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So, about 6 weeks ago, I met someone who teaches at Simpson College in Indianola, Iowa at a conference here in Ireland. This made me curious about Indianola, and I went to check it out on OSM. Anything could trigger that in me.



As a friend and I were adding the 57th tag to a climbing gym in Belgium, I wondered what the element with the highest tag count is. I couldnt find such stats (which may be a good thing), so I downloaded belgium-latest.osm.


I created this for my own use, but am sharing it here because it might be useful to other people too. This is the style and theres a brief readme.


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Severe floods and landslides devastated Sukabumi Regency, West Java, after two days of intense rainfall, with over 100 mm of rain falling in a short period, according to the Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysics Agency (BMKG).


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Today, panning in Kampala, Uganda, I noticed so many place=village and place=neighbourhood , often the same name is duplicated.

Uganda #Kampala #BadMapping



Recently, I had the privilege of leading a MapSwipe training session for a corporate group, and it was an incredibly rewarding experience. While Ive conducted online trainings before, this one felt particularly special.


About 6 years ago now, the Ireland OSM community had a bunch of online and face-to-face discussions. There was a desire to have a common campaign, rather than everyone just paddling their own canoe, mapping old boundaries, addding 110KV monster pylon…


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Session : 09
I received the new achievement form in the platform of Open Mapping Guru for actively participating in the 𝗥𝗮𝗽𝗶𝗱 𝗨𝗽𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗜𝗺𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗠𝗘𝗧𝗔 Training under the
𝕆𝕡𝕖𝕟 𝕞𝕒𝕡𝕡𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕘𝕦𝕣𝕦 Project last May 24, 2024.


Session: 08📯
𝐎𝐌 𝐆𝐮𝐫𝐮 𝐍𝐞𝐭𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤 𝐗 𝐇𝐎𝐓 𝐓𝐞𝐜𝐡 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠
𝔸𝕔𝕔𝕖𝕤𝕤𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕍𝕚𝕤𝕦𝕒𝕝𝕚𝕫𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕆𝕡𝕖𝕟 𝕄𝕒𝕡 𝔻𝕒𝕥𝕒
Under the Open Mapping Guru Project 2023
last April 12, 2024.
Open Mapping Guru🩵


Session: 07📯
𝑶𝑴 𝑮𝒖𝒓𝒖 𝑵𝒆𝒕𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒌 𝑿 𝑯𝑶𝑻 𝑻𝒆𝒄𝒉 𝑻𝒓𝒂𝒊𝒏𝒊𝒏𝒈:
𝕀𝕟𝕥𝕣𝕠𝕕𝕦𝕔𝕥𝕚𝕠𝕟 𝕥𝕠 𝔹𝕒𝕤𝕚𝕔 ℚ𝔾𝕀𝕊 𝔸𝕟𝕒𝕝𝕪𝕥𝕚𝕔𝕤.
held last April 19, 2024.
Under the Open Mapping Guru Project 2023.


Session: 06📯
𝐎𝐌 𝐆𝐮𝐫𝐮 𝐍𝐞𝐭𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠:
𝔻𝕒𝕥𝕒 𝕄𝕚𝕟𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕆𝕊𝕄 𝔻𝕒𝕥𝕒 𝕨𝕚𝕥𝕙 𝕆𝕧𝕖𝕣ℙ𝕒𝕤𝕤 𝕋𝕦𝕣𝕓𝕠
held last April 27, 2024.
under the
Open Mapping Guru Project 2023.


Session: 05📯
𝑶𝑴 𝑮𝒖𝒓𝒖 𝑵𝒆𝒕𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒌 𝑿 𝑯𝑶𝑻 𝑻𝒆𝒄𝒉 𝑻𝒓𝒂𝒊𝒏𝒊𝒏𝒈:
𝕌𝕤𝕖 ℂ𝕒𝕤𝕖 𝕊𝕔𝕖𝕟𝕒𝕣𝕚𝕠𝕤 𝕨𝕚𝕥𝕙 ℚ𝔾𝕀𝕊 - 𝔽𝕝𝕠𝕠𝕕𝕚𝕟𝕘


Session: 03📯
𝑶𝑴 𝑮𝒖𝒓𝒖 𝑵𝒆𝒕𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒌 𝑻𝒓𝒂𝒊𝒏𝒊𝒏𝒈:
𝔹𝕖𝕘𝕚𝕟𝕟𝕖𝕣 𝕁𝕆𝕊𝕄 𝕍𝕒𝕝𝕚𝕕𝕒𝕥𝕚𝕠𝕟
held last April 20, 2024
Under the
Open Mapping Guru Project 2023.
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Session: 02📯
𝑶𝑴 𝑮𝒖𝒓𝒖 𝑵𝒆𝒕𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒌 𝑻𝒓𝒂𝒊𝒏𝒊𝒏𝒈:
𝕀𝕟𝕥𝕣𝕠𝕕𝕦𝕔𝕥𝕚𝕠𝕟 𝕥𝕠 𝔾𝕀𝕊 𝕒𝕟𝕕 ℚ𝔾𝕀𝕊
held last April 20, 2024
Under the
Open Mapping Guru Project 2023.


Session: 01🛜
𝑶𝑴 𝑮𝒖𝒓𝒖 𝑵𝒆𝒕𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒌 𝑿 𝑯𝑶𝑻 𝑻𝒆𝒄𝒉 𝑻𝒓𝒂𝒊𝒏𝒊𝒏𝒈:
2024 𝙋𝙖𝙥𝙪𝙖 𝙉𝙚𝙬 𝙂𝙪𝙞𝙣𝙚𝙖 𝙀𝙖𝙧𝙩𝙝𝙦𝙪𝙖𝙠𝙚 𝙈𝙖𝙥𝙖𝙩𝙝𝙤𝙣
It was special session on which project I worked with attention ❤️
Held last April 19, 2024.
Under the
Open Mapping Guru Project 2023.


𝑰 am thrilled to share a major achievement in my journey as a dedicated mapper: passing the Open Mapping Guru 2024 Exam and earning my official certification! This recognition affirms my commitment and expertise in open mapping, marking a significan…


𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐄𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐡 𝐢𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐰𝐞 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐨𝐧.
– 𝐖𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐥𝐥 𝐁𝐞𝐫𝐫𝐲
I am honored to have participated in the 2024 Climate Change Challenge as a member of 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑷𝒊𝒏 𝑫𝒓𝒐𝒑𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒔.



Santarém To Belém - We Ran Out Of River


Daybreak on our last full day on the river could hardly have been more depressing. The sky I could see from my hammock was a grey-brown colour, and the smell of burning wood was stronger than ever. We were in the middle of the river and there was very little visibility. It hardly even makes It into the news headlines any more, our ability to adapt to the mess we have created means that relatively few people are aware of just how serious the situation is as Amazonía burns.

Fortunately we were not going to spend all of the last leg with the smog. Slowly the sky started to clear, and things seemed better again. The forest on either side even looked a bit more like It had in the upper part of the river.

We hadn’t realised that this was going to be one of the best river watching days of the whole trip. As you get nearer the end the river splits and spreads, and there are some relatively narrow channels. So for a few hours in the afternoon we had great views of life on the river banks. Then in the afternoon we got some much needed rain as a storm passed overhead.

More entertainment was provided by having the final of the Copa Libertadores shown live on TV on the upper deck. Then It was down to the hammocks for the final night. The boat had got busier as we stopped on the way, and there were hammocks everywhere, making It quite hard to move around. I didn’t sleep that much, I spent a couple of hours in the middle of the night reflecting on the journey and thinking a bit about what was to come after the big river.

As the sun came up we were already close to Belém, but the boat had to do a circuit around some islands before reaching the city. It felt as if we were already at sea, the boat moving with the swell and the land now far away. But as we moved into the channel approaching Belém we got our last views. After doing more or less 3500 km of river from Iquitos It was finally time to roll up the hammock. Was It worth it? You bet It was.


About 2 days ago, the map started to be darkened. This only occurs on Firefox and Chrome, and it appears to be caused by the browser’s light/dark settings. I am still not certain about the cause.


On the first day of every month, I run a manual monthly statistics script to calculate which Wikipedia article is the most active.



The Last Boat - Santarém To Belém


Another early start, the day had come for getting on our last boat, the one that would take us to Belém. It wasn’t a promising start, I opened the window in the hotel and the smell of wood smoke was stronger than on any other day here. With limited visibility over the river.

We walked down to the port to find that the boat was already there. The Amazon Star had come down quite full from Manaus and this time we weren’t going to be lucky with our choice of hammock position. It was more a question of finding any free position, which we managed somehow with hammock ropes almost crossing.

Despite the grand sounding name the Amazon Star is a fairly basic boat, we had been spoiled a bit with our boat to Santarem. But It had an open space upstairs and a well stocked bar. The only things that let us down were the views of the river, the smog caused by fires was to be with us for some time to come.

The day was hot, despite the sun being partially blocked. But the boat made good progress. I was glad when the sun started to go down and we made a little detour to stop at the town of Monte Alegre. The night was fresher, I was just hoping that we would get through the smog for the final part of the journey. This was not how I wanted It to end.


So we found something to do with our extra day in Santarém. The Guardian published an article in 2009 on the 10 best beaches in Brazil and there at number 1 is Alter do Chao.


Concept : I will read OSM-related news, summarize passages from all the web links related to that news, and then post them here.


Santarém


My first impressions of Santarém were not very favourable. I had the idea of It being a smaller city, but It covers a wide área and our hostal was quite a distance from the centre. Three nights we had here, and It wasn’t clear what we could with that time.

We walked to the centre and found nice places to be by the river, and a restaurant serving regional dishes, including one (Maniçoba) where they have to cook the manioc leaves for days to remove the toxins. I’m still here to tell the story so they must have done It right.

The first full day we dedicated to exploring the centre and looking for another hotel not so far from the port for our final night. There was, naturally, some mapping to be done as we walked around. Outside of the centre there were areas with few amenities mapped.

The haze from the fires comes and goes in the city, with the wind. But at times the smell of smoke is very strong, and the pollution gets to your eyes and throat. Glad I don’t live here, Madrid ‘s traffic pollution is seriously unhealthy but not as bad as this.


Manaus To Santarem


Another early morning start as we walked down to the port at dawn to catch the Santarem boat. This time there was none of the queuing and complication that we had in Tabatinga - we showed our ticket and went straight on to the boat.

The early bird catches the best hammock position, and the first impressions of the Madame Crys were positive. It seemed to be a more modern boat than for Tabatinga to Manaus. It didn’t fill up completely but was busy and we did the right thing getting there early.

As we left Manaus It was clear that this was a more powerful, but less noisy, boat. We were up front looking for the meeting of the waters as the appropriately named Río Negro joins the Amazon a short distance out from Manaus For kilometres the two rivers run with little mixing and very different colours, and our boat steered very close to the visible dividing line.

By now of course the river is very wide, although still the boat often takes a course closer to one side. We were now seeing a different forest from that of the upper Amazon, less dense and with much more signs of human impact and settlement.

Lunch confirmed that we were on a smarter boat, the food was similar style to the previous boat but noticeably better. We had a bar that sold beer and plenty of space on the upper deck for river watching. Mealtimes were still early, so not long after dark we were already settling in the hammocks for the night.

Daybreak was hazy over the river, as It had been approaching Manaus. The boat stopped in a couple of places on the way, quite large towns like Obidos and Parintins. It was a relatively short 30 hour journey, short by Amazonia standards.

By mid afternoon we could see Santarem ahead of us, we arrived more or less on time. First priority on arriving was ensuring we had out tickets for the next, and final, boat to Belém. We were going to have one more day than expected in Santarem but were still on target for getting to the end. The taxi driver who took us to our hostel explained the hazy visibility. Fires in the región, and this was more or less a normal situation here.



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