I spent 11 nights backpacking in Glacier National Park this summer (on two separate trips), and noticed that existing mapping of the campsites is minimal. Each site generally consists of several tent sites, a food preparation area with bear-proof storage (a pole for hanging or a bear box), a toilet, and usually a fresh water supply. Usually there is a schematic map of the campsite posted, like this one shown below.

While I was there, I took a number of photos of camp site maps (I have not been able to find them online from the National Park Service), and did quick GPS surveys of a few sites with my Garmin watch.

I have made a first attempt at adding a full backcountry camp site map for Hole in the Wall Camp in this changeset. My approach was:

• Place the camp itself at the main trail junction, usually where the camp map is posted, tagged as https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:tourism=camp_site. This is the way camps are tagged in OSM now (locations are rather approximate).
• Map the paths between parts of the camp, tagged with highway=path
• Add each official tent site as a node tagged with https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:tourism=camp_pitch
• Add the toilet with https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:amenity=toilets. In the case of Hole in the Wall, tagged with toilets:disposal=chemical, but in most cases it will be toilets:disposal=pitlatrine.
• Tagged the food preparation area with amenity=bearproof_storage, bearproof_storage=hang. This one is not very standard, I followed an example from this forum post.

A few notes and limitations:

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От перекрестка автозаправки вот до этого момента дорога в ужасном состоянии

incibey Halil inci

مزرعه کشاورزی پدر استخر آبیاری تحت فشار آبیاری نوین مصرف بهینه آب آبیاری با دستگاه های لینیر خطی و پ کشت باغ پسته هر سال ده هکتار اضاف به مجموعه باغات به علت کم آبی سفره های اب زیر زمینی و نیاز به اب کم درخت پسته #سیف آباد #دهستان پایین محمدآبادخره #مزرعه حاج سیف الله خراسانی و پسران #باغ پسته حاج سیف الله #جنب باغ پسته حاج آقا نظری رفسنجانی #مزرعه تأسیس سال 1364

Holy

Donner l’opportunité d’aller assister au STATE OF THE MAP ne pas donner à tous les mondes; c’est pourquoi ;je peux dire que je suis l’une des personnes le plus chanceuse d’avoir été sélectionné a la HOT OPEN Summet, la bourse pour assisté au StateoftheMap24. le STATE OF THE MAP était organiser pour la première fois en Afrique, au Kenya, Nairobi et c’était une opportunité en or pour moi de rencontré plusieurs passionner de la cartographie qui partage la même vision avec moi. Quitter la RDC; passant par l’Uganda jusqu’au Kenya, Nairobi… la route était trop longue mais ça valait la peine. Plusieurs leçons apprise, plusieurs méthodologies de la Cartographie, le StateoftheMap a toujours été un moment pas comme les autres car ça ressemble plusieurs personnes dont auparavant on avait l’habitude de parler en ligne ;

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Durch eine Website über vier Schulstraßen in Dortmund [1] und mit der Frage im Forum [2] habe ich diese mit dem Tag

https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:traffic_intervention=school_street

versehen.

Zusätzlich habe ich auf einer uMap [3] 17 weitere Schulstraßen eingetragen, die ich im Internet gefunden habe.

Wer ein Foto der Beschilderung hat, kann es mir gerne schicken (oder einen Link teilen). Ich werde es entsprechend ergänzen. Und falls jemand weitere Schulstraßen kennt, freue ich mich über Hinweise oder Kommentare!

[1] Schulstrassen auf dortmund.de

[2] Forum

[3] Karte

It is definitely good knowing how to use field tools to map on specific projects.

There comes experience 😊 regardless of previous teaching on how to use these tools like ODK, Vespucci, Mapsme and others; in the field you definitely have to use your own discretion to relate and adjust to what is given to maintain your nobility at work.

К нему не заростет народная тропа,
Вознесся выше он главою непокорной
Александрийского столпа.

Получилось вот так:

Так же на F4

Моделировать классицистические формы довольно просто, а вот с ангелом всё намного сложнее. Если у кого-то есть лицензионно-чистая модель ангела с Александровской колонны, например для 3д-принтера, милости прошу.

Нет, весь я не умру — душа в заветной лире
Мой прах переживет и тленья убежит —
И славен буду я, доколь в подлунном мире
Жив будет хоть один пиит.

Ну или хотя бы один картограф :)

P.S. Как бы так еще главный штаб переделать, чтобы он был похож на себя?

I became interested in the issue of localizing the map of Ukraine into English and decided to raise it in several forum discussions (first, second, third) to delve into the nuances and find optimal approaches to filling out the name:en tag for objects in Ukraine.

My goal was to understand how to correctly fill in the name:en tag and determine whether it should contain a translation or transliteration. While this may seem like a technical issue, it actually has deep cultural and historical roots, and the answer is not immediately obvious. However, through the discussion, I believe I found a solution and would like to share it in this diary.

Endonyms and exonyms: what are they?

First and foremost, it is important to understand the difference between endonyms and exonyms.

Endonym refers to the name of a geographical object in the language of the people who live in that area. For instance, for the residents of Ukraine, the name of the capital Kyiv is an endonym. Endonyms always reflect the authentic name used by the local population.

Exonym refers to the name for the same geographical object used by people or countries outside that area. Examples of Ukrainian exonyms include Viden for Wien, Niu-York for New York, and Florentsia for Firenze. The Spanish name for the city Lviv is Leópolis, and the German name is Lemberg. Historically, such names were formed quite chaotically, influenced by various linguistic traditions or political processes.

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Last week we released Rapid v2.4, the most advanced web-based editor for OpenStreetMap. This release wraps up several months of work, includes numerous bugfixes, and a few notable features:

🈺 Improved Text Localization

Now Rapid can again be localized into different languages. The Rapid Editor project on Transifex allows anyone from the community to translate Rapid.

📷 Improved Handling of Street-level Imagery and Detections

We squashed a bunch of bugs and made many improvements to how Rapid handles street-level imagery, such as Mapillary. Now users can select a detected feature or traffic sign to learn more about it, and Rapid will highlight the imagery that shows that detection, both on the map and in the viewer. This will be especially useful for mapping pedestrian features, such as traffic signs, crosswalks, bike racks, and more.

👩‍💻 Use Rapid

👉 Bookmark Rapid and make it your editor of choice:

• https://rapideditor.org/rapid#map=2.00/0.0/0.0&background=Bing

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Introduction:

Over the past year, I have been working as a backend developer on the Field Mapping and Tasking Manager (FMTM) project for the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT). My role has involved system design, feature development, and bug fixing, all aimed at enhancing the efficiency and usability of field mapping for humanitarian purposes. One of my key contributions has been developing and refining the FMTM Splitter —an algorithm designed to streamline field mapping by dividing map Areas of Interest (AOI) into manageable tasks for mappers.

In this post, I will discuss the workings of the FMTM Splitter, the challenges we’ve overcome, and how OpenStreetMap (OSM) data plays a vital role in making this tool effective for humanitarian efforts.

The FMTM Splitter: Two Key Algorithms

The FMTM Splitter is crucial for breaking down large AOIs into smaller, manageable tasks for field mappers. The goal is to ensure that mappers can efficiently collect and update information without having to cross major obstacles like highways or rivers. This makes the mapping process not only faster but also safer and more convenient for field mappers.

We developed two main algorithms for splitting AOIs:

SplitBySquare:

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dear diorey

Didn’t do anything today sadly apart from a few streetcomplete stars

16th of September, 23:27, Poland

Mi ubicación principal de Facebook

Well, let me share my experiences at “State of the Map 2024” in Nairobi at the University of Nairobi which I must say was like the coolest place ever for a bunch of map nerds like us to meet. As far as I can tell, it’s the place where all the folks behind OpenStreetMap, get together from all corners of the world to share their experiences, get excited about the mission of making this world more navigable with the help of our maps. It was very much like attending a large family reunion with an attempt at small talk that quickly degenerated into everyone’s passion for Open geospatial data.

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Since the beginning of June, I have been working on researching and locating the holy wells of County Kilkenny. I have more or less identified about 213 of them which are described in sources going back at least 90 years (Schools’ Collection etc). In some cases, it is very difficult to locate them, because their location was only given as “in such and such a townland in that person’s field”, and it is very difficult to find out who owned a field 90 years ago.

In addition to that, I have more recently started an oral history project collecting people’s memories and stories about holy wells, patterns (which is a type of originally religious festival in Ireland where people do or did things in a certain pattern around a sacred site usually on the patron saint’s feast day) and other related things. I’m uploading them to Wikimedia and add transcripts, if you’re interested: Category:Oral history about holy wells in County Kilkenny.

What has that to do with mapping, you may ask. Well, apart from locating these holy wells and holy well sites which are protected monuments (and sometimes still water sources), I’m getting local place names from my interviewees as well. Names of roads, cross roads, field names etc which are also not recorded on any map yet, but are frequently still used by locals or were used in the past, so recording them now will help locate things referred to in older sources. Some of these, like Bóthar Chiaráin (Kieran’s Road after St Kieran) potentially go back 1300 years or so.

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YouthMappers Pre-Event at American Spaces.

The State of the Map (SotM) 2024 in Nairobi started with the most exciting YouthMappers pre-event at American Spaces. It was clear that the conference was going to be full of inspiration and action. Our host Laura was there to welcome YouthMappers early birds from different parts of the world gathered in the venue gearing up for the day’s activities just to prepare for the conference.

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BATAS DESA WANA REJA DENGAN WANA ARUM RIMBO ULU TEBO

PERBATASAN DESA WANA REJA, RIMBO ULU DENGAN DESA PERINTIS JAYA RIMBO BUJANG