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Well done @MapComplete for resolving a bug in less than a day! ⚡ thanks from Italians 🍕

P.S. Forgejo is so nice! Lovely integration with OpenStreetMap OAuth. Really simpler than GitHub and GitLab! 👏

source.mapcomplete.org/MapComp…

#OpenStreetMap #MapComplete #Forgejo




If you'll ever write an article on how to update #OpenStreetMap , we'd love a mention



Still exploring OpenStreetMap data with this map of sundials in Europe.
#openstreetmap

There are in fact many more sundials. If you know one around you, please mark it on on openstreetmap.org/

Well... is it a map of sundials or a map of OSM contributors?🤔 Anyway, congratulations to northern Italy!

#astronomy #maps
#Python script available on my blog.



Met #OpenStreetMap Belgie zijn we in het vernieuwde MAP-museum (het vroegere mercatormuseum) in #sintniklaas . Het is een aanrader!


Mira mamá... Salgo en @MapComplete

Y aprovecho para decir que lo que me encanta de esa app es que te guía con preguntas a la hora de rellenar la información del sitio que estás creando o actualizando.

#openstreetmap #OSM

via @mapcomplete_edits

en.osm.town/@mapcomplete_edits…


We've released V21.2, as our 'traditional' end-of-year release.

There are some minor changes relative to the beta, most notably the addition of a warning if you are moving a way that has a majority of its nodes off screen, the minimum number of nodes for the check to be active can be set and the default is 5.

vespucci.io/help/en/21.2.0%20R…

#OpenStreetMap


The #OpenStreetMap iD editor is now published as an npm package 🎉 npmjs.com/package/@openstreetm… - instead of merging iD releases into the website code, we just bump a dependency. Easier releases for the website and iD dev teams. Huge thanks to @tyr and all involved! 🚀 🗺️


Oooohhhh... First of all, road works and similar are somewhat temporary, something that #OpenStreetMap generally doesn't map. Or rather, there is no consensus on what duration road works should take before we do map them.

In any case, feel free to open an issue or even a pull request here: source.mapcomplete.org/mapcomp…


I had another training at my office for people interested in joining the magical free world of #OpenStreetMap. Every time I have different discussion from the attendees, even I do the same workshop. This time was not different.The main focus was now around the need to contribute to #OSM since it's not so widely used. A great topic, indeed!


🆕 blog! “OpenBenches 💖 OpenStreetMap”

When Liz and I created the OpenBenches website, it was just designed to be a fun way for people to record memorial benches. Since then things have got out of hand and we now have over thirty-nine thousand benches recorded!

Our plan was never to compete with something like OpenStreetMap. The OSM project is vast, complex, and…

👀 Read more: shkspr.mobi/blog/2025/11/openb…

#OpenBenches #OpenStreetMap

https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2025/11/openbenches-%f0%9f%92%96-openstreetmap/


Last year the Geospatial devroom only had half a day at FOSDEM, and we still ended up with a packed room and a queue down the corridor.

This year we have the whole of Saturday to ourselves, so if you have something geo-flavoured to share, whether it is maps, data, tools, clever hacks, fieldwork tech, city projects, OSM magic, climate work or anything else, now is the moment to submit a proposal.

The CfP is open until 1 December:
lists.fosdem.org/pipermail/fos…

#FOSDEM #Geospatial #GIS #OpenStreetMap #OpenData #Cartography #GeoTech #OSM #FOSS4G #Maps #Devroom #OSGeo


Lastly @trigpoint mapped most of the benches we saw.

A plea to all #OpenStreetMap folk: please map benches. Knowing where they are can help people like me with COPD and other breathing conditions. Benches make all the difference as to whether a walk is pleasant or not, and sometimes whether one is possible at all.

I find hat still being able to walk 8-9 km walk sustain nmy mental health. Any infrastructure which helps is invaluable.

10/10

@ultrazool @zverik @millerdl @gregorymarler


StreetComplete is a really fun and accessible way to contribute to OpenStreetMap from an Android device - walk around in your local neighbourhood (or anywhere really) and solve 'quests' by answering questions about the things around you!

You don't need to learn anything about mapping conventions, or infrastructure, or about the more complex mapping tools that exist for OpenStreetMap. The app will explain everything to you that you need to know, when you need to know it, and ask easily understandable questions with reference pictures for the answers.

The only setup needed is to make an OSM account and log into it from the app, so that it can upload your answers - and you can also do that at any later time, after trying out the app without an account for a while first. You can just install it and go outside right away!

The app doesn't need any cellular internet connection; it can work offline and synchronize your answers once you reach a place with eg. WiFi. It's also quite performant, and should run well even on lower-end phones. There is also a 'multiplayer' option that lets you split up in teams and each tackle different quests in the area.

streetcomplete.app/

#StreetComplete #OpenStreetMap



Very sad news: OpenTopomap is being retired, basically.

opentopomap.org/about#survival

Many thanks to the people who gave their time over 14 years so that we could use this wonderful gift.

#OSM
#OpenStreetmap
#OpenTopomap

Supplement:

In his message the main developer (?) of Openstreetmap mentions that there may be a successor.

If you think you are able to: Get in touch with him and ask if and how you can help.


Ich möchte eine Empfehlung aussprechen. Ich habe mit StreetComplete eine App gefunden, mit der man auf einfache und spielerische Art und Weise zu @openstreetmap beitragen kann. Die App zeigt dir um deinen Standort herum an, wo noch Daten fehlen und mit der Beantwortung von einfachen Fragen kannst du helfen, die Kartendaten zu vervollständigen. Sehr cool! Und total easy.

f-droid.org/de/packages/de.wes…

#openstreetmap #StreetComplete



That small joy when you unexpectedly come across a public bookcase that isn’t yet mapped in #OpenStreetMap .It's like a tiny treasure hunt for mappers 📚🗺️

With a few taps in an app, it’s now part of the OpenStreetMap database. The free global map of public bookcases just got a little bit better.

#OSM #PublicBookcase #Mapping #OpenData #Books



OpenStreetMap.org website & our mapping API will be read-only for server maintenance on the 5 October 2025 between 9:00 and 12:00 (UTC/GMT). See the time local to you: timeanddate.com/worldclock/fix… #OpenStreetMap #Maintenance 🪛 🤖


From now on, translate.mapcomplete.org supports logging in with #OpenStreetMap (with the source code repository as intermediate step).

This means one less account to manage!

Thanks to all the translators for providing translations. And of course, feel free to join the #translation effort to get #MapComplete into your language.


Ergänzung:
Bei Hutmacher / #Utopiastadt #Wuppertal steht auch ein Bücherschrank.

Bei @MapComplete gibt es auch eine Karte für Bücherschränke, über die fehlende Schränke leicht ergänzt werden können.
Damit werden die #OpenStreetMap -Daten ergänzt, so dass die Orte dann auch auf Open Book Case und allen weiteren Karten, die auf #OSM basieren dazu kommen.

mapcomplete.org/bookcases.html…



I just added all three #ghostbikes (with photos) in three different spots in the small village of Dresano to #OpenStreetMap. None of them was already registered.


Thank you. I knew that #OpenStreetMap somewhere has this function, but didn't realize how to find it.





I saw @richlv post the other day about #GoogleMaps vs #OpenStreetMap and needed to share this as well.

I first noticed this difference a few months back when my driving instructor couldn't find the location that I sent him (because Google Maps doesn't show it at all). Only after I added "Fairway Walk" (see Google Screenshot for the name/location) as a named road to OSM, did it get added to Google Maps. There are still apartments missing from the Google Maps though.


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Had a blast at our little #OpenStreetMap birthday celebration. 🍰 🧉

It ended up being too windy to fly drones for long. Instead we recorded street-level images for #panoramax and GPS tracks, in addition to doing a lot of live surveying – using a huge range of tools that allow contributing to OSM!

In no particular order we at least used: @everydoor, @streetcomplete, @MapComplete, @CoMaps, HOTOSM's ChatMap, iD and JOSM.

Having so many different ways of making contributions is a real feature.


Happy 21st Birthday @openstreetmap! 🍰 🥳 🎈

Gonna meet up with friends to celebrate, do some on-the-ground surveying, probably also walk around with a 360° cam to get imagery for @panoramax. And fly a drone, to get some nice aerial imagery while we're at it! 🗺️ 📷

And of course have some cake too 😂

#OpenStreetMap #panoramax