[{"body":"","link":"https://hugo.weeklyosm.eu/archives/","section":"archives","tags":null,"title":"Archives"},{"body":"","link":"https://hugo.weeklyosm.eu/","section":"","tags":null,"title":"weeklyOSM"},{"body":"26/02/2026-04/03/2026\nAbout us StreetComplete now has in-app support for weeklyOSM notifications, including a daily update from the weeklyOSM RSS feed, along with user settings to control message types. Also included in this update are notifications about OSM events nearby from the OpenStreetMap Calendar. You can read about all the improvements of v63.0 in the release notes. Mapping James Wheare has started a wiki discussion on the conflicting definitions of the wetland=tidalflat tag. Mapping campaigns ^[1]^ Daniele has just launched :IT-s: a Podoma instance on the Wikimedia Cloud Services platform to monitor :IT-s:\u0026raquo;\u0026gt;:EN-t: OpenStreetMap Italia’s Project of the Month initiative.\nThe Italian community\u0026rsquo;s February mapping campaign :IT-s: \u0026raquo;\u0026gt; :EN-t: has ended. Thanks to all participants 100,000 street lamps were added, including details on support types, lamp types, and orientation.\nCommunity In the latest instalment of their OpenStreetMap interview series, OpenCage has spoken with DW Innovation about SPOT, a tool designed to search for geospatial patterns within OpenStreetMap. The discussion explored how the project originated, the technical hurdles encountered during development, and the key insights gained following its launch.\nFrance’s Direction interministérielle du numérique has published :FR-s:\u0026raquo;\u0026gt;:EN-t: an interview with Christian Quest discussing the Panoramax project, tracing its origins and early development, the initial challenges in building an active contributor community, and the obstacles it may face in the years ahead.\nMapRVA has launched The Yesterdays Bot, a Mastodon account that automatically shares geotagged historic photographs from the Yesterdays of Richmond, Virginia (USA), offering followers a glimpse into the city’s past through location-based archival images. The source is available on GitHub.\nOpenStreetMap Foundation The OpenStreetMap Foundation Board has formally submitted comments on a proposal by the Open Geospatial Consortium to standardise the Overture Maps Foundation’s Global Entity Reference System. In its response, the Foundation clarified that it does not oppose the concept of a globally interoperable geographic identifier system. However, it urged the OGC to recognise that geographic reality cannot be reduced to a single authoritative source. The board argued that geographic knowledge is generated not only within the data centres of major technology firms, but also through the distributed efforts of volunteers mapping streets, neighbourhoods, and communities around the world. Any standard seeking OGC endorsement, the Foundation said, should be inclusive enough to accommodate both centralised and community-driven sources of geographic data. Maps OpenStreetMap Americana has made several more multilingual improvements to support language dialects and apply dual language labels to more places. Web developers can install Diplomat to give any MapLibre map the same localised labels as OSM Americana. Software GanderPL has built an OSM tagging MCP server using the iD Tagging Schema.\nConveyal has developed Osmix, a collection of composable libraries for reading, querying, merging, and transforming OpenStreetMap PBF data in browsers or Node.js.\nSarath Sabarish has published a diary entry explaining how SafeStreets, a free walkability scoring tool, uses OSM data, Nominatim for geocoding, Overpass API for pedestrian infrastructure and 15-minute city scoring. The post includes a concrete Chiang Mai example showing how missing highway=crossing tags produce near-zero crossing scores, and calls on SE Asia mappers to improve pavement (sidewalk) and crossing tagging.\nProgramming Pascal Neis described his experience of using LLM AI programming applications. He tested several AI coding assistants to automate coding tasks, building tasks iteratively in a local environment \u0026lsquo;from Flappy Birds to WebGIS\u0026rsquo;. He compared Microsoft Copilot, OpenAI Codex, and Anthropic Claude. He is seriously considering trying this kind of setup with his students next semester.\nHeiGIT explained how street-level imagery combined with deep learning methods is transforming how we detect and map critical infrastructure characteristics, which are often missing from existing datasets. Applications range from road surface classification and waste detection to pavement width measurement and weather-adaptive routing.\nOSM in the media At FOSDEM 2026 Petya Kangalova, Senior Tech Partnerships Manager at HOT, spoke about how this humanitarian NGO has built a comprehensive technology stack based on the OpenStreetMap environment, designed to support local communities in mapping their surroundings, to strengthen disaster response efforts and support humanitarian operations worldwide. Other “geo” things NASA and DevGlobal are hosting an online session on the Lifelines Data Studios, resources for collaborative work in some important thematics related to disasters, like wildfires, flooding, and landslides. The one-hour meeting will occur on March 11, 2026, 11:00 ET (UTC-4). You can register for free.\nChromy showcased Flexport Atlas, an interactive global map partially powered by OpenStreetMap data that tracks cargo vessels, ports, and aircraft with live data updated every two hours, including precise vessel statuses (moored, at anchor, or in transit), and port dwell times.\nUpcoming Events Country Where Venue What When София Rectorate of Sofia University St. Kliment of Ohrid FOSS4G:BG Open GIS Conference 2026 :osmcalpic: 2026-03-06 - 2026-03-07 OSMF Engineering Working Group meeting :osmcalpic: 2026-03-06 Tiranë Destil Creative Hub Tirana OpenStreetMap Community Meetup - Tirana :osmcalpic: 2026-03-06 Gent Wijgaard OpenStreetMap meetup in Gent - Pre-VLA-congres editie :osmcalpic: 2026-03-06 Hogeschool Odissee Hospitaalstraat 23 Sint-Niklaas Vereniging Leraars Aardrijkskunde (VLA) conference 2026 :osmcalpic: 2026-03-07 Perth Espresso Perk U Later Social Mapping Sunday: Moort-ak Waadiny / Wellington Square Perth :osmcalpic: 2026-03-07 Perth Espresso Perk U Later Social Mapping Sunday: Moort-ak Waadiny / Wellington Square Perth :osmcalpic: 2026-03-08 København Cafe Bevar\u0026rsquo;s OSMmapperCPH :osmcalpic: 2026-03-08 Delhi Books and Beans Café, Mayur Vihar Phase 1 OSM Delhi Mapping Party No.27 (East Zone) :osmcalpic: 2026-03-08 London Social Sciences Centre - Western University Friends of MSF UWO Mapathon :osmcalpic: 2026-03-09 Missing Maps : Mapathon en ligne - CartONG [fr] :osmcalpic: 2026-03-09 Brno Geografický ústav, PřF MUNI, Brno Březnový brněnský Missing Maps Mapathon na Geografickém ústavu :osmcalpic: 2026-03-09 Grenoble La Turbine Coop Découverte d\u0026rsquo;OpenStreetMap :osmcalpic: 2026-03-09 臺北市 MozSpace Taipei OpenStreetMap x Wikidata Taipei #86 :osmcalpic: 2026-03-09 Hamburg Voraussichtlich: \u0026ldquo;Variable\u0026rdquo;, Karolinenstraße 23 Hamburger Mappertreffen :osmcalpic: 2026-03-10 Cork Logitech, Cork, Ireland Logitech Missing Maps - Office Mapathon :osmcalpic: 2026-03-11 Reston George Mason University, HUB VIP 3 The GAIN Mapathon :osmcalpic: 2026-03-11 Zürich Bitwäscherei Zürich 185. OSM-Stammtisch Zürich :osmcalpic: 2026-03-11 Zürich Schweizerisches Rotes Kreuz Missing Maps Zürich Mapathon :osmcalpic: 2026-03-11 Milano Building 3A Ground Floor - Politecnico di Milano PoliMappers Maptedì :osmcalpic: 2026-03-12 Berlin Dieselhaus, Forum a. d. Museumsinsel 10 213. OSM-Stammtisch Berlin-Brandenburg :osmcalpic: 2026-03-12 München WikiMUC Münchner OSM-Treffen :osmcalpic: 2026-03-12 Magrathea Laboratories Chaos Computer Club Fulda OSM-Tools: Wenn die Welt zur Spielwiese wird :osmcalpic: 2026-03-13 Leuven Romaanse Poort Camera\u0026rsquo;s in kaart brengen :osmcalpic: 2026-03-14 Missing Maps London: (Online) Mid-Month Mapathon [eng] :osmcalpic: 2026-03-17 Lyon Tubà Réunion du groupe local de Lyon :osmcalpic: 2026-03-17 Bonn Dotty\u0026rsquo;s 198. OSM-Stammtisch Bonn :osmcalpic: 2026-03-17 Online Lüneburger Mappertreffen (online) :osmcalpic: 2026-03-17 MJC de Vienne Réunion des contributeurs de Vienne (38) :osmcalpic: 2026-03-18 Online Mapathon - Ärzte ohne Grenzen :osmcalpic: 2026-03-18 Stainach-Pürgg Online 20. Österreichischer OSM-Stammtisch (online) :osmcalpic: 2026-03-18 Heidelberg DEZERNAT#16 Rhein-Neckar OSM Treffen // Intro iD-Editor :osmcalpic: 2026-03-19 Olomouc Přírodovědecká fakulta Univerzity Palackého Missing Maps Day Olomouc 2026 :osmcalpic: 2026-03-21 Frühlingsmapping 2026 :osmcalpic: 2026-03-22 Missing Maps : Mapathon en ligne - CartONG [fr] :osmcalpic: 2026-03-23 ","link":"https://hugo.weeklyosm.eu/archives/0815/","section":"archives","tags":null,"title":"weeklyOSM 815"},{"body":"05/03/2026-11/03/2026\nMapping AndreaDp27 has proposed a tagging scheme to map officially designated civil protection areas. Voting opened on 9 March 2026 and will close on 23 March 2026. Community At the recent State of the Map Ben Hur Pintor delivered a presentation titled \u0026lsquo;Awesome (OSM) Games\u0026rsquo;, highlighting a range of games that make use of OpenStreetMap data, though they are not necessarily designed to contribute back to the mapping platform.\nDerlamaer has proposed a new OpenStreetMap tag for detector-operated pedestrian signals (detector_operated=*).\nMikel Maron vibe coded an OpenStreetMap – Overture Maps conflation tool.\nNatfoot has proposed the railway=trail tag to mark bike routes along rail trails.\nRene78 noticed that it is possible to politely ask ChatGPT to generate a proper opening_hours tag.\nSimon Poole outlined several challenges faced by the Swiss OpenStreetMap community while they attempted to import municipal boundary data from Switzerland’s federal GIS department into OpenStreetMap.\nIn response to Overture Maps\u0026rsquo; recent attempt to make their Global Entity Reference System (GERS) an Open Geospatial Consortium standard, Simon Poole argued that OSM object IDs also suffice as an alternative to GERS. Meanwhile, in a separate diary entry, rphyrin shared the same sentiment.\nSimon Poole reported that the Vespucci app might run into problems on older Android devices due to root certificate expiration, because older versions of Android only update certificates during full system updates. He suggested that users manually install the certificate as a temporary workaround for the issue, since Vespucci is currently not prepackaged with the full set of certificates, all while acknowledging that this method could increase user friction to an unacceptable level.\nPascal Neis analysed the recently introduced company and location fields in OpenStreetMap user profiles, concluding that his HDYC profiles provide more reliable indicators because they are derived directly from collected and analysed contribution data, rather than from self-declared free-text profile information.\nLocal chapter news Jochen Topf reported :DE-s:\u0026raquo;\u0026gt;:EN-t: that FOSSGIS e.V. has received funding from the German Foundation for Engagement and Volunteering to carry out an OpenStreetMap training programme. Maps ^[1]^ k-yle has developed OpenSeaMap-vector, a rewrite of OpenSeaMap, using vector tiles instead of raster tiles. Open Data François Lacombe has compared :FR-s: several analytical frameworks used to examine data-sharing practices in France. Software HeiGIT reported that they have developed an open dataset platform called OpenAccessLens that visualises physical access to education and healthcare services worldwide. It shows how far people are from the nearest schools and hospitals, expressed in travel time or distance.\nThe team at the OSM Website shared a recap of their latest work, including progress with the transition to MapLibre and a number of fixes to user experience.\nProgramming Altsybeyev explained :RU-s: how MapMagic developed its own topographic maps by combining OSM data and the Mapterhorn digital elevation model. Releases CoMaps has released version 2026.03.09, adding support for Type 1 combo EV chargers, displaying amounts charged for use of facilities as well as the population of cities. Further, it added and improved support for POI types such as entertainment attractions and water shops.\nBastian Greshake Tzovaras has published version 0.4.0 of the CoMaps map-distributor Python CLI tool. It improves the management of downloads and partial downloads.\nChristoph Hormann announced that the OpenStreetMap Carto maintainers have prepared a new major release of the OpenStreetMap Carto stylesheet.\nDid you know that … \u0026hellip; recently QGIS had been using the OpenStreetMap tile server more than OpenStreetMap.org itself? Some QGIS plugins could be used as OSM tile bulk downloaders and might be responsible for this issue, but a safeguard has recently been added to prevent such things. OSM in the media Falk Steiner, of Heise, argued :DE-s:\u0026raquo;\u0026gt;:EN-t: that OpenStreetMap bears partial blame for the recent cable bridge fire that caused a blackout across parts of Southwest Berlin, citing the platform\u0026rsquo;s open data practices as having contributed to the exposure of critical infrastructure location data that could be used for sabotage purposes.\nEmhraim, of GNU/Linux.ch, has showcased :DE-s:\u0026raquo;\u0026gt;:EN-t: some mobile apps for editing OpenStreetMap: CoMaps and StreetComplete.\nIn a recent interview in Basta!, a French independent online news outlet, Jérôme Hergueux, a researcher at the Centre national de la recherche scientifique specialising in social networks, claimed :FR-s:\u0026raquo;\u0026gt;:EN-t: that the OpenStreetMap project is \u0026rsquo;now largely dormant\u0026rsquo; because another for-profit navigation app, which also provides map services, discourages new contributors from joining the community.\nOther “geo” things Researchers from the Institute of Historical Research, University of London have built \u0026lsquo;Layers of London\u0026rsquo;, a free historic map of London where users can contribute stories, memories, and histories to create a social history resource about their locality.\nHistorian Ivan Malara accidentally discovered Galileo Galilei\u0026rsquo;s handwritten annotation in a copy of Ptolemy\u0026rsquo;s The Almagest in Italy\u0026rsquo;s National Central Library of Florence.\nIsaac Corley and Caleb Robinson have started a blog GeoSpatial ML, which offers articles on machine learning, remote sensing, and other topics. You can follow them using their RSS channel or on their Substack. Their latest post was titled \u0026lsquo;Training a Water Segmentation Model with TorchGeo\u0026rsquo;.\nPierre Sauche commented :FR-s:\u0026raquo;\u0026gt;:EN-t: on the Le Rize :FR-s:\u0026raquo;\u0026gt;:EN-t: mémoires, cultures, échanges, which includes an interactive :FR-s: web map where you click to view historic photos and other information. The project has the support of IGN, the French geospatial agency.\nThe University of Zaragoza led :ES-s:\u0026raquo;\u0026gt;:EN-t: the development of an online cartographic viewer :ES-s:, as part of the FirePaths Project for forest fire risk analysis. It uses free and open software and OGC standards, including OpenStreetMap as a base map.\nKatharina Seeger and Philip Minderhoud warn that the sea level is much higher than assumed in most coastal hazard assessments. In an article published in Nature, they argue that nearly 99% of evaluated assessment reports are affected by an incorrect methodology, which assumes a mean sea level based on global geoid models, not using precise techniques (such as using airborne Lidar) and not considering the coastal elevation.\nUpcoming Events Country Where Venue What When March Missing Maps Mapathon :osmcalpic: 2026-03-12 - 2026-03-13 Magrathea Laboratories Chaos Computer Club Fulda OSM-Tools: Wenn die Welt zur Spielwiese wird :osmcalpic: 2026-03-13 Leuven Romaanse Poort Camera\u0026rsquo;s in kaart brengen :osmcalpic: 2026-03-14 Online A Mapathon to enrich participatory mapping of short supply chains around the Tokikoa label in the Basque Country :osmcalpic: 2026-03-17 Zaragoza Online Mappy Hour OSM España :osmcalpic: 2026-03-17 Missing Maps London: (Online) Mid-Month Mapathon [eng] :osmcalpic: 2026-03-17 Lyon Tubà Réunion du groupe local de Lyon :osmcalpic: 2026-03-17 Bonn Dotty\u0026rsquo;s 198. OSM-Stammtisch Bonn :osmcalpic: 2026-03-17 Online Lüneburger Mappertreffen (online) :osmcalpic: 2026-03-17 MJC de Vienne Rencontre des contributeurs de Vienne (38) :osmcalpic: 2026-03-18 Online Mapathon - Ärzte ohne Grenzen :osmcalpic: 2026-03-18 Stainach-Pürgg Online 20. Österreichischer OSM-Stammtisch (online) :osmcalpic: 2026-03-18 Gent Tramzwart, KASK Camera\u0026rsquo;s in kaart brengen :osmcalpic: 2026-03-19 Heidelberg DEZERNAT#16 Rhein-Neckar OSM Treffen // Intro iD-Editor :osmcalpic: 2026-03-19 OSMF Engineering Working Group meeting :osmcalpic: 2026-03-20 Olomouc Přírodovědecká fakulta Univerzity Palackého Missing Maps Day Olomouc 2026 :osmcalpic: 2026-03-21 Domplatz Fulda Frühlingsmapping 2026 :osmcalpic: 2026-03-22 Missing Maps : Mapathon en ligne - CartONG [fr] :osmcalpic: 2026-03-23 Stadtgebiet Bremen Online und im Hackerspace Bremen Bremer Mappertreffen :osmcalpic: 2026-03-23 Pôle Numérique Brest Iroise Rencontre OpenStreetMap et Territoires :osmcalpic: 2026-03-24 Göttingen Uni Göttingen FOSSGIS-Konferenz 2026 :osmcalpic: 2026-03-24 - 2026-03-27 Derby The Brunswick, Railway Terrace, Derby East Midlands pub meet-up :osmcalpic: 2026-03-24 Düsseldorf Online bei https://meet.jit.si/OSM-DUS-2026 Düsseldorfer OpenStreetMap-Treffen (online) :osmcalpic: 2026-03-27 Chemnitz Neues Hörsaalgebäude, TU Chemnitz Chemnitzer Linux-Tage 2026 :osmcalpic: 2026-03-28 - 2026-03-29 Göttingen Uni Göttingen, Fakultät für Geowissenschaften FOSSGIS 2026 - OSM-Samstag :osmcalpic: 2026-03-28 Local Chapters \u0026amp; Communities Congress 2026 :osmcalpic: 2026-03-28 Vélo Utile rencontre OSM :osmcalpic: 2026-03-28 Mira-Bhayander DBT Café, Mira Road OSM Mumbai Mapping Party No.8 (Western Line - North) :osmcalpic: 2026-03-28 Hannover Kuriosum OSM-Stammtisch Hannover :osmcalpic: 2026-03-30 ","link":"https://hugo.weeklyosm.eu/archives/0816/","section":"archives","tags":null,"title":"weeklyOSM 816"},{"body":"","link":"https://hugo.weeklyosm.eu/categories/","section":"categories","tags":null,"title":"Categories"},{"body":"","link":"https://hugo.weeklyosm.eu/tags/","section":"tags","tags":null,"title":"Tags"}]