Another problem I have noticed is how hard it is to clone the infrastructure that powers OSM for similar projects. Judging from my progress at https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/User:Ika-chan!/Fantasy_maps_with_OSM_software (currently delayed due to other commitments), it is far from as easy as installing MediaWiki, another FOSS project.

This is partly why I am trying to create instructions to help people set up their own server stack so that don’t have to post their data here.

Note to self: also create instructions to set up a local domain name.

Hi, I made an attempt at improving the legibility of the motorway and primary road shields (for the official colour option), by adding a 0.25-wide halo around the text.

The current motorway route colour is a bit hard to challenge because it seems to be the most appropriate for the official colour of the shield.

Well, it’s started: https://www.openstreetmap.org/changeset/53292370

This is why I activated the early warning flare.

Oh, not even JOSM or the most experienced mapper is immune to making mistakes.

Anyway, thanks guys.

@maxerickson It doesn’t look like the history page at osm.org is helpful at all. It shows every recent changeset in view, no matter how small it is.

@Chetan_Gowda Assuming that I can’t link to Google, the tower blocks at https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/33851053, https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/402995973, https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/220641100 and https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/220641101.

This is pretty impressive, but I wonder which renderers support multiple balconies over many floors, in the same location, as in those in tower blocks in London?

@Richard

My bad. (facepalm)

The problem now is that the spammers are doing it nearly everyday, pushing all the legitimate entries off the feed. Another thing I noticed is that the OpenStreetMap signup page does not have that “I’m not a robot” captcha, which is a far cry from the days you had to figure out nearly-indecipherable words.