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Posted by MugerwaHukasha on 3 July 2025 in English.

Activities Performed

  • Participated in ‘‘transmission grid planning’’, applying surveying and cartographic principles to infrastructure development.
  • Conducted line routing and selection exercises, evaluating terrain and land use for optimal transmission line alignment.
  • '’Collected and recorded coordinates’’ using GNSS equipment to support planning and line diversion strategies.
  • Assisted with **line diversion assessments by integrating spatial analysis and route optimization techniques.
  • Engaged in GIS-based mapping and spatial data management for transmission corridors and project layouts.
  • Supported **drawing office tasks including drafting, editing, and refining technical layouts for transmission lines using AutoCAD and GIS software.
  • Contributed to the preparation of survey reports*, integrating observations, geospatial data, and recommendations for planning documentation.

Skills Applied

  • Georeferencing and symbology in GIS
  • AutoCAD drafting and technical alignment
  • Thematic layering and map production
  • Field coordination using QField and GNSS tools
  • Formal report writing and spatial data interpretation

Today’s tasks deepened my understanding of how surveying and cartographic techniques drive transmission infrastructure planning. The integration of GIS with field activities reaffirmed the importance of spatial accuracy in energy distribution networks. I was particularly engaged with the line diversion analysis, which challenged both technical reasoning and spatial decision-making. I continue to learn from my mentors and refine my approach to precision mapping and collaborative survey documentation.

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Hallo alle zusammen,

bin neu hier und habe etwas in der Karte entdeckt, was so nicht richtig ist, bzw. den wahren örtlichen Gegebenheiten entspricht. Diese Punkt-Stichlinie zeigt wohl einen “Fußweg” an. Bei dem Teilstück von der Hauptstrasse kommen in Richtung Waldstück neben der 2a, handelt es sich um eine private Zufahrt, also Privatgrundstück (nämlich meins), zum Haus. Bei dem “Fußweg” handelt es sich ebenfalls um ein privates Grundstück. Es ist leider so dargestellt das man dort durchfahren/ durchgehen kann. Das geht nicht: dort befindet sich eine feste Absperrung. Zumal es sich hier um private Grundstücke handelt, wo der allgemeine und öffentliche Zutritt nicht erlaubt ist. Es verursacht hier sehr unschöne Probleme, weil sich Menschen auf dieses Kartenmaterial berufen. Ich würde mich sehr freuen, wenn hier jemand ist, der das zeitnah korrigieren kann. Vielen Dank

Не высокая частота обновления спутниковых снимков, не всегда позволяет добавлять новые здания. В этой ситуации можно воспользоваться схемами с паспортов строек. При перерисовке схемы возникает проблема, состоящая в том, что фотографии схем содержат искажение перспективы, которое надо как то исправлять. Ниже предложен не сложный способ того, как можно это сделать с помощью растрового графического редактора GIMP, векторного - Inkscape, а так же JOSM с установленным плагином ImportVec.

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Part 1: @Negreheb/diary/405306
Part 2: @Negreheb/diary/406030

360° Mapping Salzburg – Update #3: Better Mounting, Better Coverage

Hello OSM Community,

I’m continuing my effort to capture 360° images of the city of Salzburg for use in Mapillary and Panoramax. The goal remains the same: improve OpenStreetMap data, especially in areas with unresolved notes where better visual context can help.

Progress So Far

Here’s the current state of coverage from my 360° image collection:

Salzburg

My Route Planning Setup

To plan my routes, I’ve been using OSMAnd’s built-in GPX recording and map display. This allows me to see where I’ve already been and make instant decisions on which streets to cover next - without having a router trying to direct me back on track constantly.

I can also choose freely whether to ride on streets, paths, or cycleways depending on conditions. This flexibility has proven much more practical than relying on pre-planned routes.

Managing Photos for Upload

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Location: Schallmoos, Salzburg, 5020, Austria

I see many diaries on OSM, but unfortunately the good ones are hard to find, if they can be found at all.

In this diary, I offer some perspectives, without any technical pretensions, but just for the thinking of “what it might look like” in the vein of “Reimagining the OSM.org” or “Better-osm-org” but without the technical side.

This diary is a proposal, a reflection. Its aim is to offer a vision of what diaries might look like in the future.

Observation

Many diaries published by the community are interesting, not all of them are, but those that are would benefit from being discovered and promoted to a wider audience.

Diaries are not discoverable from osm.org. When a diary is discovered, it is almost exclusively through direct sharing via an OSM communication channel (forum, Telegram, Discord, etc.).

The aim is to offer ways to find interesting diaries more easily, to know which ones the community values or finds interesting.

Proposal

Categorise

Allowing diaries to be categorised offers several advantages:

  • Easier to identify the topic(s) of a diary
  • Have a list of diaries talking of a specific topic
  • Easier to find a specific diary

A category would group together several diaries addressing the same theme.

This categorisation might be done in the form of keywords, for example: #tutorial #josm #streetcomplete #sotm #telecom #esri.

Add upvotes

To enable the community to highlight the diaries that have generated the most interest and that they found most useful, it would be possible to add a like (or a downvote or an emoji reaction) to a diary.

The same options for comments might be used to highlight the comments most appreciated by the community.

This system would be very similar to GitLab for issues, or Reddit for content.

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Posted by Ofoyrwoth on 30 June 2025 in English.

This is my my second day into the field of OSM, i went back and edited my home grown plce, yuh my home village and and waiting to welcome any reviews because i believe it is the right think to do and am welcoming any mistakes and am hoping to add many more places on the OSM today I went ahead and edited my villages by adding the various buildings and trees that haven’t been mapped yet

Location: Kitooro Central, Entebbe City, Central Region, Uganda
Posted by Bayazid Ahmed on 28 June 2025 in English.

🚶‍♂️ A journey on foot, a project from the heart.

This project began with my own steps — capturing street-level imagery from Daffodil International University to Eastern University, Dhaka, Savar. Using Mapillary, I documented the road to support open mapping.

These images aren’t just photos — they’re vital pieces that will directly support and enhance OpenStreetMap. Every frame contributes to a bigger, collaborative mission: building a better, more accurate map for everyone.

The journey is still ongoing, day by day. Feel free to share any powerful screenshots — let’s map the future, together. 🌍

Location: Navy Co-operative Housing, Akran, Savar Subdistrict, Dhaka District, Dhaka Division, 1345, Bangladesh

Hello everyone,

I would like to request the addition of a missing village to OpenStreetMap. The village is called Charchall, located in the Akre District, Sawsana Subdistrict, Duhok Governorate, in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq.

Basic information:

🏘️ Village name: Charchall

🗺️ District: Akre

🏞️ Subdistrict: Sawsana

🏴 Governorate: Duhok – Kurdistan Region, Iraq

🧾 Postal Code: 24005

🛣️ Main connecting road: Charchall Road

📍 Nearby village: benatah

This village is recognized by local government maps, but it is still missing from OpenStreetMap. We kindly ask for it to be added so that the area can be better represented for residents, navigation, and future development.

Location: Charchall, Akre Central Subdistrict, Akre District, Nineveh Governorate, Iraq
Posted by Ofoyrwoth on 27 June 2025 in English. Last updated on 1 July 2025.

Today is my introduction to OSM through an internship process by Mr Samson who take as through an online intern, we are getting into it before you know it and this will mark the start of one of the greatest open street mappers who has ver been born, am actually learning a lot from this process and looking forward to contributing so much to the members of the community, we wanna make Uganda great and make my village the best in the world #2025OptusAcademyInternship

Location: Nakasamba, Entebbe City, Central Region, Uganda
Posted by kaxtillo on 26 June 2025 in Spanish (Español). Last updated on 27 June 2025.

Resaltar áreas transitables en Python

Isócronas Popayán En las ciencias geoespaciales y la inteligencia de ubicación, las isócronas representan áreas geográficas accesibles en un tiempo determinado desde un punto específico. Por ejemplo, en el contexto de las distancias a pie, las isócronas son herramientas útiles para profesionales como los urbanistas que buscan comprender la accesibilidad y la conectividad dentro de un área determinada.

Al visualizar las isócronas, la ciencia de datos puede proporcionar una herramienta rápida y fácil de usar para ayudar a obtener información sobre el nivel de conectividad y accesibilidad a pie de los vecindarios, ayudar a identificar áreas que están bien conectadas y señalar áreas potenciales de mejoras de infraestructura.

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Location: El Centro, Comuna 4, Perímetro Urbano Popayán, Popayán, Centro, Cauca, RAP Pacífico, 190003, Colombia
Posted by zby-cz on 26 June 2025 in English.

OsmAPP is the one integrated app for OpenStreetMap ecosystem for both web and mobile. It should be as easy to use as Google Maps, but fully open-source using all the great services around. It was first aimed at broad public, but now it becomes apparent, that it works best for the OpenStreetMap contributors, who want better UX or share OSM around.

Special thanks to all our 6 contributors in this release. 🎉

The new Relation editor

The main feature of this release is the reworked Edit dialog with the new Relation editor. That took a lot of work and refactoring. Now if you click (or create) a relation, you can browser through its members and its parents and easily edit metadata accross whole hierarchies.

It is the most useful on hierarchies like the https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:climbing=area, https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:climbing=crag and routes (example here), but it is written in general manner and can help OSM contributors in unexpected ways.

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