This image shows the Maqueda barrio in Malaga, with streets colour-coded by estimated gradient. The flat area to the east shows up with cold colours, while the western part of the barrio, which straddles a ridge, generally has warmer colours. But why did I make this map, and what does it have to do with “streets that are really steps”?

In my wanderings around the city of Malaga, I have often come across flights of steps that are not tagged as https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:highway=steps in OpenStreetMap. Usually they are tagged as residential or footway, with misleading results for anyone using OSM-based maps or routers to find their way around the city.

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I started mapping on 7 of August using StreetComplete. I discovered (unfortunately) that I understood some criteria concerning road smoothness wrong, and I was no longer sure if my edits from the first day were correct, so I decided to delete most of them, to remap and do it properly. Furthermore, I apologize if anyone had any inconvenience of my poor first mapping steps.

I will stick to mapping and hope to improve in the future. :)

To day I added new apartments at Stabekk https://smedens-hage.no

…et wikipedia, modestement. Vive la communauté des contributeu·ices, et vive l’information libre (et décentralisée).

Je voyage beaucoup et je suis de retour en Belgique. A bientôt !

Jeff Babos

该标签用于提供通往住宅区或住宅区内的道路。虽然这些道路通常允许直通交通，但它们通常不用作直通路线。住宅道路上的大多数交通将用于进出住宅物业。主要通过交通或非住宅交通的道路应酌情使用不同的高速公路标签（例如，）进行标记（参见高速公路）。通往个别住宅的道路通常会被标记为（并且可能）。highway=residentialunclassifiedtertiaryhighway=serviceservice=driveway

对于城镇中的标记，考虑以下因素可能会很有用：

residential– 通常用于定居点内当地交通的街道或道路。主要用于进入住宅物业，但可能包括进入一些非住宅物业（例如街角商店或便利店）。可能会有较低的速度限制或采取交通平静措施。 unclassified– 互连道路网络中优先级最低的道路。当交通不仅用于住宅通道时使用，即使住宅物业也可以通过这条道路进入。 tertiary– 使用取决于当地的地图惯例，但通常用于交通量低至中等的连接或连接道路。可能仍在住宅区，并且可能有住宅物业毗邻，但通常会连接多条住宅道路、当地活动中心或其他郊区。

“OSM Latest Changes” (https://rene78.github.io/latest-changes/) just got a few updates to make exploring recent edits more insightful - and smoother!

New changeset info panel

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osm.org/#map=21/49.3469843/23.5135261

Sur la Via Ardèche, soit c’est de l’asphalte (du goudron noir ou gris clair), soit c’est du “Compactée” comme on peut le voir là : surface=compacted

Opener

Woah, I didn’t realize how quickly this would be something I’d like. I know my account has been around since 2022, but I seriously started mapping in mid-2025. ~10k Edits pretty quickly, and turns out I enjoy editing the map. Maybe I’m looking for a job around this kind of work… Who knows.

ALPR’s

Automated License Plate Readers… Man these things are poping up everywhere. I stumbled on Deflock.me recently. I don’t agree with their “Why” but, I don’t agree these things are good for society… I get that we don’t have a “right to privacy” in public spaces, but man…. this seems one flew over the coo koo’s nest. Is pervasive surveillance at this scale really that surprising? My county alone has 95 ALPR’s (mostly by flock) running 24/7/365 rain snow or shine…. That’s 1 camera per 22 sq.mi. or 1 camera per 7700 people.

Its not right…

95 Cameras over 2130 square miles, and estimated 730,000 people.

Ötztaler Sagenweg

Deze route met metalen sculpturen is al uitgezet, maar de sculpturen zelf waren nog niet gemarkeerd en benoemd. Tijdens een wandeling heen en terug heb ik de route e n de scultpuren met mijn Garmin GPS 64s getrackt.

In de middag deze data maar eens ingevoerd.

I’m saying

Cústame escribir isto pero teño a necesidade de facelo. Vou parar un tempo (non sei se definitivo) porque estou sufrindo unha certa obsesión con OSM, absorbéndome moitísimo tempo e esforzo e creo que comezo a ter algúns problemas psicolóxicos ou de conduta. Ata soño polas noites co mapa. Tamén me decatei que cando alguén cambia as miñas edicións dun xeito errado sufro unha leve ansiedade e ata aquí cheguei. Non quero enfermar.

Un saúdo á comunidade galega e berciana e moita forza.

Edito: Ao final volvo coma un parvo coma sempre…

Aggiornamento alla voce del diario dello scorso anno con gli ultimi estratti di Geofabrik. Ecco una lista aggiornata al 20 luglio 2025 degli utenti che hanno mappato sul suolo italiano per almeno 90 giorni consecutivi:

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I like technology and adapting it for the sake of technology . I am not addicted to yet we can not escape it. I only carry my phone when necessary , a computer works so much better , a mix of the old and the new ,technology moves very quickly . I’d prefer a GPS to a 5G modem ,API are not as readily available now

延吉 222401 ✓

• X167延吉-横道（原X123延吉-三道湾，横道以北升为S504）
• X168延吉-德新（原X124延吉-石井）
• X169延吉-图们
• X170仁坪-维新
• X171三道湾-明月

图们 222402 ✓

• X172图们-汪清（原X130）
• X173凉水-西大坡（原X141）
• X174石岘-百草沟

敦化 222403 ✓

• X175雁鸣湖-额穆（青沟子至额穆段原X120敦化-青沟子）
• X176大石头-贤儒
• X177大石头-新合
• X178敦化-官地（原Y001土腰子-沙河沿）
• X179黑石-官地

珲春 222404 ✓

• 市域无县道

龙井 222405 ✓

• X180胜地-白金（原X128）
• X181铜佛寺-头道

和龙 222406 ✓

• X182头道-土山子（原X134头道-福洞）
• X183和龙-兴化（原X132）
• X184西城-东城（原Y006八家子-东城、Y020）

汪清 222424 ✓

• X186罗子沟-百草沟
• X188大兴沟-大石头

安图 222426 ✓

• X185 新合-西城
• X187 永庆-二道白河

Update from November 6th: All the bulletins effectuating the Type A/B changes from 150 mph to 160 mph are in my possession. I upload employee timetables and bulletins here. I also now request bulletins every month from Amtrak.

I learned a bit about supplemental bulletin orders and summary bulletin orders and the schedule on which they’re issued. Summary bulletin orders are issued every first Monday of the month (and split by line such as NYW and BNY) and supplemental bulletin orders are issued as needed. The monthly summary bulletin orders always contain the aggregation of changes since the previous employee timetable so they can be further used to find the original supplemental bulletin orders that effectuated specific changes. Full employee timetable publications may take place of the monthly summary bulletins.

Modified on July 14th, 2025 by Supplemental Bulletin Order NYW1-18-c:

• New Jersey: Midway & CP Clark

Modified on July 14th, 2025 by Supplemental Bulletin Order BNY1-18-a:

• Rhode Island #1: MP 154.3 & MP 171.7, except Cv MP 159.7 & MP 160.5 and Cv MP 170.5 & MP 170.9

• Massachusetts: MP 194.5 & MP 205

Modified on September 1st, 2025 by Summary Bulletin Order BNY1-20SUM:

• Rhode Island #2: MP 174.5 & MP 180.5, except Cv MP 180.1 & MP 180.2 and Cv MP 180.2 & MP 180.5 (Type B speed remains unchanged at 125 mph)

There is no Type A train that can exceed 150 mph because the NextGen Acela is still Type B. The maximum speed possible in the Rhode Island #2 section remains 150 mph because the Type B speed is still 125 mph.

Update from August 29th: I’ve upgraded the speeds back to 160. What a crazy exercise of futility. One day later I also obtained summary bulletin order describing most of the changes. There’s still a little more work to do.

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Welcome to my diary, “Where did I macro-mapped” This will be available in English and not Italian cuz: 1. I need to speak better english 2. I will (not now but not far away) wanna macro-mapping in the USA (i heard that they have absolute good imagery!) 3. Wanna move from Italy and go to Wisconsin, USA. — Where did I micro-mapped? I micro-mapped Tre Ponti Est (service plaza/rest area/or whatever you call it) look it in 3d, look it in 2d changeset I also micro-mapped the nearby service plaza/rest area, Tre Ponti OVEST, look it in 3d, look it in 2d, changeset 1, changeset 2 — (If you are looking from when I published. UTC+2 02/08/2025 23:30 or Wisconsin Time 02/08/2025 16:30, The Tre Ponti Ovest is not available cuz of cooldown aka [waiting server](https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/waiting#:~:text=waiting%20(countable,%2C%20service.)

“You’ve been involved with OpenStreetMap for at least 15 years,” the interviewers begin, marking the start of the session.

I gasp a little. Wow—15 years? Imagine all the… fights and drama?

So I get a little curious and start tracing this person’s digital footprints across the whole OSM universe. See if I can learn a thing or two.

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“Upgraded road 11390 to secondary to make it stand out from all the other roads.. Because it has bus routes and stands out for transit traffic.”

“This reasoning sounds quite arbitrary to me. Also what degree of transit traffic is necessary so that the road has to ‘stand out’? General convention followed elsewhere outside of cities – and as currently documented – is to use this tag of this type and that tag for that type. The way this road stands out is now inconsistent to how other roads of these types stands out. I think it should be restored.”

“Hmm. That is a fun rule that’s easy to implement and validate. But what are you expecting to achieve with it, other than theoretical correctness – which in cartography is useless, as you might have experienced? I made it secondary, because of its heightened importance to transit traffic. So that routing engines prefer it when routing to there and not fall back on local roads. And even visual inspection would send people on it. So what would be the intention on changing it back?”

“The main benefit of mapping it to certain official classification is that this way we have a clear criteria. This official classification after all also generally indicates which roads are actually more important. If we tied tagging values to official traffic density data then probably it’d be considerably more difficult and likely the result wouldn’t be as intuitive for end users. I find that this way it’s rather difficult to decide on which highway value each road should get.”

The conversation abruptly stopped right there.

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Disclaimer: This is just the start of a diary article, details about mapping objectives, progress and obstacles/questions will follow

Description of the area

The Ndomba Sector (Collectivé de Ndomba) is the easternmost sector of the Kabeya-Kamuanga Territory. While the eastern and southern borders of the sector are as well the borders of the territory (which have already been mapped for years), the western border of the sector is the River Lubi.

Roads and paths

This sector is still very remote, despite of the fact that the big City of Mbuji-Mayi and the highway Route National 1 (RN1) are close by in the south-east and south. The main reason for the remoteness is that a number of meandering rivers hinder or limit the asccess from almost all directions. The main access road from the south and from Mbuji-Mayi has been the one which leaves RN1 at 6° 06 28.3 N / 23° 26 03`` E just west of the village of Tschibombo - only 20 kilometers west of Mbuji-Mayi. This road follows the border of the watersheds of the river Mulenda (east) and of the rivers Lubi and Kagangayi (west). This way the crossing of rivers and streams is avoided for most of the distance.

GSoC 2025 Midterm Update: Temporary Road Closures Database and API

Project Overview

I’m excited to share the midterm progress on my Google Summer of Code 2025 project: Temporary Road Closures Database and API for OpenStreetMap. This project aims to create a centralized platform where users can submit and retrieve real-time information about temporary road closures, enabling OSM-based navigation apps to provide better routing around construction, accidents, and other events.

• Mentor: Simon Poole and Ian Wagner
• Organization: OpenStreetMap
• Project Duration: 12 weeks (175 hours)

🎉 Midterm Evaluation Status: PASSED

I’m thrilled to announce that I’ve successfully passed the midterm evaluation! The project is progressing well and is currently on schedule with several components ahead of the original timeline.

Progress Summary

Completed Components (Weeks 1-8)

1. Geospatial Database & Core Infrastructure

• PostgreSQL + PostGIS setup with Docker containerization
• SQLAlchemy models for Users and Closures with spatial geometry support
• Database initialization scripts and sample data loading
• PostGIS spatial indexing for efficient geospatial queries

2. RESTful API Service (FastAPI)

• Complete CRUD operations for road closures
• Spatial query endpoints supporting bounding box and coordinate-based filtering
• Authentication & Authorization with JWT tokens and OAuth2
• Input validation and error handling
• Swagger UI documentation with integrated authentication

3. OpenLR Integration

• OpenLR encoding/decoding service integrated into the API
• Location referencing endpoints for map-agnostic road segment encoding
• Validation endpoints for OpenLR data integrity
• Closure service enhancement with automatic OpenLR generation

4. DevOps & Infrastructure

• Docker containerization for easy deployment
• Environment configuration management
• AGPL-3.0 licensing for open-source compliance
• Comprehensive documentation and setup instructions

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