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I thought I’d share this Mastodon bot - @SmallTownUSA - here as I’ve found it great fun.

Posting towns in the USA with a population less than 1000 that are undermapped on OpenStreetMap.org

I quite enjoy mapping areas that have nothing or very little mapped. This bot kind of helps with that. Although, I’d love another one for my home country and current country of residence.

Bot’s GitHub

I would like to use openstreetmap as replacement for google maps (on web) However default nominatim doesn't generally give correct address (when searched for POI). Is there way to change nominatim provider?

Organic Maps is available on Linux! It's on flatpak and several package repos (but not apt). I don't know how long it's been there — I just discovered it.

The splash screen cautions that this Linux beta doesn't have parity with the mobile apps yet, but it's still a huge leap over Gnome Maps. Vector rendering, so you can zoom in as far as you want, and free / open source / not shitty (notwithstanding the big scary EULA, which just contains all the OSS licenses for all the pieces).

Where is it coming from? Are there other open sources of map data?

I've seen multiple mapping websites that provide business solutions that seemed to be sourcing their data from OSM. However, when I zoom in to known problem areas, I find a lot more detail. They're not getting it from Google, Bing, or Apple, and I find it implausible that these small specialized companies are sinking tens of thousands of hours into adding fine map detail. So where are they getting it? If it is open source is there a way to merge it back into OSM?

For example this website, maptiler, cites open street map as their source. Compare it with the official site. I have found multiple examples of the same thing. Can anyone explain to me what's going on here?

Crowdworked mapping: more fun in #OpenStreetMap! 🗺️ 🫶

Traveled back to my home court #UPLB to bring the great news of #opendata #foss4g to young leaders! Grateful for the opportunity 🙏🏼🙏🏼

thank you besh @dfeyeandal for coming with! New #youthmappers chapter, yeah? 😉✊🏼❤️‍🔥

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https://wiki.aaroads.com/

I live in an area where tons of data is missing. I mean the whole areas with no street addresses, missing streets, missing bike routes, etc.

Is there a guide or special tools for preparing to make massive edits like this? Is there a particular work flow that people use or resources? How do I even get started?

I asked on Mastodon but no one seems to know so I thought I’d ask here as well.

I’m looking for an app that provides the same or similar functionality to Life360 but instead of using Google/Apple map data it uses OpenStreetMap data. Does this even exist?

Join us this Saturday, 2 March for #OpenStreetMap Local Chapters and Communities Congress (LCCC) 2024!

Let’s get together and discuss efforts to support &grow our mapping communities!

Register now & spread the word! 🗣️ https://tinyurl.com/osm-lccc24 #osmlccc24

See you! @openstreetmap@lemmy.ml @openstreetmap

If you look at their Github account, there hasn't been a commit to their Android app in 3 years: https://github.com/kartaview/android

However, their Google Play listing shows it was last updated on February 8, 2024. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.telenav.streetview

When Grab Holdings acquired KartaView, did they just take the open source code and start working on a proprietary copy? It's MIT licensed which allows commercial use.

Sorry, crooked isn't the best word, but I can't think of a better one.

I'm still quite new to OSM, and I want to start adding the buildings in my town. When I open the edit option though, the map overlay is at an angle. It's not a massive amount, but it's enough that you can see one sometimes two sides of most buildings, so the roof isn't aligned straight down, if that makes sense?

I live near Aberdare in South Wales, and you can see that where someone has added some buildings in the town centre at some point, they're now not aligned with the map overlay:

https://www.openstreetmap.org/edit#map=20/51.71312/-3.44499

Do I draw around the roof that I can see on the map? Do I edit the existing buildings so that they line up with the overlay? I'm not sure what the best course of action is for something like this.

Thanks in advance :)

https://taghistory.raifer.tech/#/bus%3Alanes/&/lanes%3Apsv/&/psv%3Alanes/&/lanes%3Abus/&***/busway/

• https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:bus:lanes
• https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:lanes:psv
• https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:psv:lanes
• https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:busway

I use psv:lanes, but there are no real bus lanes here, it's called buslane, but law says taxis can also use it.

#shamelessplug 👀

my prolonged #OpenStreetMap diary about my experience as an OSMF board member. Apologies for the delay!

🪑🗺️community in the map and at the table: my first year and continuing plans as OSMF board member

👉http://openstreetmap.org/user/arnalielsewhere/diary/403493

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Hello all!

Is there some app like OsmAnd that lets you plan a route for an electric vehicle? I really love OsmAnd, but as far as I can tell, it lacks the ability to set a destination and plan a route based on the vehicle's range and the available charging stations. It would also be nice if you could specify whether you want to use fast chargers or not. Most highways do have fast chargers, but it would be bad if the route led to a non-fast charger for longer trips.

2024: announcing the year of the #OpenStreetMap vector maps

https://blog.openstreetmap.org/2024/02/11/2024-announcing-the-year-of-the-openstreetmap-vector-maps/

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Still just plain rectangles with text.

cross-posted from: https://feddit.it/post/5531459

2024: announcing the year of the OpenStreetMap vector maps | OpenStreetMap Blog

Grosse novità all'orizzonte! Quest'anno dovrebbe essere l'anno in cui su OSM.org arriverà finalmente un layer vettoriale.

OSM Teams is a tool for creating teams and roles in the #OpenStreetMap ecosystem for management of groups and communities to organize around existing tools like Tasking Manager, OSMCha, or iD, and improves collaboration.

- Found or find a team: https://mapping.team/teams

- Video demo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GSa4IWxZz4g

cc: @openstreetmap #OSMTeams

Not clear yet what the concrete benefits are, but it’s worth noting #OpenStreetMap has been registered as a “Digital Public Good” by the Digital Public Goods Alliance (#DPGA), which is a multi-stakeholder United Nations-endorsed initiative.
https://blog.openstreetmap.org/2024/02/05/osm-named-as-a-digital-public-good-by-un-affiliated-agency/

#UN #UnitedNations cc: @openstreetmap

Unfortunately the OSM website has a limit to how many it can show you at once and it shows the most recently updated ones, so you can't see how many unclosed notes still exist.

One of them is over five years old and requires on-site verification, so I know what I'm doing this weekend!

I don't see an option to enter that info on StreetComplete or EveryDoor, and it would be hard to open your laptop every time

This was specific to a university campus, to try and map out the amenities available to the public / to students