News from the world of OpenStreetMap No. 467 (06.25.2019-01.07.079)

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Mapping


  • The new function of the iD online editor, which allows you to add Wikidata and Wikipedia tags for retail brands, does not always work correctly: sometimes institutions with very similar names are mistakenly marked. This is written by the user bikeoid in one of the error messages on GiHub'e. It is proposed to use a tag as one of the possible solutions to the problem not:brand:wikidata=, which will avoid re-adding the tag. Quincy Morgan (one of the two iD developers) notes that before using a tag, it must first be approved according to OSM rules.
  • The decision of iD developers to support the use of the tag natural=waterpaired with the tag water=reservoirinstead landuse=reservoirled to a discussion on GitHub. The decision itself is not new - it was adopted in December 2018.
  • Emily Eros from the SharedStreets project has published a large and detailed article on the use and regulation of parking along the streets (roadside), which has recently been increasingly worrying business and local authorities. In the article, she notes that OSM currently lacks such data, she also wonders why it happened. Emily Eros analyzes the current state of affairs, draws attention to some difficulties and offers new ways to add such information.
  • Joseph Eisenberg went to the Tagging mailing list after two new sections were added to the Good Practices wiki page . He considered that the new sections (“Checking the history of important objects” and “Do not mark minor, not fixed for a long time and moving objects”) duplicate existing sections, and therefore deleted them.
  • Leif Rasmussen said that a vote had begun on the scheme he developed for tagging complex intersections, which would allow him to add more information about the connectivity of the road lanes.
  • The tag has been approvedtourism=camp_pitch , which now marks the places of installation of tents and a camper in the campsites.
  • Russian Osmer Pavel Gavrilov wrote a large and detailed WikiOSM article on how Strava data can help make OSM more accurate.

Community


  • The OSMF Data Working Group reports that it hid several entries in the OSM diaries, as there were offensive comments in the comments.
  • The local OSM branch in Germany (FOSSGIS e.V.) said(de) (automatic translation ) that it was ready to financially support a card party in honor of the 15th birthday of OpenStreetMap, which will be held on August 10-11, 2019.
  • Mapillary's Chris Beddow writes on his blog about the development of OSM, its communities and mapping technologies. He concludes that all participants in the project - from the ordinary cartographer to commercial companies - should interact more closely and productively with each other.
  • At the request of Maxar (the founders of the Digital Globe service, which is currently undergoing rebranding), the list of satellite imagery by which it is allowed to render objects in OSM has changed in the OSM editors. The reasons for this can be found in the diary of Maxar employee Kevin Bullock . Probably, almost all the regular participants in the OSM project noticed that instead of satellite images of Digital Globe Maxar appeared - Standart and Premium. By the way, they are quite fresh. This news concerns not only OSM online editors, but also JOSM, in which these layers will be integrated by the end of July. It is important to note that iD Digital Globe was removed at the request of Brian House.
  • At the beginning of June, the June Floors card event was held in Russia . For a week (06/03/2019 - 06/06/2019), the Russian OSM community pointed floors to objects where they were not installed. 184 people took part in the action. Number of storeys has been specified for 7643 objects.

OpenStreetMap Foundation


  • SeverinGeo wrote an email to OSMF , as well as a message on the Conversations mailing list, in which he suggested that few people take the “Guidelines for Organized Editing” seriously. Currently, a discussion has begun on this issue and ways to change the current situation are also being sought. By the way, all current organized editing activities should be noted here .
  • Gregory Marler posted on his blog a post titled “Why Your Community Should Accept State of the Map,” in which, as the name suggests, he explains why this conference should be hosted in his city or country.

Events


  • Twitter's OpenStreetMap recalls how the State of the Map Latam 2018 conference was held in Argentina, and also announce similar events this year. SoTM Argentina this year will be held July 27 in Santa Fe, and SotM Latam a in Paraguay in November.
  • Posted a video of the conference «SOTM CZ / SK» (Czech Republic / Slovenia) in 2016.

Humanitarian OSM


  • The Doctors Without Borders organization is looking for helpers to hold two cartons in Hong Kong: August 5 and September 1.
  • The minutes of the HOT organization board meeting of June 13, 2019 have been published .

Cards


  • The company "Kontur" create a map of the density of objects in the OSM per unit of population. This development may come in handy to assist in humanitarian mapping.
  • The administration of Nizhny Novgorod made a GIS portal that displays the objects of non-stationary trade (kiosks) and advertising structures. As a substrate, OpenStreetMap is used.
  • The French search engine Qwant, which emphasizes user privacy, has launched its own mapping service, Qwant Maps , which is based on data from OSM.

We pass to OSM


  • The local branch of OpenStreetMap in Slovenia drew attention to the fact that the country's rescue services are using ( translation ). OSM based cards.

Software


  • Omgitsgela posted a guide to installing JOSM on a Chromebook laptop in an OSM diary.
  • On the MapOSMatic web service installed on the osm-baustelle.de website , a new layer called “OSM Notes ” has appeared, which displays all notes nearby in the map. They can also be conveniently arranged in a separate table.

Programming


  • User tchaddad spoke in detail about his work on a project to add information from Wikidata to Nominatim, which he is doing as part of the Google Summer of Code . The first thing he writes on his blog is to update and improve existing mechanisms for extracting information from Wikipedia.

Releases


  • The Noticias Aquí E Agora web service is now available in Portuguese , French , Spanish , German and English . Using this site, you can quickly find independent (non-networked) retail outlets (restaurants, cafes and bookstores) that compete with networks such as McDonalds, Starbucks and Amazon. If your favorite cafe or online bookstore is not available in OpenStreetMap, please add it to OSM and provide a link to its website so that its menu or range becomes even closer to people.
  • A Wambacher user always keeps his list of OSM-related software up to date. Not so long ago at the forum he was offered(de) (automatic translation ) to expand this list and add a few more services related to OSM.

Did you know …


  • [1] ... what developed a technique to increase the completeness, accuracy and consistency of the road network in OSM? She was recently introduced at the French SotM-Fr 2019 conference . Her work is built by comparing available data in OSM with open data sets, such as gROADS , for example . To search for territories that need improvement, use the project manager and prioritize tasks in the uMap service. The developers are asking everyone to participate in this project. It was launched in 2015 and is currently being implemented in nine African countries. WikiOSM created a special page for editing as part of this project.
  • ... that the Russian maker Rainbow Fox wrote the program WhereIsMyPhoto, which simplifies the search and work with images. If the image has geo-data, the location is displayed on the OSM map.
  • ... about the OpenAndroMaps project ? On this site you can freely download various styles of vector maps for smartphones. Styles are regularly updated and improved. Please note that the update came out - Elevate 4 .
  • ... about Wo ist Markt? ? Here you can find markets (weekly, vegetable and flea markets) in different cities of Germany. In addition to the information page (de)(automatic translation ) on the site itself, there is still a page on the GitHub Repo page .
  • ... about Kitso's ghost town in Canada, where only one person lives? The mining community was abandoned in 1983, but houses, land, a hospital and shops have since been maintained by an investor (several local residents helped him) for a future generation of miners. The article (automatic translation ) of Stern publishes in more detail about this place, and there is also a link to a short film about it. (It remains to be seen whether the tag with place = city is correct.)

Other geo events


  • RADar reporting platform! uses OpenStreetMap and is an online tool that citizens use as part of the Climate Alliance project . Also, this application helps to draw attention to dangerous places along cycling routes. These messages can later be seen on the website, which is a good help for updating the current state of bicycle lanes in OSM.
  • Michael Martz began(de) (automatic translation ) to engage in a personal project that allows you to get all the basic functions of the card (individual keys) in a separate package that can be downloaded . Further information on this can be found on GitHub .
  • The Japan Times reports that not so long ago a modern digital map of Benin (a state in West Africa) appeared, which replaced the old map of 1957. This great work was carried out by 30 Benin cartographers. The project was initiated by the UN with financial support from the European Union.
  • Saadik Mohiuddin told how he created a map of the correct parking on the side of the road.
  • Is there an OSM key on the keyboard? ImreSamu has one on the keyboard .
  • Be careful when working with data, because a small mistake can lead to the fact that the developer will eventually receive a tax benefit , which is supposed only to the poor.
  • In Colorado, in order to avoid traffic jams, Google sent almost 100 cars to detour along a dirt road, where they got stuck.
  • The Wikimedia Foundation blocked the experienced administrator of English Wikipedia for a year due to a violation of the Code of Conduct, but did not disclose details. The community has opposed such opaque behavior and circumvention of standard decision-making schemes. Some administrators blocked the “revision war” with the Foundation. This was reported by BuzzFeed News. There are several articles on this subject in the June issue of the English monthly Wikipedia monthly magazine The Signpost .



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