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OpenStreetMap LATAM<p>¡Atención, comunidad de OpenStreetMap! 🌎🗺️</p><p>El SotM Latam 2025 se llevará a cabo en Medellín, Colombia, del 4 al 6 de septiembre de 2025, en la Biblioteca San Javier. ¡Una oportunidad única para compartir conocimientos y experiencias sobre mapeo en América Latina!</p><p>Además, la convocatoria para ponencias está abierta. Si tienes proyectos o ideas innovadoras relacionadas con OpenStreetMap, ¡Te invitamos a postular! </p><p>Más info: </p><p><a href="https://d.osm.lat/convo-ponencias" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">d.osm.lat/convo-ponencias</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://en.osm.town/tags/SotMLatam2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SotMLatam2025</span></a> <a href="https://en.osm.town/tags/OpenStreetMap" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpenStreetMap</span></a> <a href="https://en.osm.town/tags/OSMLatam" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OSMLatam</span></a></p>
UnmappedSmallTownUSA<p>Watson, Illinois seems like it could use some mapping!</p><p>Population: 738<br>Building count: 0<br>Roads to review: 42</p><p>Map link: <a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=16/39.025322/-88.56977" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">openstreetmap.org/#map=16/39.0</span><span class="invisible">25322/-88.56977</span></a><br><a href="https://en.osm.town/tags/OpenStreetMap" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpenStreetMap</span></a></p>
barefootstache<p>Two hour mapping session with almost 300 solved <a href="https://en.osm.town/tags/StreetComplete" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StreetComplete</span></a> quests and 70 <a href="https://en.osm.town/tags/OpenStreetMap" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpenStreetMap</span></a> local notes over 6 km. </p><p><a href="https://en.osm.town/tags/Croatia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Croatia</span></a> <a href="https://en.osm.town/tags/OsmRuck" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OsmRuck</span></a> <a href="https://en.osm.town/tags/OsmAnd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OsmAnd</span></a></p>
OSM US<p>There's still time to sponsor <a href="https://en.osm.town/tags/SotMUS2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SotMUS2025</span></a> and show your support for the OpenStreetMap community in the US. </p><p>Learn more: 🔗<a href="https://lnkd.in/evcQZctr" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">lnkd.in/evcQZctr</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://en.osm.town/tags/OpenStreetMap" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpenStreetMap</span></a> <a href="https://en.osm.town/tags/StateoftheMapUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StateoftheMapUS</span></a> <a href="https://en.osm.town/tags/StateoftheMapUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StateoftheMapUS</span></a> <a href="https://en.osm.town/tags/OSM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OSM</span></a>#Boston</p>
Helmut<p>Soeben bei OpenStreetMap angemeldet, denn ich möchte jetzt auch aktiv mit Aktualisierungen unterstützen. Als Pensionist habe ich genügend Zeit dafür. Mein Hauptgebiet: Lokale in Wien.<br><a href="https://wien.rocks/tags/openstreetmap" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>openstreetmap</span></a></p>
Agenda du Libre<p>Montrouge: Rencontre contributeurs OpenStreetMap Sud de Paris, Le jeudi 3 avril 2025 de 19h00 à 22h00. <a href="https://www.agendadulibre.org/events/32069" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">agendadulibre.org/events/32069</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> <a href="https://pouet.chapril.org/tags/openstreetmap" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>openstreetmap</span></a> <a href="https://pouet.chapril.org/tags/osm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>osm</span></a> <a href="https://pouet.chapril.org/tags/rencontreMensuelle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rencontreMensuelle</span></a></p>
GeoNe.ws<p>The new OMA File Format for <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/OpenStreetMap" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpenStreetMap</span></a> </p><p> <a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/user/kumakyoo/diary/406438" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">openstreetmap.org/user/kumakyo</span><span class="invisible">o/diary/406438</span></a></p>
Martijn van Exel<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://chaos.social/@moreentropy" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>moreentropy</span></a></span> if you want to consider mobile first, I’d start with Organic Maps - completely offline <a href="https://en.osm.town/tags/OpenStreetMap" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpenStreetMap</span></a> based maps, with nice cartography and offline / private POI favorites / map markers. You can export your lists as KML or GPX for portability.</p>
Daniel<p>watching <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://sueden.social/@nakaner" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>nakaner</span></a></span> 's talk on completing <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/OpenStreetMap" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpenStreetMap</span></a> tags like surface=* I'm thinking about more goal directed ways.</p><p>Idea for surface=* tags</p><p>1. Use a routing engine such as osrm, remove all surface tags from ways, and compute many alternative routes between cities on that</p><p>2. For all alternative routes make sure that the osm ways all have surface tags on them</p><p>This approach gives us a heuristic for prioritizing completing the map where it matters most.</p><p><a href="https://chaos.social/tags/Mapstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mapstodon</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/BikeBubble" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BikeBubble</span></a></p>
MapLibre<p>🎉 A long-time contributor to open-source mapping, <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://bsky.brid.gy/r/https://bsky.app/profile/maptiler.bsky.social" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>maptiler.bsky.social</span></a></span> joins MapLibre as a silver sponsor 🌍</p><p>Read more 👉 <a href="https://maplibre.org/news/2025-03-31-maptiler-announcement/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">maplibre.org/news/2025-03-31-m</span><span class="invisible">aptiler-announcement/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MapLibre" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MapLibre</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MapTiler" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MapTiler</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/OpenSource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpenSource</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GIS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GIS</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/OpenStreetMap" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpenStreetMap</span></a></p>
arnalie<p>Repost from HOT AP Hub:</p><p>🌏 <a href="https://en.osm.town/tags/SolidarityMapathon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SolidarityMapathon</span></a>: Mapping for <br><a href="https://en.osm.town/tags/MyanmarEarthquake2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MyanmarEarthquake2025</span></a> 🇲🇲💙</p><p>📆 April 6, 2025 (Sunday)<br>🕑 2:00 PM Myanmar | 3:00 PM Bangkok | 3:30 PM Manila</p><p>RSVP: <a href="https://forms.gle/o85sCkaS6SYY1HAY8" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">forms.gle/o85sCkaS6SYY1HAY8</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p>📍 Open to beginners, intermediate, and experienced mapper</p><p>Organized by: HOT and OSM Myanmar Community (myOSM)</p><p>In collaboration with: Center for Development and Environment, <a href="https://en.osm.town/tags/UNMappers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UNMappers</span></a></p><p><a href="https://en.osm.town/tags/openstreetmap" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>openstreetmap</span></a> <a href="https://en.osm.town/tags/humanitarianmapping" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>humanitarianmapping</span></a> <a href="https://en.osm.town/tags/MapForMyanmar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MapForMyanmar</span></a> <a href="https://en.osm.town/tags/SolidarityMapping" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SolidarityMapping</span></a> <a href="https://en.osm.town/tags/OSM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OSM</span></a> <a href="https://en.osm.town/tags/helpmmearthquake" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>helpmmearthquake</span></a></p>
Claire (sometimes Carla)<p>Happened to zoom out on OpenStreetMap with a cycle infrastructure view active. Jealousy.</p><p>(Update: Sadly, the purple lines aren't any particular kind of infrastructure, just designated regional routes, often just signposted rural roads. See Space Hobo's post in the replies for more.)</p><p><a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=7/51.669/6.921&amp;layers=C" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">openstreetmap.org/#map=7/51.66</span><span class="invisible">9/6.921&amp;layers=C</span></a></p><p><a href="https://ohai.social/tags/OpenStreetMap" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpenStreetMap</span></a> <a href="https://ohai.social/tags/Cycling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Cycling</span></a></p>
Tommi 🤯<p>My friend told me her address is 9/2, so I was looking for 4,5.</p><p>I couldn’t find it, and now I see that I should have looked for 9², hence 81.</p><p>(This is the terrible kind of humour that you get when you spend too much time on <a href="https://pan.rent/tags/OpenStreetMap" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpenStreetMap</span></a>)</p>
Marcos Dione<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://en.osm.town/@osm_tech" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>osm_tech</span></a></span> TagInfo site is broken? <a href="https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:recreation_ground%3Dshowground" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Ta</span><span class="invisible">g:recreation_ground%3Dshowground</span></a> looks bad and <a href="https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/File:Showground_4,_Royal_Norfolk_Show_29-06-2011.jpg" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Fi</span><span class="invisible">le:Showground_4,_Royal_Norfolk_Show_29-06-2011.jpg</span></a> gives an internal error</p><p><a href="https://en.osm.town/tags/OpenStreetMap" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpenStreetMap</span></a></p>
aandre<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@streetcomplete" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>streetcomplete</span></a></span> Hi! Do you have some figures on about how many contributors regularly use StreetComplete?</p><p><a href="https://mapstodon.space/tags/Streetcomplete" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Streetcomplete</span></a> <a href="https://mapstodon.space/tags/Openstreetmap" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Openstreetmap</span></a> <a href="https://mapstodon.space/tags/contribute" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>contribute</span></a> <a href="https://mapstodon.space/tags/digitalCommons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>digitalCommons</span></a></p>
Andrew C<p>Hey, fedi <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/Unicode" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Unicode</span></a> nerds! :boostRequest:</p><p><a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/OpenStreetMap" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpenStreetMap</span></a>'s Andy Mabbett (<span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@Pigsonthewing" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>Pigsonthewing</span></a></span>) is asking whether anyone knows about any instances of the <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/OrdnanceSurvey" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OrdnanceSurvey</span></a>'s bench mark symbol appearing in actual print, on a page. Looks a bit like ⭱ or ⤒ but a broader arrow. Usually found carved on stone or brick all over the UK/ROI.</p><p>Their goal is to propose it as a Unicode symbol! <a href="https://community.openstreetmap.org/t/os-bench-mark-symbol-in-printed-documents/128182" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">community.openstreetmap.org/t/</span><span class="invisible">os-bench-mark-symbol-in-printed-documents/128182</span></a></p><p>Any known international usage of this symbol would doubtless be appreciated too</p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/openstreetmap" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>openstreetmap</span></a></span></p>
OpenStreetMap Diaries Bot<p>An @OSM <a href="https://en.osm.town/tags/OpenStreetMap" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpenStreetMap</span></a> contributor wrote : "The OMA File Format." </p><p>🎋 Read their awesome :osm: diary 👉🏼 <a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/user/kumakyoo/diary/406438" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">openstreetmap.org/user/kumakyo</span><span class="invisible">o/diary/406438</span></a>.</p>
OpenStreetMap Diaries Bot<p>An @OSM <a href="https://en.osm.town/tags/OpenStreetMap" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpenStreetMap</span></a> contributor wrote : "latest contributions to mapping street names in Brazil.." </p><p>🎋 Read their awesome :osm: diary 👉🏼 <a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/user/raphaelmirc/diary/406453" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">openstreetmap.org/user/raphael</span><span class="invisible">mirc/diary/406453</span></a>.</p>
William Denton<p><a href="https://cosocial.ca/tags/OpenStreetMap" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpenStreetMap</span></a> question about imagery offsets: When working with aerial imagery on buildings I can get the offset adjusted so things line up ... but then across the street or half a block away, it's a meter or two off again. Is this just the way things happen (because of how the photos were taken and pasted together?)?</p>
Alexandre B A Villares 🐍<p>I had missed the great episode with Dr. Geoff Boeing at <a href="https://ciberlandia.pt/tags/TalkPythonToMe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TalkPythonToMe</span></a>: #495: <a href="https://ciberlandia.pt/tags/OSMnx" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OSMnx</span></a>: <a href="https://ciberlandia.pt/tags/Python" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Python</span></a> and <a href="https://ciberlandia.pt/tags/OpenStreetMap" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpenStreetMap</span></a></p><p>I really love OSMnx and use it all the time, often with <a href="https://ciberlandia.pt/tags/py5" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>py5</span></a> (which has a cool <a href="https://ciberlandia.pt/tags/shapely" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>shapely</span></a> integration that helps). </p><p>Episode webpage: <a href="https://talkpython.fm/episodes/show/495/osmnx-python-and-openstreetmap" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">talkpython.fm/episodes/show/49</span><span class="invisible">5/osmnx-python-and-openstreetmap</span></a></p><p>Media file: <a href="https://talkpython.fm/episodes/download/495/osmnx-python-and-openstreetmap.mp3" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">talkpython.fm/episodes/downloa</span><span class="invisible">d/495/osmnx-python-and-openstreetmap.mp3</span></a></p>