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Changeset: 176210161

In this changeset (176210161), I focused on improving building-level mapping by adding missing building outlines and refining structural details using Bing Maps aerial imagery.

The objective of this session was to enhance spatial accuracy and improve map completeness in the area. I ensured that:

  • Building footprints were aligned correctly with satellite imagery
  • Proper geometry was maintained
  • No duplicate structures were created
  • Tagging remained consistent with OSM standards

This edit was completed using the iD editor (v2.37.3), and I requested a review to ensure quality validation and community feedback.

Working on building details helped strengthen my understanding of:

  • Accurate polygon tracing
  • Satellite imagery interpretation
  • Clean data structuring
  • Version control within OSM changesets

I will continue improving structured building data and map quality in Karnataka.

Changeset number is 178690672

Today, I worked on improving map data around Yelahanka Taluku, Karnataka. I updated the official name of Sai Vidya Institute of Technology to reflect accurate real-world information and ensured proper tagging consistency.

In addition to correcting the name, I reviewed campus boundary structure, building tagging, and surrounding infrastructure to avoid duplication and maintain data integrity. I verified that the edits align with real-world sources and OSM tagging standards.

My focus during this session was on:

  • Accurate name correction
  • Structured campus boundary validation
  • Road connectivity refinement
  • POI accuracy improvement
  • Avoiding duplicate objects

This session helped reinforce the importance of precise tagging, version tracking, and reviewing live map data versus cached tiles. I will continue contributing to improving structured geospatial data across Karnataka.

Contexte : Le 17 février 2026, j’ai résolu la note #5169818 signalant un problème d’itinéraire cyclable à Toulouse (coordonnées : 43,5615376 ; 1,4920996). Un bloc de béton obsolète (après la fin des travaux) provoquait un détour inutile sur les calculs d’itinéraire.

Actions réalisées : - Correction dans OSM : suppression de l’obstacle (changeset #178691426). - Attente de la mise à jour des données par Geovelo.


Trajet test problématique

Itinéraire Geovelo avec détour Lien direct pour tester : Geovelo - Itinéraire test


À faire : - Vérifier vers le 19 mars 2026 si l’itinéraire est corrigé sur Geovelo/OSRM. - Si le problème persiste, rouvrir la note ou contacter Geovelo.

Localisation : Voir sur OSM


#OpenStreetMap #Toulouse #Vélo #Contribution #Geovelo

Location: Pont des Demoiselles / Ormeau/ Montaudran / La Terrasse / Malepère, Toulouse, Haute-Garonne, Occitanie, France métropolitaine, France

Di seguito le persone coinvolte nel progetto: “Pesaro ha bisogno di te!”.

A un gruppo di studenti e studentesse è stato chiesto di incrementare il livello di precisione e accuratezza della mappa nella loro città (e dintorni, alcune e alcuni vivono in zone limitrofe).

Tutte le modifiche saranno ritenute valide se, e solo se, riporteranno l’hashtag #PCTOMarconi2026 e verranno effettuate dagli utenti coinvolti nel progetto di seguito elencati (viene riportato solo il nome utente).


⚠️ In caso di problemi o vandalismi, vi prego di contattarmi presso <giacomo.alessandroni@wikimedia.it> o su Telegram (@galessandroni). In questi canali sono più reattivo rispetto alla messaggistica interna.

Naturalmente, sentitevi liberi di correggere qualsiasi vandalismo svarione dovesse verificarsi.


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Ultimo aggiornamento: 17 febbraio 2026

Location: Centro storico, Pantano, Pesaro, Pesaro e Urbino, Marche, 61121, Italia

All the hospitals in the UK and Ireland, in about 10 seconds

Many people have noticed that publicly available Overpass servers have been suffering from overuse (a typical “tragedy of the commons”). OSM usage policies generally contain the line “OpenStreetMap (OSM) data is free for everyone to use. Our tile servers are not”. Unfortunately, there have been problems with overuse of the public Overpass servers, despite the usage policy. “Just blocking cloud providers” isn’t an option, because (see here - use the translate button below) lots of different sorts of IP addresses, including residential proxy addresses, are the problem.

People who want to use e.g. Overpass Turbo do have the option to point it at a different Overpass API instance. If you’re using Overpass Turbo and you get an error due to unavailability, likely that is because the Overpass API that it is using is overwhelmed. There are other public Overpass API instances, but they may be complete (in terms of geography, or history) or up to date.

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Location: Morton CP, North East Derbyshire, Derbyshire, East Midlands, England, United Kingdom
Posted by Marcelm005 on 16 February 2026 in English.

Lincolnshire ER OUT Routes

Hello! This is my first Diary Entry and I wanted to dedicate it to the Forum Post that I made about the UKs Only (I Believe) ER OUT routes in the case of any emergencies: mainly flooding in this case.

Overview

After major flooding in 2013 the council created the Lincolnshire ER Routes to enable people to quickly evacuate from the flood areas. Many of you make have driven past these and never even noticed! They are Red rectangular signs with the white text of ER out on them with a direction to follow. They are placed at every turn, so the evacuees follow the road ahead until a signs says otherwise.

Example Sign

https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/6485754

Route End

The end of the route signifies that the evacuees are clear of the major flood risk and (presumably) there would be further guidance at the end of the route. The route end sign is the same as the direction signs however it features 5 black diagonal lines.

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Posted by panlampro on 16 February 2026 in Greek (Ελληνικά).

Σε εφαρμογές που “πατάνε” στους Open Street Maps (σίγουρα στις Mapy. OSMand, Organic Maps, ίσως και αλλού), ως E65 εμφανίζεται ΛΑΘΟΣ ο παλιός δρόμος Λαμία-Δομοκός-Φάρσαλα-Λάρισα και όχι ΣΩΣΤΑ ο αυτοκινητόδρομος Θερμοπύλες-Καλαμπάκα (και ημιτελές Βορειότερα ως την συμβολή με την Εγνατία). Ιδίως για τους ξένους ταξιδιώτες είναι μέγα μπέρδεμα.

多言語表記のタグ付けを考える

2026-02-01に’さくらインターネット Blooming Camp’で行われた「マッパーズサミット2026」での発表内容です

パート1: OSMの基礎知識編

発表内容のうち、OSM wikiに記載されている項目の解説を「OSMの基礎知識編」します

「基礎知識」と思ってバカにしないでください。日本の編集のほとんどすべて(99%以上)がOSM wikiに記載事項に違反しています
また、’talk-ja’などでの意見も OSM wikiに記載事項を理解されていないと思われるものが多いです

p02

実例を使って交差点のタグ付けを考えて見ましょう。

ちなみに、この例は私の自宅近くにある交差点で一般的なものです、特殊な例ではありません。

  • 交差点なので junction=yes とします。

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Posted by あじさか on 15 February 2026 in Japanese (日本語).

OSMのマッピングをはじめて、今日で継続年数1年たった。

アカウント自体は5年前に作っていたが、
当時は県道沿いに建物は張り付いてた分しかなくて(うるおぼえ)、
かつて住んでたところくらいはと、3町分の建物を描いたところで、飽きてしまい辞めた。

そして去年の今日、たまたまマップを見てみたら、建物やPOIがかなり充実してたのを見て再燃し、今に至る。

今のところ、熱は冷めてない。
個人的に継続中の調査テーマもあるし、描きたいものもたくさんある。
続けていくつもりなら、いずれはデータを活用する側にも回りたい。
そのためにもマッピングを進めていこうと思う。

オレはようやくのぼりはじめたばかりだからな
このはてしなく遠いマッピング坂をよ……

Location: 与次郎一丁目, 与次郎, 鹿児島市, 鹿児島県, 892-8677, 日本

大阪市の中心付近に、信号停止線に「一時停止」タグがつけられた箇所がたくさんあります。

「一時停止」標識が存在しない場所なので、誤ったタグ付けなのですが、交点に信号機があるだけの状態よりも優れたマッピングです。

しかし、このままでは、初心者マッパーに「誤りだから・・」という理由で単純に削除されてしまう恐れがあります。

改善前

改善編集

osmwiki JA:Tag:highway=traffic_signals」で推奨されている「highway=traffic_signals」に書き換えましょう!

  • 信号停止線にある「highway=stop」タグを「highway=traffic_signals」に書き換えます。
  • 交差点の交点にあった「highway=traffic_signals」を「junction=yes」に書き換える

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Posted by Glassman on 13 February 2026 in English.

Purpose

Safe Routes to School is a program designed to help parents encourage their children to walk and bike to school safely, while promoting healthy engagement. In some locations, walking or biking to school is a child’s only means of getting to school. My goal is to help parents find the best routes to school and to assist them in working with local governments to improve safety. But we need more volunteers to help improve the data.

What We’re Building

  • Pedestrian and bike maps
  • Child-safe routing opetions
  • Walking and biking isochrone (walkshed) tools
  • Clear tutorials on how to map for pedestrians and cyclists
  • Tools SRTS groups can use in their local communities

Pedestrian and bike maps

Bike maps already exist. Not only does OSM offer two different map layers for cyclists, but there are several apps available. Pedestrian maps are a different story. While there are some pedestrian maps, such as the University of Washington’s Taskar Center for Accessible Technology’s AccessMap.app, they are limited. What is needed is a tool that parents can use to find a good walking route to school, as well as a tool that can help improve pedestrian mapping, much like OpenStreetMap US’s OpenTrailMap.us. The rendering should show pedestrian ways, crossings, accessibility features like tactile pads and kerb ramps.

Routing Engines

OSM has some great routing engines. The user interface will likely need to be improved so that features can be added to avoid. For example, railways may be dangerous for children to cross. By allowing the addition of features to be avoid, it’s possible to provide a safe route.

Walking and biking Isochrones (Walksheds)

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Location: Mount Vernon, Skagit County, Washington, 98273, United States
Posted by Anonymous36863 on 12 February 2026 in English.

About 99% of supplements have garbage in them like seed oils, starch, citric acid or other fillers because most people are too ignorant to read the ingredients labels, let alone realize that ultra-processed pseudo-food is harmful for them in the first place.

I wonder if there is some tag for a nutrition supplements store to state that they offer clean supplements with just one ingredient, just like vegetarian tags, except focused on health rather than ethics.

Maybe diet:raw=* could somewhat apply?

县道、乡道、村道的编号规则是什么? 答:1.县道命名及编号规则:

(1)命名规则:以起终点行政节点名称第一个汉字加“线”组成,如起于高淳县东坝镇终于高淳县固城镇,则命名“东固线”;如起终点为非行政节点,则以起终点具代表性的名称第一个汉字加“线”组成。

(2)编号规则:本轮县道网编号以现有编号体系为基础,现有县道编号基本保持不变,新增县道编号按照方向和类型,在现有县道编号后依次排列,即“老路老编号、新路新编号”。具体编号原则如下:

①编号由字母和数字共10位构成,如“X105320125”,其中,“X”反映县道的性质;“105”反映线路的类型、方向和顺序;“320125”为线路所在县(市、区)的行政代码(以国家统计局发布的2013年江苏省行政区划代码为准)。

②例:“105”:第一位“1”表示线路方向和类型,“05”表示为顺序码。

“1”开头表示由县城(市、区)向外辐射的树状县道网,顺序码从正北方向顺时针依次增大;

“2”开头表示南北纵向县道编号,顺序码从东向西依次增大;

“3”开头表示东西横向县道编号,顺序码从北向南依次增大;

其中,“101~150”、“201~250”、“301~350”编号,适用于保留、局部延伸或调整的现有县道线路,原有县道线路编号不做调整;“151~199”、“251~299”、“351~399”编号,适用于本轮新增县道和上轮县道规划后陆续增编的临时县道编号线路(即X+字母+两位数字+行政区划代码的线路)。

2.乡道命名及编号规则:

(1)命名规则:以起终点行政节点名称第一个汉字加“线”组成,如起于溧水区晶桥镇止于溧水区晶桥镇新山里村,则命名“晶新线”;如起终点为非行政节点,则以起终点具代表性的名称第一个汉字加“线”组成。以上两种命名规则,必须保证在同一县域范围内名字不重复。

(2)编号规则:路线编码由行政等级代码+三位编号+县级行政区划代码共十位组成,具体表示方法如下所示:

“Y”:代表乡道的行政等级代码;“101”:代表乡道的排列顺序编码,采用“老路老编码,新路新编码”原则,老线路以及延伸段采用原有编码,新线路编码从“AA0”开始至“ZZ9”;“320111”:代表该县(市、区)的行政代码。

县(市、区)交通运输局根据各乡镇的实际情况拆分乡道编码,确保县(市、区)域范围内乡道编码的唯一性。

3.村道公路命名及编号规则:

(1)命名规则:以起终点行政节点名称第一个汉字加“路”组成,如:起于溧阳市上兴镇建盟村,终于溧阳市上兴镇红旗村,则命名“建红路”;如起终点为非行政节点,则以起终点具代表性的名称第一个汉字加“路”组成。以上两种命名规则,必须保证在同一县(市、区)域范围内名字不重复。

(2)编号规则:路线编码由行政等级代码+三位编号+县级行政区划代码共十位组成,具体表示方法如下所示:

“C”:代表村道的行政等级代码;“101”:代表村道的排列顺序,采用“老路老编码,新路新编码”原则,老线路以及延伸段采用原有编码,新线路编码从“AA0”开始至“ZZ9”;“320125”:代表该县(市、区)的行政区划代码。

县(市、区)交通运输局根据各乡镇的实际情况拆分村道编码,确保县(市、区)域范围内村道编码的唯一性。

Вітаю, спадарства!

Неўзабаве скончыў перакладаць openstreetmap на клясычную (тарашкевіцу).

Спроба сыстэматызаваць тое што было, пасьлядоўна ды ґрунтоўна прайшоўся водле працы якую пачалі ўжо даўно. Пэўныя тэрміны, магчыма, будуць незразумелымі ці нязвыклымі, мэтай была ўжываць нашыя спрадвечныя адменьнікі, унікаючы калькаваньня.

Цяпер патрэбная вычытка, прыбраць хібу, якую я мог дапусьціць.

Пераклад ужо бачны на сайце, каб пабачыць трэба выбраць мову, яна ніжэй, пад “беларуская”. Перакладзены толькі сайт, не id-рэдактар, там нашмат болей працы, і іншы пляц для перакладу, не такі зручны як translatewiki.

OPORTUNIDADE PARA PARTICIPAR DE PUBLICAÇÃO CIENTÍFICA ABERTA


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A Editora IVIDES está com inscrições abertas para processo seletivo que visa à composição do comitê científico dos volumes 2 e 3 da série Estudos de caso em mapeamentos colaborativo e participativo. O primeiro volume da série, lançado em 2025, já conta com mais de mil downloads! Os documentos informativos desta seleção estão disponíveis:

 

🡇 Chamada pública para o comitê científico - Critérios
🡇 Convite para o comitê científico

 

✻ O prazo para envio das candidaturas é:
20 de fevereiro de 2026, 17h (UTC-3, hora de Brasília)

 

Formulário de inscrição

 

✻ Os resultados serão comunicados até 23 de fevereiro de 2026, 23h59 (UTC-3, hora de Brasília), via e-mail informado pelo candidato;

 

✻ Chamada para residentes em países lusófonos;

 

✻ Parte dos capítulos inclui OpenStreetMap, aproveite para contribuir e enriqueça o seu currículo como parecerista.

 


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For a while, I was interested in understanding what makes one pedestrian OSM way better than another. I wanted to know if there is some generic way to identify good walking routes from OSM data. I looked at Garmin and Strava heatmaps at first. Then I checked Strava segments and their proximity to points of interest such as rivers, ponds, and parks. Then I thought to look at my running pace along OSM ways to separate good and not-so-good walking routes. My idea was simple — a good walking route means a smooth running pace. There are fewer stops, less waiting at intersections, etc. Of course, my pace depends on many factors, such as how far I have to run to get to a certain place. So it cannot be a simple cutoff, but rather the distribution of paces along a given segment. This turned out to be a reasonably good approximation of how good or bad I perceive each route to be. I created this Kaggle dataset as an illustration. This relies on my personal GPX data, so it does not scale, but it captures the kind of local knowledge that I find hard to share in any other way.

Location: Tay Ho Ward, Hà Nội, 11214, Vietnam

Hello! I’m Quincy Morgan. Thank you for considering my candidacy for the board of directors of OpenStreetMap US.

If we haven’t met before, or if you just want to chat about OSM, I encourage you to reach out via OSM, Slack, email, or social media. You can check out my website for detailed information about me, my work, and more ways to contact me.

About

I have been an avid member of the OpenStreetMap community since 2018 in both volunteer and professional capacities. I am the only person to have been employed by both OpenStreetMap US and the OpenStreetMap Foundation. Recently I have organized my activities under Wayside Mapping.

Mapping

As a volunteer mapper, I’ve contributed more than 13,000 changesets over the span of 1,400 mapping days, including more than 3,000 changesets in the past year. My mapping interests are varied but include trails, waterways, peninsulas, scenic routes, monitoring stations, and undermapped places.

Development

As a paid and volunteer open source developer, I have made major contributions to OpenStreetMap tools such as iD, Field Papers, OpenTrailMap, and the openstreetmap.us website. Most recently, I have built and launched themap.is and OSM 411 on my own time.

Life

I’m currently based in New York City but have previously lived in Pennsylvania, California, and Idaho. I’ve spent time in all 48 contiguous United States and all 10 provinces of Canada. When I’m not at my desk, you can find me hiking, biking, paddling, train hopping, or road tripping to the next spot on the map.

Positions

I believe the core roles of a nonprofit board member are threefold:

1. Represent membership

A board member is a democratic representative of the members of the organization. If elected, it would be my job to actively listen to the community and be responsive to their interests.

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