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出于个人的隐私考虑,本人的 OpenStreetMap 账户的用户名使用化名,敬请谅解。

简介&来意

我是一名陕西省咸阳市的中学生,在探索开源软件的过程中遇到了 Organic MapsCoMapsOsmAnd~,并认识了 OpenStreetMap。由于对开源软件的热爱,以及发现 OpenStreetMap 对中国大陆的小城市(包括我居住的城市)的数据支持不够完善,因此想做出一些贡献,用这种方式帮助自己身边的人以及需要的人(虽然周围的人没有一个知道 OpenStreetMap,但是万一他们哪一天需要呢)

一直以来,坐标系统的不一致导致 Google 地图和其他海外地图在中国大陆的卫星影像和人工标注的道路信息差了上百米,国内的地图软件对国外的数据支持也有限,更重要的是国内外主流的地图产品出于商业考虑不向公众共享地图数据,OpenStreetMap 在这一点上无疑是很好的开源替代品。但其在中国大陆(在国外也可能符合这个规律)的地图数据的详细程度大致与这个地区的经济发展状况成正比关系(正常,商业地图公司的员工开车全国跑,地图数据也要详细的多),这容易让人误解:某个地方除了道路什么也没有。

编辑地图只是出于我对开源软件和开放数据的热爱,而且也不是我的正事,因此我每天不会花太多时间在这件事上。

事件

  1. 在 2025 年 10 月 29 日,我收到了贡献者 booktiger 发送的一封欢迎消息,并且阅读并了解了中国的法律情况和编辑指南(说实话我只是想完善一下居民区建筑信息以及店铺信息,我连监狱都不想往上画,更不要说国家机密了),也阅读了他参与的一些讨论(比如 397559)。

    本人对政治并不感兴趣,但这并不意味着本人没有一点政治常识。对于台湾问题,我很庆幸 OpenStreetMap 上没有标注国界线,这避免了许多潜在的争议(虽然一些人将水陆分界线当成了国界线并且发表自己的意见,比如 395824)。但是如果你因为 OpenStreetMap 没有给“台湾”后面加“省”感到特别生气,也可以在网络上发表自己的意见。我绝不会干涉任何一方的言论自由,而且也不会修改台湾(省)本地的任何信息。

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這篇是拖了一段時間的參與心得,先從比較有官方色彩的開放街圖基金會的相關記錄與討論開始,再來比較個人的交流與觀察。

大會第三天在閉幕式前的 OSMF 時段,由具備理事身份的人座談。OSMF理事長談到一些花費是這麼說的,大家覺得努力募款增加捐款數字,但目前很多幫助來自業者服務捐贈,如CDN、Bing衛星圖、伺服器等,如果任何業者決定中止捐增,會導致 OSMF 有很嚴重的財務缺口。而圖客參與畫地圖才能一直維持地圖的活力,所以社群經營也是重要的挑戰。理事Otris提到,他們目前重點是讓硬體設備能支援未來的需求,很努力進行開發與硬體架構設備。

OSM Award Brandon 被提名,然後他們自己不知道,他開完笑說知道他被提名還可以拉一些票,再來是多位獲獎者不在現場,需要由人代領。

https://awards.openstreetmap.org/

HOT 主力的大會

這次以HOT Asia Pacific Map Guru身份參與State of the Map 2025大會,不只是講者的身份,或是地方社群組織者,還有HOT身份,有點汗顏台灣不是HOT AP優先區域,也不大需要靠OpenStreetMap去成為救災主力圖資。 ## 東亞與南亞社群的聯結 我再次遇到韓國社群的成員,先前在台灣時已經在COSCUP遇到他了,鼓勵南韓的Dong Hwang也可以參與HOT相關訓練課程,其內容都蠻實用的。 從日本社群的古橋大地桑聽到PLATEAU建築資料集的故事,原來背後推動人士瞭解社群,知道怎麼調和彼此關注之處,從而引路社群機制來共同編輯資料集。 與印度社群交流,他們也有類似台灣弄學校資料的整理,由於關注度因素得弄獨立的MediaWiki站,然後他們不同單位有不同代碼,不只需要弄一個代碼。

台灣經驗分享

這次演講題目細數台灣曾經做過的專案,談論將OpenStreetMap與Wikidata彼此連結的經驗。儘管我沒太講工具的部分,但有口頭講在維基媒體生態系的工具生態系較成熟,有運用在Wikidata上的自動表格工具Listeria,監控Wikidata上即時的項目,例如所有台灣的國中小、教會、廟宇、村里行政區之類。目前 OpenStreetMap 上面則沒有太好用的監控維護工具,所以得依整先在 Wikidata 上確定資料完整,再回過頭檢查 OpenStreetMap 的物件。 近期熟悉OpenRefine是相當好的工具,不過來不及在演講時敘述。OpenRefine是適合做維護工具,有一份相對穩定的有維護的清單,去比對在Wikidata上面是否資料為即時的。

SotM 2025我的講場是第二天一早,我這一軌下一個講場則是烏干達維基人分享自己怎麼做圖書館資料的繪製。他們狀況是並沒有政府維護的圖書館清單,所以得自己依靠社群去收集圖書館基本資訊,如照片、位置等。我的講場與他的講場差別在,有資料集可以用與否,蠻有意思的比較。

中國這次沒有人來,在地圖這邊政治化的表現工具,應該會被各國 OSM 參與者排擠,也很難說服說他們的敘事與表現的地圖技術還是標準,能被大家接受。我自己這幾年演講者都會講述來自中國破壞者的事蹟,歷來如何應對的方式。

不停的聊天

這次的大會除了HOT的人交際之外,還有與美國背景的人討論蠻多議題。從桃園機場登機口遇到Brandon,以及他的好友Minh。從Minh口中得到Mapmatching的技術,能夠依據先前位置,去判斷你是在高架還是平面道路,或是你是沿著道路旁邊的單車道或人行道。辦在歐洲、美國之外,本來參與人數就少了,這次也看不太到大公司的人,與前幾年的感覺相比,回歸到推動組織與在地社群的面向為主。儘管煙火小了,但是有實際在地組織,在地社群參與,是很實在的,也能應對在地需求。 Minh與Brandon曾為Mapbox做事,而近年Mapbox的曝光度變蠻低的,在這次大會當中,就Maning而已。而他們曾經雇大量Data team的人,也有與台灣的社群交流,也看來不再有那麼大的規模。

Brandon 的父母台灣出身,自己因家庭因素也在台灣生活多年。他對台灣社群的觀察還蠻精準的,說都我在OpenStreetMap台灣po文,看不太到其他人,版面都被我洗版了。他是有點開完笑語氣跟我這麼說,沒直接講的事情是 OpenStreetMap 台灣算是規模小的社群,我只能回說有不少人默默畫地圖,比較不愛在社群發文。他可說是相當瞭解台灣社群狀況。

Mapbox的影響力大不如前,而此次State of th Map 2025呈現HOT為主的組織與人際網路,HOT AP Hub以及HOT在印度、非洲的相關社群成員關係密切,他們不少成員來到會場。

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Location: UP Campus, Diliman, 4th District, 计顺市, Eastern Manila District, Metro Manila, 1101, 菲律宾
Posted by hbogner on 31 October 2025 in Croatian (Hrvatski).

GIS mjesec osm-hr 112

Dan GIS-a (GIS Day) slavi se svake srijede unutar Geography Awareness Week kako bi se istaknula važnost geografskih informacijskih sustava u obrazovanju, industriji i javnom sektoru. Ove godine je to 19.11.2025. i tijekom tog dana organiziraju se demonstracije, radionice i prezentacije koje pokazuju kako GIS pomaže u planiranju grada, upravljanju resursima i donošenju odluka temeljenih na prostoru. OpenStreetMap predstavlja dobar primjer otvorenog, zajednički stvaranog kartografskog projekta koji se često koristi kao izvor podataka u GIS projektima. Korištenje OpenStreetMap podataka i drugih otvorenih podataka u GIS-u potiče transparentnost i suradnju te pomaže bolje razumjeti i upravljati prostorom oko nas. Proširenje GIS Day akcije na OpenStreetMap aktivnost mapiranja tijekom cijelog GIS mjeseca može donijeti dugoročniji učinak, jer se stvaranje i ažuriranje otvorenih podataka prenosi iz jednokratnog događaja u kontinuiranu zajedničku aktivnost. Mi smo se odlučili za sličan pristup, akcija “GIS month osm-hr 112“

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Český Krumlov stojí před rozhodnutím, které zdaleka není jen technické. Postavit severní obchvat, anebo hledat jiná řešení dopravní zátěže? Na první pohled jde o jasný krok. Odvést tranzit mimo město. Jenže realita krajiny, chráněných území a členitého terénu ukazuje, že nic takového nejde udělat bez následků. Severní svahy města přecházejí do CHKO Blanský les a přírodního parku Cvičák, kde každý zásah znamená dlouhodobou změnu charakteru krajiny. Městská varianta trasy zas počítá s tunelem, který by stavbu významně prodražil. Ani jedno ale nepovažuji za kvalitní odpověď k výzvě, co s dopravní situací.

Alternativní text obrázek: Zelení Český Krumlov

Když technika narazí na terén

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Location: Nový Dvůr, Vyšný, Český Krumlov, okres Český Krumlov, Jihočeský kraj, Jihozápad, 381 01, Česko
Posted by foxandpotatoes on 30 October 2025 in French (Français).

Bank and ditch

Preliminary

This is a provisional report about a future proposition for specific tags for the following types of banks and ditches:

  • bank and ditch barrier
  • hedge and ditch barrier
  • canal d’abissage
  • fossé bordier
  • talus
  • old way (e.g. Tiense Groef)

We have presently (30 October 2025) the following tags:

  • barrier=ditch - A man-made ditch or a trench is a long and narrow man-made barrier dug in the ground to prevent access to the other side. No precision about the type of the ditch. 82262 occurrences
  • military=trench - Is used to map a military trench: an excavation in the ground that is generally deeper than it is wide, dug into the ground as a barrier for military purposes (e.g. trench warfare). 25148 occurrences
  • natural=earth_bank - Not a man-made feature. 19672 occurrences.
  • natural=valley - Not a man_made feature. 59800 occurrences.
  • natural=cliff - Not a man_made feature. 916448 occurrences.
  • waterway=ditch - A simple narrow artificial waterway used to drain nearby land, to remove storm-water or similar. 4438049 occurrences.
  • waterway=drain - Artificial waterways, typically lined with concrete or similar, used to carry superfluous water like storm water or grey-discharge. 1801170 occurrences.
  • man_made=embankment - Is used to map an artificial slope or steep incline built for example to provide a level platform on top for a road or railway line or to otherwise shape or stabilize the terrain. For micro-mapped embankments, it is not possible to specify the dimensions (height, width). 307709 occurrences.
  • embankment=yes - Add this tag to a way that is already tagged with a highway=, railway= or waterway=* tag. 278223 occurrences.

None of them seem to exactly concern the banks and ditches mentioned above.

Bank and ditch

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I’m raising funds to purchase the historic 1:50,000 topographic map series of Eswatini (formerly Swaziland), so I can preserve and share them online as a seamless, zoomable mosaic - free for everyone.

In 2008 I successfully raised £1000 to acquire the equivalent series for Namibia (South West Africa). You can explore that project here: https://namibia-topo.openstreetmap.org.za/

Donate and more information: https://www.gofundme.com/f/purchase-historical-eswatini-topographic-maps

Location: Extension 3, Inkhundla Mbabane, Hhohho Region, H100, Eswatini

Inspirado pelas estatísticas disponíveis em OSMstats, compilei abaixo a lista de todos os países e territórios atualmente monitorados na plataforma.

Cada nome está vinculado à sua respectiva relação administrativa no OpenStreetMap. A lista dessa forma ajudou muito na tarefa de mapear em todos os países e territórios do OpenStreetmap, conforme relatei aqui.

Esta lista pode ser útil para consultas, análises ou scripts que envolvam os limites administrativos, permitindo acesso direto às relações correspondentes.

Vale aqui uma observação. Entre os 260 nomes apenas 216 correspondem ao admin_level=2, o que é considerado de facto o nível de país. Os outros valores que aparecem são admin_level=3 (17 locais), admin_level=4 (14 locais), admin_level=10 (2 locais) , e 11 locais não possuem a chave admin_level.


Lista de Países e Territórios

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This is the story of how the cycling association measured streets in Bruges and got what they wanted - a cycling zone - 5 years after the initial campaign…

The setup

First some belgian road law. One of the peculariaties of Belgian is that we have the concept of a ‘cyclestreet’. This is a street where cars are not allowed to overtake cyclists - one of the tools to make cities more liveable. A cycle zone is similar, except that it is about multiple streets. It needs different traffic signs and is in effect until the “end of cycle zone”-traffic sign.

The cycling association of Bruges wanted a cycling zone in the entire city center. To force this, they devised a plan using a different law. The Belgian road code says that cars are not allowed to overtake a cyclist if the space between a cyclist and the car would be less then 1 meter.

In other words, if the cycling association could prove that most of the streets in Bruges are too small to legally overtake cyclists anyway, that would be a good starting point to force a cycle zone in the city. In practice, it would make the already existing situation more explicit.

Enter OpenStreetMap

As such, the local cyclist association asked me to help them in 2020, in the middle of the corona lockdowns.

I did create a custom version of StreetComplete to ask for the street width (a quest that StreetComplete would officially add about a year later).

And, as such, we got out into the city and, armed with a laser measurement device, took the width of every street in the historic center - a perfect activity to do during the corona lockdowns.

To display the information, I setup a custom map theme on MapComplete (which was quite young as well) to show the widths of the streets.

Using the measured width, parking and sidewalk information, MapComplete can automatically determine which streets are to small to officially overtake a cyclist.

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Location: Steenstraatkwartier, Brugge-Centrum, Brugge, Bruges, Brugge, West Flanders, 8000, Belgium
Posted by Smarzaro on 29 October 2025 in Brazilian Portuguese (Português do Brasil). Last updated on 30 October 2025.

Há algum tempo estabeleci para mim mesmo um desafio ousado: registrar pelo menos um changeset em cada país/região listada no OpenStreetMap. Eu me baseei na lista oficial do OSMstats, composta por 260 locais ao redor do mundo — e hoje posso dizer que o desafio foi concluído.

O mais interessante dessa jornada foi perceber como o mundo é diverso até no mapa. Em alguns locais, o mapeamento está tão detalhado que foi muito difícil encontrar algo para contribuir. Já em outros… praticamente tudo ainda precisa ser mapeado — sem falar na falta de imagens de boa qualidade para servir de referência.

No fim das contas, foi muito mais do que completar um checklist. Foi uma viagem virtual pelo planeta, enxergando paisagens mapeadas e não mapeadas, contrastes culturais e diferentes níveis de engajamento da comunidade.

E é exatamente isso que torna o OpenStreetMap tão especial. Cada contribuição, por menor que pareça, faz o mundo ficar um pouquinho mais visível.

Agora é pensar no próximo “desafio” 😄 28/10/2025

I have been mapping addresses on OpenStreetMap since a long time. During this time I have been also frequently referring to the wiki page for guidance whenever I felt my method was wrong. This post is the result of all the stupid mistakes I found during this checking of wiki. I hope that others wouldn’t make those same stupid mistakes.

Though this post is based on my experience in India, it should be useful to people elsewhere in the world.

The mapping process looks like this:

  1. Check if the neighbourhood or the street is present on the map. If it’s not, then add it.
  2. Create the building if it’s not on the map. Then add addr:street (or addr:place) and addr:housenumber (or addr:housename) to the building depending on the address.

That’s it. Now let’s elaborate on some things.

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Location: Naraina, New Delhi, Delhi, 110028, India

Digitalni ortofoto Grada Karlovca 2023 na TMS i TM serveru

Zadnjih nekoliko objava se odnosili na DOF sniman dronom, za manja urbana područja. Prije smo objavili DOF sniman zrakoplovom za veća urbana područje poput Knin 2007, Zagreb 2012, Zagreb 2018 i Rijeka 2020. Sad imamo kombinaciju, snimke dronom za veće urbano područje.

Pitali smo ih, a Grad karlovac nam je dopustio korištenje svoje snimke. Ne samo dopustio korištenje nego su nam ustupili i snimke koje sad objavljujemo na našem tms serveru. Snimke su nastale snimanjem dronom i to u 11. mjesecu 2023. godine. Tako da su to najnovije snimke koje imamo.

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Za korištenje potrebno je ručno upisati TMS adresu u željeni editor.

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Location: Donja Gaza, Banija, Karlovac, Grad Karlovac, Karlovačka županija, 47104, Hrvatska

A partire da questa domanda sul gruppo Telegram, mi è venuto in mente che fosse utile creare un breve tutorial per spiegare come visualizzare le informazioni delle direzioni all’interno delle applicazioni per modificare OpenStreetMap, che è un argomento, a mio avviso, semplice, ma poco intuitivo per i neofiti del progetto.

Non tutti i nodi hanno bisogno una direzione! Solitamente, i nodi legati a una way possono avere una direzione. Questo perché in OSM le way hanno un senso di costruzione (che viene generalmente indicato con delle freccette sulla way).

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My morning walks got replaced by Car driving lessons.

I turn on my GPS and go for driving and after returning I upload the traces to OSM.

I am wondering other than uploading the GPS traces, is there any other way I can utilize my local knowledge to contribute to OSM.

Location: Ward 4, North Zone, Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation, Bhubaneswar (M.Corp.), Khordha, Odisha, India
Posted by Tohid69 on 25 October 2025 in Persian (فارسی).

ویژن یا هدف هترین مسیری که یک انسان تو زندگیش می‌تونه ادامه بده برای زندگی کردن و نفس کشیدن فقط تعیین هدف و پیش رفتن به سوی آن نترسیدن در راه و چالش‌ها برای رسیدن به هر آنچه که می‌خواهد

Location: قائم, ناحیه ۱ منطقه ۲, منطقه ۲, شهر مشهد, بخش مرکزی شهرستان مشهد, شهرستان مشهد, استان خراسان رضوی, ایران