I finally got around to joining the @openstreetmap Foundation. The web form to confirm that I qualify as an active contributor was clunky (I got an error message and there was no immediate confirmation email), but it did work. To celebrate, I'll do some more edits today! #OpenStreetMap is awesome.
I've been in Europe for three weeks and hardly found any #OpenStreetMap things to edit at all — it's all just so complete (at least as far as this Aussie can tell; I'm sure locals have lots to add). The other day I did find a road that turned into a dirt track, so I've at least updated that! https://www.openstreetmap.org/changeset/151866062#Salzburg
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Je viens de suivre Geovelo qui m'a envoyé par des endroits administrativement autorisés au vélo, mais de fait peu praticables (trop étroit, pente et barrière sur le chemin). Comment tagguer ça dans openstreetmap ?
@luppano C'est fait. Le tractype était là. J'ai ajuté la barrière, la pente et la largeur de 1m.
Je vais contacter geovelo pour voir de quoi ils tiennent compte dans les itinéraires
OpenStreetMap is awesome. But vandalism to get an unfair advantage in a game (#cheating) is not.
But I also blame Pokémon Go; the game should have never trusted a source data blindly in the first place; if you know the Internet, you should have predicted this.
@Wuzzy I'm not sure the negative of vandalism outweighs the positive of the thousands of people who've learned about OSM trough PoGo, and maybe started contributing constructively.
My first hiking trail in #OpenStreetMap. 💪
It's actually a pilgrimage trail. Not that I'd be very religious, but it's a nice trail for hiking, my favorite, and it hadn't been in #OSM yet.
@eliasp Yep, basically everything around Brno has been mapped, albeit with errors and outdated data which I occasionally find and fix.
This trail had not been mapped because it's fairly new, it was officially restored in 2021.
My collaborative map of things to see / do / drink / eat around #SaltLakeCity is ready for action and help visitors for the #OpenStreetMap@sotmus conference discover our city!
@tomkalei@MDradelt@mastobikes_de
Wer kennt ihn, den Rad fahrenden Postboten, dargestellt von Jacques Tati? Bei mir blieb besonders die Szene mit dem Bienenschwarm hängen.
@Lassalle
Im Prinzip ja, aber das an den Postboten fest zu machen, schwierig.
Erstens gibt es heute eine Arbeitsteilung, früher mussten die Boten morgens die Sendungen selbst sortieren. Heute werden Postkästen lokal angeliefert und zwischen gelagert. Und unser Postbote früher auf dem Dorf war halt Alkoholiker, er wurde schon morgens bei den Geburtstagsadressen zum Trinken eingeladen. Klar jeder kannte ihn und es gab manchmal einen Schwatz. Aber wenn ich ihn treffe rede ich auch hier in der Stadt mit meinem regelmäßigen Paket und Briefboten. Die romantischen Brieftaschen waren egal wie voll nicht wirklich rückenschonend und früher war mehr Post, mehr Werbung, mehr Postzeitschriften. @tomkalei@MDradelt@mastobikes_de
From 13 March 2023 to 20 June 2023, the Open Mapping Hub - Eastern and Southern Africa is running a mapping campaign aimed at increasing the visibility of women-focused points of interest (POIs) on #OpenStreetMap (OSM).
Wer vielleicht #OpenStreetMap schon kennt, aber sich bisher nicht an #wikidata getraut hat, für den läuft bis Monatsende eine spannender Wettbewerb, um Objekte dort zu georeferenzieren:
About 10 years ago, before fitness trackers and smartwatches were a thing, there were apps that simply plotted the path that you traveled on a map (e.g. #Strava).
If you want to track an activity that involves moving around, such as walking, jogging, running or cycling there is an app on F-Droid called #OpenTracks. It tracks the distance, elevation and time for each activity. It can show the traveled path on an #OpenStreetMap app like #OrganicMaps and also plot graphs.
Awesome video about how damaging it is for millions of people around the world that the big cities they live in are not – literally – on the map!
Google only cares about mapping places they think they can earn money from. And if they map an area, they own the map, control it, and puts tons of restrictions on what can be done with it.
@forteller
Yes. I'm a keen mapper on HOT. It's great to be able to help less fortunate and often desperate people, and the humanitarian agencies, from the comfort of your home.
And while working with the satellite imagery you also get to know what the area is like in distant communities. Traditional dwellings and often no paved roads. And sometimes vast distances to the next village.