OpenStreetMap
I’ve released a new version of tilemaker, the command-line utility that takes OpenStreetMap data in .osm.pbf format and makes vector tiles out of it.
It’s now between 45% and 85% faster - you’ll notice the difference particularly in places with complex multipolygon geometries. Memory usage is reduced, particularly in the polar regions. Plus it’s compatible with Geofabrik’s new CC0 “Shortbread” schema for vector tiles.
Yes, I am..i love Geography and Locations.. I churned whole Globe and used GPS from Day1
The GNIS matching project I’ve been working on uses a lot of Overpass queries to find things in OSM. At some point during the project, I needed a faster, more reliable Overpass server than the public servers. So I built a local Overpass server as cheaply as I could. It’s working well. This is how you can build one for yourself.
If you’re using the Overpass API for software development, you’re going to be running a lot of queries. You could use a public Overpass instance, but it’s more polite and a lot more efficient to run one locally. Also, public overpass servers have query limits that you may not like. And sometimes they go down or flake out, and then there’s nothing you can do but wait until the operators fix them. If you run your own server, your fate is in your own hands!
For most use cases, a cheap local Overpass server can be significantly faster than using one of the public Overpass servers. The setup described here is a lot smaller with a lot less computing power than those big public servers. But it doesn’t have the entire world hammering on it constantly. Also, Overpass queries can return huge amounts of data. The network latency and throughput is a lot better on your own local network segment than if you’re downloading results from halfway across the world.
I’d like to give a special thanks to Kumi Systems for hosting the public Overpass server that I abused until I set up my own server. They’re providing a great service for the OSM community!
Running an Overpass server is not for the faint of heart. The software is really finicky and not easy to maintain. You need to have some good experience with Linux system administration and the will and patience to deal with things that don’t work the way they’re supposed to.
There are four useful guides to setting up an Overpass server, and you should read all of them:
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Correção de CEP na Região Nordeste do Brasil para o Padrão Brasileiro = XXXXX-XXX / Correction of CEP in the Northeast Region of Brazil for the Brazilian Standard = XXXXX-XXX umbraosmbr’s Project
Correção de Nomes de Rua que foi mapeado de forma errada em todo Brasil. / Correction of Street Names that were mapped wrongly throughout Brazil. Raphaelkaart’s Project
Correção de CEP para o Formato usado no Brasil - Estado de Pernambuco. / Correction of ZIP Code for the Format used in Brazil - State of Pernambuco. Raphaelkaart’s Project
Correção de CEP para o Formato usado no Brasil - Estado da Paraiba. / Correction of ZIP Code for the Format used in Brazil - State of Paraiba. Raphaelkaart’s Project
Correção de CEP para o Formato usado no Brasil - Estado da Bahia. / Correction of ZIP Code for the Format used in Brazil - State of Bahia. Raphaelkaart’s Project
Inclusão de Nomes de Rua em Vilarejo Ponte Branca no estado de Goías - Brasil / Inclusion of Street Names in Vilarejo Ponte Branca in the state of Goias - Brazil. Raphaelkaart’s Project
Correção de Nomes de Rua em todo Brasil / Correction of Street Names throughout Brazil Brasil - Projetos da UMBRAOSM - União dos Mapeadores Brasileiros do Openstreetmap
Correção de Nomes de Rua em todo Brasil - Part1. / Correction of Street Names throughout Brazil - Part.1 Brasil - Projetos da UMBRAOSM - União dos Mapeadores Brasileiros do Openstreetmap
Correção de Nomes de Rua em todo Brasil - Part2. / Correction of Street Names throughout Brazil - Part.2 Brasil - Projetos da UMBRAOSM - União dos Mapeadores Brasileiros do Openstreetmap
Faço essa pergunta porque conheci a plataforma recentemente como uma recomendação para resolver conflitos de localização dentro do Instagram. E me veio a dúvida de como, por que, por quem e pra quem é feito esse mapa.
Claro, são usuários comuns utilizando. Mas estas grandes corporações se baseiam nestas informações? Alguém saberia me dizer?
Hasta hace poco me enteré de la aplicación OpenStop, que se parece bastante a StreetComplete y es para mejorar el mapeo de la infraestructura del transporte público. La aplicación está para iOS y Android y su página web es https://openstop.app/
La situación actual de la aplicación es que solo está en alemán, por lo que las preguntas salen solo en ese idioma. Por tal motivo he traducido todas las preguntas para que cualquier hispanohablante pueda responderla.
La traducción está aquí: https://github.com/MaptimeBogota/Varios/tree/main/OpenStop-app
本文章同時提供 English version 以及台文版本
最近台灣成為新聞與地綠政治的熱門話題。最近看到臺灣 BBS 站 PTT 討論步兵期刊由步兵訓練指揮部軍官所寫的屏東南邊的防禦計畫的文章。
大概是地圖因為上有敏感的內容，所以需要霧化模糊處理，不過綠色的森林區域相當顯目，文章當中的軍圖底圖的確是 OpenStreetMap 沒錯。需要感謝辛苦花自己時間，在 OpenStreetMap 上畫臺灣森林的圖客。
本文章同時嘛有提供 English version kah 台灣華語版本
最近台灣 sī 新聞 kah 地綠政治 ê 熱門話題。最近看著臺灣 BBS 站 PTT 佇咧討論步兵期刊步兵訓練指揮部軍官所寫 ê 屏東南爿 ê 防禦計畫ê文章。
準做地圖因為 ū 敏感 ê 內容，所以 ài 霧霧處理，毋過青色 ê 森林傷影目–ah，文章當中 ê 軍圖底圖 sī 真真正正 ê OpenStreetMap 無毋著。bueh 感謝辛苦做議量 ê OpenStreetMap 貢獻者 ê 時間畫臺灣 ê 森林。
This article is also available in Taiwanese Hokkien / Taigi (台文)
Taiwan is quite a hot topic in the news and geo-political discussion. Recently I read an thead discussing defense plans in the southern part of Pingtong by Taiwan Infantry Command officers on Taiwan BBS PTT military board.
Even though maps are blurred due to the detailed map might have some sensitive military information, it can easily be recognized by the green forest area, that the based maps they use are actually OpenStreetMap. Thanks to the hard-working OpenStreetMap mappers that keep drawing forests in Taiwan.
양재 양곡도매 센터에서 출발하여 옥녀봉, 매봉, 이수봉, 국사봉 의왕시 청계산으로 하산. 진달래가 만발하고 인근 사람들로 인하여 북새통을 이루고 특히 판교에 위치한 IT 회사 등반대회라 그런지 젊은이들이 6,70%는 되는 것 같다. 자원 봉사자들이 맹인들과 산행하는 모습이 보기 좋았다. 그들도 우리 처럼 생강나무 꽃, 진달래, 개나리 등 봄 꽃들을 시각적으로 즐길 수 있다면 얼마나 좋을까 라는 생각을 한다. 집 사람은 국사봉까지 오는 것이 부담이 되는 것 같아서 중간에 청계사로 하산 시키고 나는 능선을 타고 3.5km 정도 거리를 더 걸은 것 같다. 하산 지점 북청계 요금소 아래로 의왕시 청계동 옥박골 사거리에서 인덕역을 향하여 마을 버스를 탔는데 역방향인 청계사 쪽으로 가는 것 같아서 버스 기사님에서 질문하니 잘못 탔다고 해서 하차하여 반대편에서 탔는데 마침 집사람이 타고 있어서 반가웠다.
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I asked ChatGPT to create an OpenStreetMap Community Building Playbook, this is what it came up with
OpenStreetMap (OSM) is an open-source project that relies on the contributions of volunteers to create and maintain a free and editable map of the world. To build a strong OSM community, it is important to create a framework that promotes engagement, inclusivity, and collaboration. This playbook outlines key strategies for community building that can help OSM communities thrive.
The first step to building a strong OSM community is to define your community’s vision. What is your community’s mission? What are your goals and objectives? What values do you want to promote? Clarifying these key elements of your community’s identity will help you attract like-minded individuals and organizations.
As a first timer in Albay, I didn’t know what to expect from the Pista ng Mapa and State of the Map Asia 2022. However, as an OpenStreetMap (OSM) enthusiast, attending this event in person was something that I had always looked forward to. The opportunity to network with fellow OSM enthusiasts not just locally but internationally, connect with fellow youth mappers leaders around the Philippines, and travel with my students made this event a great experience.
The opportunity for networking was one of the highlights of the gathering. I had the opportunity to interact and get to know OSM followers from around the globe. Finding out about their exploits and how they used OSM in the various nations they hailed from. It was beneficial for me to be able to discuss ideas and pick up new skills from them.
The opportunity for student attendees to network with other youthmappers from different areas of the Philippines was another important aspect of the event. Meeting other young people who shared enthusiasm for mapping and were in charge of their own mapping initiatives in their various towns was wonderful. We were able to share our challenges, successes, and life lessons in addition to learning from one another.
It was a great bonus that I could go to the event with my students. They had a wonderful experience learning about OSM’s advantages and possible uses for their research and enhancing their own local communities. They had the opportunity to participate in a variety of lectures, workshops, and other activities that advanced their understanding of OSM and its possible uses.
The event was great overall, and the activities offered fascinating insights into the OSM communities around the globe. I appreciate the chance to participate, and I hope to have more opportunities like this in the future.
Hace un año aproximadamente, buscando la manera de crear Notas fácilmente dentro del ecosistema osm usando fotos para levantar información ( Una imagen vale más que mil palabras ), personalmente usaba y uso un app excelente que seguramente muchos conocen Streetcomplete … Quizás con el inconveniente de que las fotos están ligadas a las Notas y todo el trabajo que se pudiese levantar con imágenes al final se pierde; ya que la fotografía desaparece con la Nota resuelta.
Como el universo del software libre es casi infinito; en ese tiempo encontré un app interesante llamada Fediphoto-Lineage un fork de Fediphoto que fue creado para honrar la memoria del desarrollador principal “Pla” (Patrick L Archibald) lamentablemente fallecido en un accidente en su bicicleta.
The new forum “community.osm.org” has been going for a while now, so maybe it’s useful to have a look at how things are going.
There’s obviously lots that goes into creating that forum as a site where people can share ideas - there’s the forum software itself, and the people looking after the technical administration of the site, the migration of the old forum (which has just happened) and the help site (planned for later), the various implementation decisions that got us to here, and also the people looking after content moderation (which is more actively managed than before). Of all of these, this diary entry is really only about the Discourse software itself.
I’ll not comment here about the future migration of https://help.openstreetmap.org/ to Discourse and the work required within Discourse to support that, since it would be unfair to judge something that has not happened yet.
Full disclosure - I’m one of the moderators of a couple of categories in the forum, but this is very much a personal view.
The software is actively maintained, unlike the old FluxBB forum software, or OSQA, which is used for the help site.
It’s working! Some communities that might have been a bit quiet or spread over private forums are now able to talk together much easier than before.
Searching works, with some caveats around the UI (see below for that). This may sound obvious, but mailing lists search at for example talk-gb can be a bit of a pain to use - a page such as this only shows the subject and the name of the poster, not the date of the message.
You can avoid “me too” answers (but see “reaction icons” below).
There’s a translate button on every post that supports the most common languages. This reduces the “echo chamber” effect that some forums had previously (and some other OSM channels still do now).
English below
À l’ordre du jour de la prochaine réunion publique du Board de l’OSMF, le jeudi 30 mars 2023, il est prévu de statuer sur la demande d’utilisation du trademark OSM par la « Fédération des Pros d’OSM - FPOSM », une association française qui regroupe des professionnels et des entreprises travaillant autour d’OpenStreetMap. Cette demande est liée au fait que cette structure professionnelle (dont le site web est accessible ici) intègre OpenStreetMap dans son nom.
J’ai eu l’occasion de discuter avec certains membres de cette fédération et exposer également mon point de vue lors d’une réunion du Conseil d’administration de l’association OpenStreetMap France. Les réponses des membres de la Fédération peuvent se résumer à « Nous pensons que c’est la meilleure manière de faire avancer les choses », mais sans avancer d’argument valable. Je pense que le nom de cette structure (et non ce qu’elle représente ou cherche à faire) constitue une erreur et une source élevée de risque à deux niveaux :
New mapped area🌍🌲
Last March 4, 2023, the University of Science and Technology of Southern Philippines YouthMappers celebrated the Open Data Day 2023 with the theme “Empowering AI and Mapping with Open Data: A training-workshop on RapID”. We are very proud to have received a $500 grant from the Open Knowledge Foundation this year to organize Open Data Day 2023. With 40 participants, the training workshop was a tremendous success, and it was encouraging to see that more than half of the attendees were female.
Open Data Day is an annual celebration of open data all over the world. Groups from around the world create local events on the day where they will use open data in their communities. This year’s theme is “Open Data to AI”. With the theme “Open Data to AI” we aim to seek how open data is playing a critical role in the field of AI/ML and other emerging technologies.
While you may be able to automate this, I don’t know how to do so.
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talk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nsaiHhQvNSY model: whisper medium
About a fortnight ago, I went on a walk/ hike starting in the village of Tullahought, Ireland. There were two milk churn stands in the village which caught my eye, because they were restored and used as decorations and to tell the history of dairying in the area, on a small scale anyway.
Tullahought milk churn stand, Author: A.-K. D., CC0 Wikicommons
Milk churn stands were used in Ireland (and elsewhere, of course) up to roughly the 1970s. The dairy farmer would leave their full milk churns on them, and someone from the creamery would do their round and pick them all up. They would return the empty churns or churns with skimmed milk in them, sometimes also leaving other purchases from the creamery like flour. It is possible that the milk man left smaller churns on the stands in other countries (judging from photographs of milk churn stands in other countries).
