedia-based scoring file that uses data from Wikipedia and Wikidata to assign importance scores to places, allowing for more accurate geocoding, with the updated file now available in a streamlined CSV format.

Did you know …

  • … OpenStreetMap has ’good practices’ guidelines?
  • … that every three hours, the @rcityviews X (formerly Twitter) account will feature a randomly chosen city map from around the world using data from OpenStreetMap?

OSM in the media

Other “geo” things

Upcoming Events

WhereWhatOnlineWhenCountry
Salt Lake CityOSM Utah 20th Birthday Happy Hour 2024-08-10flag
Localidad Teusaquillo20 años OpenStreetMap – GeoBeer en Beeя del Gran Estación, Bogotá 2024-08-10flag
Obio/AkporMap Nigeria Mapathon Campaign and AI -Assisted Mapping Training 2024-08-10 – 2024-08-11flag
NairobiCelebration of the 20th OSM Birthday in Kenya 2024-08-10ke
ThrissurOpenStreetMap 20th Anniversary at Thrissur, Kerala 2024-08-10flag
BengaluruOSM Bengaluru Mapping Party 2024-08-10flag
KarlsruheMappingparty zum 20. OSM-Geburtstag 2024-08-10flag
LondonLondon OSM Birthday Party 2024-08-10flag
DenkadaMVGR OSM 20th Anniversary Mapping Party 2024-08-10flag
ManhattanOSM 20th Birthday New York City 2024-08-10flag
МоскваMoscow OSM 20th Anniversary Meetup 2024-08-10flag
ბათუმი20 years with OpenStreetMap 2024-08-10ge
Localidad TeusaquilloCerveza por los 20 años de OSM 2024-08-11flag
Obio/AkporMap Nigeria Mapathon Campaign and AI -Assisted Mapping Training 2024-08-10flag
OpenStreetMap Online Mapping Party 2024-08-10
VijayawadaSwecha AP OSM 20th Anniversary and Mapping Party with Kids and Adults 2024-08-11flag
Stuttgart20 Jahre OpenStreetMap: Stäffele-Mapping in 2024-08-11flag
KollamOpenstreetmap Mapping & Birthday Celebration 2024-08-11flag
KøbenhavnOSMmapperCPH 2024-08-11flag
RheinauOSM Geburtstagsfeier am 11. August Badi Rheinau 2024-08-11flag
HamburgHamburger Mappertreffen 2024-08-13flag
Lorain CountyOpenStreetMap Midwest Meetup 2024-08-15flag
MünchenMünchner OSM-Treffen 2024-08-14flag
Umuarama[on-line] 🎁 20 anos de OSM #1 – Oficina do IVIDES.org para a UNIPAR (Brasil) 2024-08-16flag
OSMF Engineering Working Group meeting 2024-08-16
Sankt AugustinOSM auf der FrOSCon Sankt Augustin 2024-08-17 – 2024-08-18flag
HannoverOSM auf der Maker Faire Hannover 2024-08-17 – 2024-08-18flag
ВарнаOpenStreetMap in Varna (на морето) 2024-08-17flag
HannoverOSM-Stammtisch Hannover 2024-08-17flag
Meerut1st OSM Meerut Mapping Party 2024-08-18flag
Sankt AugustinVortrag: 20 Jahre OpenStreetMap 2024-08-18flag
The Municipal District of Kilkenny CityCitizens Science and Linked Open Data 2024-08-19flag
The Municipal District of Kilkenny CityCitizen Science: Kilkenny Heritage sites & Linked Open Data for Ireland’s National Heritage Week 2024 2024-08-19flag
EnglandOSM UK Online Chat 2024-08-19flag
Santa Maria[on-line] 🎁 20 anos de OSM #2 – Oficina do IVIDES.org para a UNIPAMPA (Brasil) 2024-08-20flag
Missing Maps London: (Online) Mid-Month Mapathon 2024-08-20
San JoseSouth Bay Map Night 2024-08-21flag
Bonn178. OSM-Stammtisch Bonn 2024-08-20flag
Salt Lake CityOSM Utah Monthly Map Night – Mapillary Capturing! 2024-08-22flag
Lübeck145. OSM-Stammtisch Lübeck und Umgebung 2024-08-22flag
Rio de Janeiro[on-line] 🎁 20 anos de OSM #3 – Oficina do IVIDES.org no III GSEA-UFRJ (Brasil) 2024-08-23flag
Karol Bagh Tehsil11th OSM Delhi Mapping Party 2024-08-25flag
Stadtgebiet BremenBremer Mappertreffen 2024-08-26flag

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This weeklyOSM was produced by Michael Montani, Raquel Dezidério Souto, Strubbl, Supaplex, TheSwavu, barefootstache, derFred, isoipsa, mcliquid, miurahr, rtnf.
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