#Mapycz (now #Mapycom) from #Seznam use #OpenStreetMap everywhere except their home country - Czech Republic, where they have their own proprietary maps. There have been rumours in the #OSM community that they actually copy from OSM. Today I found proof that they really do. I mapped a new park in #Brno just by surveying and taking notes last year. Later the park showed up on Mapy.com with exactly the same path layout. The new orthophoto is out and it revealed that I didn't get everything right and Seznam got it wrong too. Exactly the same mistakes.
#OpenStreetMap hat ein ähnliches Problem wie #Mastodon / #Fediverse aus Sicht des naiven Users: Die Pluralität der Server.
Zwar gibt es OpenStreetMap.org als Anlaufstelle, aber dann gibt's zig Websites und Apps, die sogar besser sind, aber wie finde ich die jetzt?
Man weiß nicht, wohin.
Ich habe vergessen, eine Buchmarke zu setzen. Da gab's doch mal so eine Variante mit Metadaten-Ansicht links in so einer Sidebar, die war so mehr wie Google Maps.
Wheelmap is an online map to search, find and mark wheelchair-accessible places. Get involved by marking public places like bars, restaurants, cinemas or supermarkets!
Tag 22 im Fediverse - Schau was flattert da in mein E-Mail-Postfach.
Ich oute mich jetzt hier: Ich habe bislang ziemlich viel zu Google Maps beigetragen, weil ich ein großer Fan davon bin, meine Erkenntnisse, Fotos und Informationen mit anderen zu teilen. 🙈
Künftig möchte ich auch hier etwas neues ausprobieren. Gerade habe ich die App "StreetComplete" entdeckt, mit der ich wohl ziemlich einfach zu OpenStreetmap beitragen kann. Gibts im Playstore und auch bei F-Droid.
Ich schaue mal noch, wo ich Renzensionen, Fotos etc. jetzt hinpacke, bin noch am Einarbeiten in OpenStreetmap und freue mich auch auf vielleicht ganz andere Dienste, die da noch auf Ihre Entdeckung warten.
🌏 This Wednesday almost 40 mappers joined a mapathon in Prague. They added more than 2300 buildings into #OpenStreetMap in Bamyan province, Afghanistan, where #msf teams are supporting local communities. Big thank you to all the mappers and organizers for their contributions! 👏
@april Under 'menu' -> 'download' there are various download options to further process the data; you can embed mapcomplete in an iFrame or create another mapcomplete theme which shows this layer together with other layers.
As usual, all the data is from/goes to #OpenStreetMap, so you are free to reuse the data.
Summer 24 somewhere in Sweden. After a delicious dinner, we went for a digestive walk with the midnightsun and making some survey. Of course I used the Osmand app with Quick Action function, Streetcomplete and took pictures with Mapcomplete.
This screenshot it's in other browser in Android. Instead at Firefox in laptop. So does not seem a cache problem.
Did noticed that it shows Sal Y Canela restaurant with their correct name I've fixed some minutes ago. It was Canela y Sal and I've edited at #openstreetmap website.
One thing I started to contribute more is #openstreetmap with all my local knowledge: shops with opening times, water fountains, vending machines… I’m glad when I see those in #organicMaps a couple of days later ☺️
When I started mapping the first additions in the OsmaAnd app for Openstreetmap at the end of 2015, I never thought I would make 1 million changes. Entered in OsmAnd and then in Potlach2 (because it was beginner-friendly). Then later iD and other apps. Like Mapcomplete, Streetcomplete or Everydoor. 1 I can only recommend just getting started.
This first try at getting a "Wayside Shrines" layer onto @MapComplete seems not bad!
(So far the denominations-setting is absolutely incomplete, as not even a fraction of the Christian denominations are there, but oh well, good enough as a proof of concept)
So, I started making my first little @MapComplete layer to be able to add wayside shrines & images of them to OSM.
The "MapComplete Studio" worked well enough to create the necessary JSON for the layer, but is the process to get it onto MapComplete generally just to make a PR? Or is there a way to get it into the system without that step?
Máte pár minut volného času, který byste chtěli věnovat na věc sloužící všem? Upravujte #OpenStreetMap ve svém okolí, je to snadnější než tušíte.
Velké firmy jako #SeznamCZ vzali kdysi z OSM vše dostupné (#mapy_cz) a do OSM přestali přispívat.
Je spousta příležitostí, co v OSM aktualizovat: přidat nový obchod, upravit otevírací dobu, přidat odkaz na homepage úřadu, atd. To vše jsou velmi jednoduché kroky v pohodlném online editoru. #mapy #opensource Průvodce: wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Cs…
I made a crowdsourced map for climbing stuff once. If there is a shoe shop, you can mark if they do repair climbing shoes as well: mapcomplete.org/climbing?z=13.…
Feel free to add your favourite repair shops too; it is all based (and saved into) #OpenStreetMap
Vor einigen Jahren wurde #Mapillary an #Meta verkauft. Und auch #Google StreetView möchte vielleicht nicht jeder nutzen.
Mit Panoramax gibt es nun eine #FOSS Alternative. Sie soll dezentral organisiert werden. Dies ist meines Wissens die erste Instanz:
panoramax.openstreetmap.fr Kleiner Tipp: Falls man das AdOn #ClearURLs verwendet, kommt man eventuell über die Animation wegen Blockierung von ETags nicht hinaus. Deshalb nutze ich Panoramax als #Firefox-PWA am Desktop.
We now publish DNS HTTPS IP hint records for all #OpenStreetMap web services per #RFC9460 Why? Small incremental improvement to performance and privacy. Our DNS handles over 2,000 requests per second. DNS HTTPS query is our 2nd most common query. #DNScontrol #SVCB 🚀 🤓
First of all, @panoramax is a very young project, so coverage is quite small. Only in #France - where the project started - there is significant coverage.
Because it is federated and self-hostable, it was a fitting solution to host the images that people take when contributing to #OpenStreetMap with #MapComplete
About the 'WebGL': MapLibre depends on it to render the maps. Some browsers do block #webGL to resist fingerprinting. You might be able to enable it per website.
Another #GoogleMaps vs #OpenStreetMap comparison. One of biggest entities of the world, with budget surpassing many nation states vs bunch of quite loosely gathered individuals ~~working~~ playing on their free time. Another reminder who's the stronger side, if we only manage to get off our collective ass and do something for a common goal.
Unfortunately, this year I could not join nor organize any in-person celebration, BUT of course I want to share my gratitude to the many, countless #FreeSoftware services I don’t merely use, but actually depend on.
Last year, I decided to focus only on #YunoHost, because it would have been crazy to list all the projects I use and I love.
This time, even if I will most certainly forget someone, I am challenging myself to mention all the #LibreSoftware my life is powered by.
#Obtainium, for making me directly download apps on my phone, and @fdroidorg for distributing them
#AuroraStore, for proxying the download of apps I am doomed to get from Google Play
@element, for developing #Synapse, even though the new proprietary Synapse Pro is VERY PROBLEMATIC AND DISAPPOINTING
#Fractal, for being the most beautiful and awesome #Matrix client ever
@signalapp, for keeping me connected with the people I love
@Mastodon, for also maintaining a feature-packed experimental fork (#GlitchSoc), that is what Pan runs
#Tuba and #Moshidon, for being the most beautiful and awesome #Mastodon clients ever
#Firefox, for still remaining the best possible #browser choice, despite #Mozilla’s governance messiness
@openstreetmap, for allowing us to find the right path, both literally and metaphorically!
@organicmaps, for being the simplest, cleanest, yet feature-rich #OSM client and navigation app
@protonvpn, for making me browse safely from/to anywhere in the planet and @protonprivacy #ProtonMail, for hosting my email, despite the latest alarming political statements…
@libreoffice, for allowing me to draft documents with ease, the last of which was my #CV
#LanguageTool, for preventing me from making embarassing spelling mistakes
@photoprism, for safely storing and indexing all my photographic memories, on Aby, and for providing stellar and friendly support too!
#Actual, for moderating the very likely risk of ending up completely broke, since it forces me to manage my finances consciously and coherently
@readeck, for storing and sorting ALL my varied and overwhelming inputs
@nextcloud, for storing and synchronizing my data, for its #calendar, its #tasks, and all its awesome apps
#Rustdesk, for preventing my friends and family members from going crazy, by allowing me to remotely connect to their devices and directly address the issues they have
@forgejo, for giving us a chance to truly control and collectively develop the sources of our software, but most importantly @Codeberg, for RESISTING, RESISTING, RESISTING, despite the hatred and attacks nazi assholes throw at them
@musicbrainz for keeping music knowledge open and free, and @ListenBrainz for scrobbling the crazy music I listen to
The @fsfe, for promoting this celebration and fighting the good fight!
Lastly, but most importantly, the biggest thank you goes to all the free software libraries and dependencies the above mentioned #software are made of/built with, including #C, #JavaScript, #Python, #Rust, and all community-maintained programming languages.
📢 January 2025 Newsletter is here! We’re kicking off the year with exciting updates: ⚙️ Rust support progress for Native 🔤 Web font improvements in GL JS
Today I've officially become a member of @osmcz (OpenStreetMap Czech Republic, registered association). After almost a year of frequent contributions to #OpenStreetMap, I thought it was time to take the step.
There is one feature of #LocusMap that I really like: you can take a picture of a map, calibrate it with the standard map and then have it as an overlay.
Very handy when you take the kids to the zoo or amusement park. 👌
The last 2 are not Free & Libre Open Source Software, but they are for the #OpenCommons and that's close enough for me. We can argue the finer points if you like : )
We would also like to #welcome all people joining us today! If you are switching over from #Twitter, #X, #Facebook, #Instagram: welcome into a truly federated social network.
While you've made the switch, consider also moving away from that other big corporation named #Google: a great alternative is #OpenStreetMap . There are many apps (such as @organicmaps or #osmand)
There are also a lot of maps about a specific topic. You can find a collection of them on mapcomplete.org
I've been finding @everydoor to be a brilliant app for editing #OpenStreetMap while out and about (or in a warm café with view of shops across the road).
I've been speeding up my #OpenStreetMap contributions with this app, and hopefully keeping more things up to date.https://every-door.app/This is a little int...
Following a couple of days walking around Almogía over the Christmas break, I've added 3 local signposted hiking trails to OSM.
I'm especially pleased that OSM-based outdoor maps will now show connections between the Camino Mozárabe to the east and the PR-A 293 to the west, via the summit of Santi Petri. Both were already mapped, but until now it was difficult to be sure from online information if there was a waymarked route between them.
I hate big shopping malls. That's why I always need to find the best way to the business and back. #Mapycz and #GoogleMaps are useless for that. POIs are missing, wrongly placed or grouped in the middle of the mall.
But some shopping malls in #Brno are so well mapped in #OpenStreetMap that it can navigate me right to the business. And that even includes changing floors and using escalators. 👍
Making edits with MapComplete is thus possible again as well.
We have a new version out too (but it got a bit overshadowed).
Some highlights:
- There is an insect-hotel theme (mapcomplete.org/insects.html) (thanks @RLin ) - The cyclofix, climbing, blind maps got some improvements (thanks to @midgard amongst others) - Etymology-map will now also show parks without etymology, in order to be able to link them - and a lot of bug fixes
Last month, there was an organised walk around Gent Zuid, aimed at adding surveillance cameras to #OpenStreetMap with @MapComplete. This map of the area shows the high number of cameras in this area alone (this is zoom level 18!), but also, that they're now mapped, allowing anyone to check where there's cameras with a reasonable degree of accuracy 🥰
