Utilizo o editor online do próprio OSM e a algumas semanas estou tendo esse problema com a camada Maxar de Imagem de fundo. Por mais que eu recarregue a página o mosaico não carrega mais do que uns poucos (e sempre os mesmos) quadros.

Por conta disso tive que voltar a editar utilizando a camada Bing, a menos desatualizada entre as outras opções que restam. Mas infelizmente (pelo menos na minha região) a camada Bing tem uma diferença de ângulo e/ou sobreposição que faz com que todas as edições feitas na camada Maxar agora fiquem um pouco fora do lugar.

O estranho nisso tudo é que tanto a camada Bing quanto as camadas Esri e Mapbox carregam perfeitamente, só mesmo a Maxar que não. Daí eu desconfiar que não seja um problema local (da minha conexão de internet).

Enfim, alguém sabe se isto é um problema geral?

I honored the invitation to help train some volunteers during the Lion Mappers Nsukka campus launch on the 6th of May, 2023. I taught them to map using the I.D Editor on HOT Tasking Manager, MapRoulette, and Mapillary mobile app. It was fun to meet them all. I made new friends. I went out to lunch with National Coordinator, Mr. Victor, and other coordinators () who came to assist with the training. One notable thing I gained is that I understood mapping more as I trained them, which confirms the saying that you learn from teaching. I also gained more confidence in public speaking. Thank you Unique Mappers Network for the opportunity.

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In my quest to know more about mapping, I took some courses on the Youth Mappers platform. It was worth it. Although I already know how to do some of the things taught, but it helped finetune my mapping skill. I look forward to taking other courses, especially on how to validate a task.

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There must be another name for these. There has to be a tag for them. They’re so common!

But I see in highway=trailhead that a “trail register” is something you might want to tag exists at a trailhead. Yep. How? It doesn’t mention that.

Trying to dig about and find what others have decided on their own. I found some
tourism=information
information=route_marker
name=Trail Register
in New York. In another cluster of two are some
tourism=information
information=board
name=Trail Register
I’ve seen some in the Wind River Range in Wyoming that were built into the information board. I guess it could be an information board with a register. It’s not a route marker. In fact, the one I’m staring at at the moment is at the parking which is somewhat offset from the actual start of the trail. Look, it’s a ridge. There’s room here and the trail is over there. Deal.

In Connecticut, I’ve found a single
tourism=information
information=route_marker
trail_register=yes
so there’s some more support for calling it a route marker. It’s not! It sorta can be. But it’s not!

I’ve found a
tourism=information
information=trail_register
in southern California similarly in Iceland
information=trail_register
man_made=cairn
name=Arnarfellsbrekka
and, I mean, what? I guess maybe a named cairn could have a register. Certainly cairns and peak registers go together. Those are usually a little less official than the registers at trailheads.

I have to admit, this simpler one seems best. I see why people are attracted to putting this down as tourism=information since the comments people leave are often the best source for information about the trail conditions you are about to experience. I may have accidentally weighted my search for this tag, though. Not all of it, but the later of it.

So one can do user defined values for information=, one does not have to choose from the small selection in the wiki. I’m going with…

tourism=information
information=trail_register

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Интересный артефакт республиканской картографии. Если Белкартография до сих пор издаёт карты на любой вкус, от топографических, до детских, то бишкекская Госкартография пошла другим путём, и выпустила частично переведённую на английский карту ГШ, с нанесёнными треккинговыми маршрутами. При чём в магазине сказали, что эти карты печатают в Турции.

Background

For a long time, I’ve used the OpenStreetMap as my main driver for online maps. Whenever I’m hiking, the route or big parts of it are planned according to OpenStreetMap, walking from viewpoint to viewpoint.

A few years ago, I made some tiny contributions to the maps in Leiden where I live(d). As The Netherlands is mapped rather accurately and there are a lot of active people in this country, it only stayed at a few minor contributions.

That changed when I moved to Bonaire a couple of months ago. Bonaire is a small island in the Caribbean. In the past ten years, the population doubled and a lot has changed.

Contributing

Some of the contributions so far include:

• Adding hiking trails;
• Adding streets, street names & amenities;
• Adding development projects;
• Resolving open map notes. A lot of map notes have been added over the past few years mentioning that certain amenities are no longer there, or a request to add them. I’ve resolved now almost all of these notes (and of course an RSS subscription is notifying me of any new ones that may arise).

Adding trails is a lot of fun since it’s just enjoying a walk with your phone set to record a track, and thereafter importing the GPX file etc. Adding street names and amenities is a bigger challenge since you need to constantly be writing these things down in your phone.

Challenges

There are several things that make mapping sometimes a bit of a challenge. The available satellite images/aerial photos from Bonaire are either cloudy or outdated (or both). Even with a detailed GPX track and notes from my phone, it’s in some cases difficult to add stuff at the right place if the satellites images are too old or too vague.

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I added 52 fuel filling stations which is 11.5% increase over earlier count of 451 across Andhra Pradesh. I spent about 10 hours logging the points of interest (POI) and another 10 hours updating them. Here is my backstory or how-to-do guide. I have been an OSM mapper from 2015, having learnt basics from PlaneMad and received mentoring from Heinz Vieth. I have been mapping occasionally about my neighborhood and places that I visit. I also installed Osmand on my smartphone and explored its navigation and trip and POI recording features. In my recent trip to my native state, I tried to record road side fuel filling stations as I drove on the roads as a passenger in car or bus. I used josm to update the OSM.

POI recording

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I have been contributing to OpenStreetMap (OSM) since September 2022 under the umbrella of the Uniquemappers network and some of the ways I have contributed are: I have spent over 130 hours mapping on the HOT tasking manager and I have a total of 4,267 buildings, 105 km of roads mapped, and 16 km of waterways mapped, so I have a total of 1613 edits. I have Validated 28 tasks by reviewing and verifying the accuracy of existing data on the map. I Actively participate in my Mapathon center at the University of Nigeria Enugu campus, where I am the team lead and I have trained over 20 mappers. I have a good knowledge of the JOSM and ArcGIS in mapping. I have headed the organizing of mapping Projects where my team participates in mapping projects focused on specific regions, themes, or events.

“Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it’s the only thing that ever has.”
– Margaret Mead

During the 2-days youth empowerment training at the university Nigeria Enugu campus in January 2023, I trained the LionMappers team Enugu campus on how to contribute to HOT manager using the I.D Editor. It is exciting to be a part of a team of young volunteers who actively contribute to society through mapping.

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The Land Transport Authority (LTA) Quick Response (QR)-code Parking System was created to tackle indiscriminate parking of shared bicycles. It is mandated and regulated by the Singapore government on bicycle sharing operators.

Since it’s initial rollout, it has been expanded to “device-sharing services”.

QR-code

The QR-codes themselves are static, and take on the form “XXX-YYYY” Where “X” is an acronym of the general area, while “Y” is a hexadecimal value.

“X” value	Location
BIS	?
HOG	Hougang
SKG	Sengkang

Locations

These QR-codes can typically be found under HDB void decks and near bus stops.

Those near bus stops are typically not covered (covered=no) and are either on grass pavers (surface=grass_paver) or cement (surface=cement).

Types of Locations

The parking locations can be broken down in to 2 forms:

1. Existing bicycle parking infrastructure. These are typically bicycle_parking=two_tier or bicycle_parking=wall_loops.
2. Standalone. A yellow box with a bicycle logo in the center, and a QR code at the bottom-right corner.

Known Locations

To my knowledge, neither the parking spots nor the associated QR-codes are available for download by the general public. However, locations may be discoverable via the bicycle sharing operators’ apps.

I’ve begun uploading these locations to OpenStreetMap through surveying. Currently focusing around the Hougang/Sengkang area.

Mapping

All bicycle rental dropoff points are marked as a standalone node. Based on some trial-and-error, these are my recommended tags:

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residenziale #casagiove

sto mappando edifici, giardini, aree e luoghi di interesse nella mia città natale.

1. la mappatura della zona pre-edit è soltanto abbozzata

2. il lavoro che svolgo è per puro piacere

Buenas. Estoy agregando la localización de los Amazon Hub Locker por el sur de Madrid (Getafe / Pinto / Fuenlabrada). Changeset: 145998967 - Comunidad de Madrid: Etiquetas Amazon Hub Locker

En este post invito a otros usuarios de OSM de la Comunidad de Madrid a agregar los Amazon Hub Locker al mapa para tener más información y una rápida búsqueda de ellos

Etiquetas

Las etiquetas usadas para mappear los Amazon Hub Locker son las siguientes. Cualquier recomendación es bienvenida.

addr:city=Getafe amenity=parcel_locker brand:wikidata=Q16974764 name=Amazon Locker - aniseto operator=Amazon parcel_pickup=yes

Localización de estos

Es siempre recomendable añadir estos “lockers” cuando se esté seguro de su localización. De cualquier manera, la página web de Amazon dispone de un buscador de estos: https://www.amazon.es/ulp/view.

¿Opiniones?

¿Qué opinais de esta actuación? ¿Es útil?

HOT Tasking Manager users with projects using Maxar Imagery - what to do next?

Maxar imagery has been down for all Tasking Manager projects for one week now (and for OSM, iD and JOSM in general). If your projects are set to Maxar imagery they are very unlikely to make any progress unless you switch to an alternative imagery source as soon as you get a chance.

This short guide outlines the steps you can take to switch your Tasking Manager project(s) to alternative imagery sources.

The best alternative imagery is completely dependent upon the location of your project(s):

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I want to share my experience using the CAD Tools plugin for drawing ways with smooth bends in JOSM. I want to emphasize that I don’t claim that this mapping method is the right or useful one. Most mappers tend to show object contours with as few points as possible. I see the advantages of this approach as it makes data easier to edit, especially in mobile and browser-based OpenStreetMap editors.

On the other hand, smooth line bends work well for the shape of most objects we map. Roads, being one of the main features on maps, are always represented by smooth lines best described by Bézier curves. Coastal lines of various water bodies almost always have smooth bends.

My considerations are as follows: the closer the data represents the true shape of an object, the more accurate the data is. Ultimately, my main motivation is that smooth lines are very aesthetically pleasing.

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Fechamento de notas

• Consegui fechar todas as notas possíveis no Estado de São Paulo (Interior e Litoral)
• Faltam fechar notas na cidade de São Paulo e arredores (São Bernardo do Campo, Santo André, São Caetano do Sul, Mauá, Guarulhos, Osasco e Taboão da Serra)

Continuing last week’s trip from Duluth, MN to Ashland, WI with a loop around Bayfield County.

Now that I’m on the lake shore, I started seeing a bunch of bikes around, even where there isn’t much bike infrastructure.

Ashland, WI

Around 1900, Ashland was the third-largest Great Lakes port after Chicago and Buffalo. In recent years they have reclaimed the waterfront ore dock and brownfields for parks. A paved trail connects beaches to downtown and the Wal-Mart.

When I arrived in Ashland, I locked the bike at the library. Semi-recently (after the 2015 StreetView), the city got Lake Superior-themed bike racks along Main Street. There could be more of these. The local high school is making these and Lake Superior-themed trash cans.

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5 napos, részletek / details: https://wiki.osm.org/Hungary/20230626

frali.net

Leider konnte ich ich mich noch nicht zu Bearbeitungen von Karten durchringen, verwende aber häufig Details aus der OpenStreetMap in meinem Blog nordheide.bplaced.net.

An Impulse Buy

I recently bought a GoPro MAX on sale for $400, with the intent of collecting footage for Mapillary. However, I have yet to get the desktop app working on Ubuntu 22, and haven’t been able to authenticate using their CLI tool, so I haven’t uploaded anything.

Mounting the GoPro on my car

I’m using a magnetic mount to attach the gopro to the roof of my car. I was a bit nervous driving at highway speeds, but so far it’s held up going around 50 mph. The magnet is quite strong and takes some force to remove.

Processing the video locally

As a workaround, I’m just analyzing the footage locally using the mapillary_tools utility to locally process the footage into geotagged images and JOSM to view them.

This has the added advantage of preserving my privacy, since I’m a bit concerned about giving my geotagged video to Meta. This way I only upload a limited amount of data relevant to what I’m surveying.

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In the course of working with GNIS data from the US Geological Survey, I’ve sometimes been frustrated with the limited range of expression in OSM tags for natural features. For example, we have a lot of tags that can be applied to a Bench as a place for a people to sit, but nothing specific to identify a Bench as a geographic landform other than tagging the edges as natural=cliff or natural=earth_bank.

There have been some good efforts to improve geological tagging, such as the Proposal for additional volcanic features and the Categories of Sea Areas, which give us broader vocabularies for some features. Strangely, the seamark:sea_area:category=* tag set is more expressive for undersea features than the OSM tags we have for features on land!

So, I decided to put together a Glossary of landforms for OSM, based on a similar glossary on Wikipedia. In the process, I’ve found that OSM does have a broad set of tags for geographic features, although many of them have limited or no documentation.

I also think that there is an opportunity to expand the values of the geological=* tag to include more types of geological features. If the main tag for a features is natural=* or something similar, that can identify the general shape of the landform and be the main tag used by renderers. The addition of a geological=* tag can add more specificity to the feature and identify the nature and structure of the landform. For example, the famous Sugarloaf Mountain in Rio de Janeiro is not just a mountain, but a Bornhardt. So, we might consider adding a geological=bornhardt tag to the feature.

If you have an interest in mapping natural features, check it out:

Glossary of landforms

It’s certainly a work in progress and there are some prospective tags on the list that aren’t currently in use, but I hope it might be useful. If anyone has input, I’d be very happy to have some additional contributions to the effort!