Im excited to share PowerShell.Map - a new module that brings interactive OpenStreetMap visualization to the PowerShell command line!
I am very happy to tell you about the initiative that was coordinated by me and promoted by my company, IVIDES DATA™.
I am very happy to observe and participate in a trend that, since 2024 in Belém (Brazil), has been moving forward: a very positive streak in the OSM Latam community —the community where I am most active— around people who have managed to mobilize mor…
We released version 11.0 of the GraphHopper routing engine.
I am so excited to have Unique Mappers RSU chapter virtual event taking off today for the next 3 days. I am also excited to have Favour and Adanna anchoring this event as part fo their internship program task
Prof .P Ede of Geography Dept and Dr . Erefama of Geology was in attendance along with so many others .
Cheers to Unique Mappers Nigeria
Prof .P Ede of Geography Dept and Dr . Erefama of Geology was in attendance along with so many others .
Cheers to Unique Mappers Nigeria
Unique Mappers (River State University)RSU takes off with Newbies Orientation and Mapathon Training Anchored by Unique Mappers Interns
I am so excited to have Unique Mappers RSU chapter virtual event taking off today for the next 3 days. I am also excited to have Favour and Adanna anchoring this event as part fo their internship program taskOpenStreetMap
We’re excited to announce the official launch of our OSM editor.
Its been a week since the State of the Map (SOTM) 2025 and this edition of State of the Map actually had a lot of firsts, its the first to be held in Asia and it was actually the first that Im attending.
I am currently trying to properly import bus stops data into OSM (see here for the details). I did tests upload on the dev server, but I didnt find a way to revert a changeset : the osm-revert-scripts can get a changeset content, and seems to generat…
The State of the Map (SOTM) conference in Nairobi gave me a great opportunity and motivation. From that experience, I realized that even a small contribution can create a huge impact.
I like to enable creating Notes in a MapLibre map. This should be possible both anonymously and while logged in. The following documents the learning steps using plain vanilla JavaScript. Improvements or feedback welcome.
There is a strange site in Thomastown, Co. Kilkenny where you have a circular stone and several iron hoops in the ground, and Ive often wondered what it is, and presumed it had something to do with tying up horses.
In Leaflet, I really enjoy using Leaflet.Control.Layers.Tree and find its possibilities amazing. That’s why I’ve named the control I describe here Layertree.
About a week ago, I was thinking about the height of the buildings of my campus from above, especially in relation to the relatively flat terrain and skyline around Daytona Beach.
Discreet Trustworthy keep to myself Will help Unload in your cab or at mine
Discreet Trustworthy keep to myself Will help Unload in your cab or at mine
Discreet Trustworthy keep to myself Will help Unload in your cab or at mine
When I was in Hyderabad and Bengaluru, I used to map the roads and buildings of the places in my hometown in Bhubaneswar.
The location and address belong to by ZwS Zuha and the ZuhaWorld Social Impact - Social Club Location and Surrounding Area.
Mapping Hope — Visiting the Nasha Mukti Kendra in Baprola
Weźmisz: - 400 g brukselki - 1 limonka - ząbek czosnku - dwie łyżki masła - sól i pieprz do smaku 1. brukselkę przekrój na poł...
I thought there wouldn’t be much on my bucket list for 2025, but everything has turned into something magical that fills my mapper’s heart with joy.
Tommy’s Hut Historical Landmark 1255 whittlesea Yea Rd Kinglake West
Hello! I have finally finished my work in Teton Pines! Unfortunately, I learned recently that there is a big construction project(s) going on there at the moment. So, I will likely be circling back to update the area when new imagery comes in.
Recently, ESRI World Imagery updated to include imagery from early 2025 in Gaza. Now, for the first time since the conflict escalated in October 2023, it is possible to update OSM using open satellite imagery to reflect the many features in Gaza that…
The PCT exits Yosemite National Park though Dorothy Pass at the northern edge of the park. This marks the high point for through hikers after a 70 mile uphill. Statationed there with a National Parks trail crew this summer season I noticed that mapping data was sparse and inacurate. Water and campsite markings were esspecialy lacking.
I have made a number of additons and adjustements based on my notes from this summer and added ponds/streams where they are vissible on satilite data. Any stream marked as intermintet was personaly verified by me, otherwise I have left them unknown.
I belive that the avaiable tags for backcounty conditions are insuficiant and that there would be a use for a point of interest to indicate cellphone reception points in mountain areas.
I have made a number of additons and adjustements based on my notes from this summer and added ponds/streams where they are vissible on satilite data. Any stream marked as intermintet was personaly verified by me, otherwise I have left them unknown.
I belive that the avaiable tags for backcounty conditions are insuficiant and that there would be a use for a point of interest to indicate cellphone reception points in mountain areas.
I want to share an idea for software for mappers: a pair of apps—a field data collection app and a desktop editor for analyzing, processing, and uploading that data. I’ve been thinking about this lately.
In downtown Minneapolis, MN, USA, there are 80 linked blocks
of connected buildings, making up the largest distance of indoor navigation in the world[1].
of connected buildings, making up the largest distance of indoor navigation in the world[1].
HOT’s Tasking Manager is about to undergo the most significant user experience upgrade since 2020. A brand new Super Mapper level will be introduced, one step higher than ‘Advanced’ mappers and much more rigorously assessed.
HeiGIT recently published an analysis together with the German Federal Agency for Cartography and Geodesy (BKG), comparing land cover data from OSM with the official CORINE Land Cover (CLC) dataset from BKG.
The Street Spirit style contains the code used by the OSMF’s Vector Tile Service. This doesn’t make sense at first glance but requires some knowledge of the history and planned future direction.
A style like Street Spirit requires code for loading OSM data into a database, code for turning the database contents into vector tiles, and a MapLibre GL style to create a viewable map. Genenerating Shortbread tiles requires the first two of these, but there are existing styles out there that turn the vector tiles into a viewable map.
Some features are common across maps. Building polygons are a good example — almost every map will need the same data in the database. Street Spirit was started before the OSMF Vector Tile work, and this gave me a starting point for the code from Shortbread. I combined this with the experimental osm2pgsql themepark shortbread theme.
Long term the plan is to keep as much code in common as possible, and have the option to generate Street Spirit tiles, Shortbread tiles, or both. Generating both would happen out of one database with reduced duplication.
Right now I’m in the middle of this process. A lot of work has been done on Shortbread, but Street Spirit hasn’t been a focus. The reason the Shortbread code is in the Street Spirit repository is not because of what it is now, but because of where it came from and where it’s going.
A style like Street Spirit requires code for loading OSM data into a database, code for turning the database contents into vector tiles, and a MapLibre GL style to create a viewable map. Genenerating Shortbread tiles requires the first two of these, but there are existing styles out there that turn the vector tiles into a viewable map.
Some features are common across maps. Building polygons are a good example — almost every map will need the same data in the database. Street Spirit was started before the OSMF Vector Tile work, and this gave me a starting point for the code from Shortbread. I combined this with the experimental osm2pgsql themepark shortbread theme.
Long term the plan is to keep as much code in common as possible, and have the option to generate Street Spirit tiles, Shortbread tiles, or both. Generating both would happen out of one database with reduced duplication.
Right now I’m in the middle of this process. A lot of work has been done on Shortbread, but Street Spirit hasn’t been a focus. The reason the Shortbread code is in the Street Spirit repository is not because of what it is now, but because of where it came from and where it’s going.
Street Spirit Organization
The Street Spirit style contains the code used by the OSMFs Vector Tile Service. This doesnt make sense at first glance but requires some knowledge of the history and planned future direction.OpenStreetMap
You can find a German version of this article here: Navigation Control oder Zoom Control in MapLibre
Long time OSM user and occasional contributor, I recently found out that I can import bus stops from the operator* data for the area of Grenoble, France. For the moment I just want to import stop points which dont exists in OSM.
In the English Channel, technically outside of the UK, there are the Crown Dependencies of Jersey and Guernsey. Aside from the main island of Guernsey there are three related islands: Alderney, Herm, and Sark.
I’ve been a geography nerd for my entire life. Recently, I’ve gotten into OSM as part of my need to map bike lanes for an advocacy article on bike lanes.
Initially, I mapped manually using Mapbox studio. Yes, it was tedious.
A bit more research led to OSM. I checked ways to pull down bike lane tags. That led me to the world of OverpassQL, with Overpass Turbo and the Overpass API. Along the way, I also got a taste of tagging with the need to find bike related infrastructure. Apparently, all the tags here apply:
I managed to put my query together. Google Gemini search AI tried to be helpful with query suggestions. It was of limited accuracy.
After realizing that some infrastructure was missing, I had to consider maintenance of my underlying data. With OSM being an open source project, I decided to become a contributor.
The iD webapp was too limited for me. I’ve worked extensively with ArcMap before. JOSM was my tool of choice.
That leads me to today. I found additional bike maps (cycleOSM) that were nice but not illustrative enough. I also made my first updates to OSM. JOSM certainly has a learning curve but it’s mild.
I’ll still be making my own queries and I still plan to use Mapbox for my visualization. Will also have to test out Esri’s visual storytelling features.
More to come.
Initially, I mapped manually using Mapbox studio. Yes, it was tedious.
A bit more research led to OSM. I checked ways to pull down bike lane tags. That led me to the world of OverpassQL, with Overpass Turbo and the Overpass API. Along the way, I also got a taste of tagging with the need to find bike related infrastructure. Apparently, all the tags here apply:
- bike=
- cycleway=
- cycleway_left=
- cycleway_right=
- cycleway_both=
I managed to put my query together. Google Gemini search AI tried to be helpful with query suggestions. It was of limited accuracy.
After realizing that some infrastructure was missing, I had to consider maintenance of my underlying data. With OSM being an open source project, I decided to become a contributor.
The iD webapp was too limited for me. I’ve worked extensively with ArcMap before. JOSM was my tool of choice.
That leads me to today. I found additional bike maps (cycleOSM) that were nice but not illustrative enough. I also made my first updates to OSM. JOSM certainly has a learning curve but it’s mild.
I’ll still be making my own queries and I still plan to use Mapbox for my visualization. Will also have to test out Esri’s visual storytelling features.
More to come.
Starting off in OSM
Ive been a geography nerd for my entire life. Recently, Ive gotten into OSM as part of my need to map bike lanes for an advocacy article on bike lanes.OpenStreetMap
There are a number of ongoing discussions about the geocoder on osm.org (Nominatim) in the forum at the moment. These include spelling tolerance, how it might work with data that does not exist in OSM yet and what it actually returns.
If there’s one thing people who know me will say, it’s that I’m a proud Lokeraar through and through. The history of Lokeren, and the way the city keeps changing, has always fascinated me.
It all started in 2019 when I began editing Lokeren’s Wikipedia page. I wanted it to be more than just a dry article—I wanted it to reflect the city’s character with accurate and engaging information. After two years of expanding and polishing, I felt I had done my part there, and I started looking for other ways to put Lokeren on the map.
That’s when I discovered OpenStreetMap in 2021. My first edit was just a tiny stream in Lokeren. But from that small start, it turned into a real passion. Before long, I was mapping everything: trees, bike paths, parking lots, even new buildings as they appeared.
Now, four years later, I can proudly say the mission has been a success so far. But it doesn’t stop here—Lokeren keeps growing, and so does my map. And honestly, that’s the best part: there’s always something new to add, and always another story to tell about my hometown.
It all started in 2019 when I began editing Lokeren’s Wikipedia page. I wanted it to be more than just a dry article—I wanted it to reflect the city’s character with accurate and engaging information. After two years of expanding and polishing, I felt I had done my part there, and I started looking for other ways to put Lokeren on the map.
That’s when I discovered OpenStreetMap in 2021. My first edit was just a tiny stream in Lokeren. But from that small start, it turned into a real passion. Before long, I was mapping everything: trees, bike paths, parking lots, even new buildings as they appeared.
Now, four years later, I can proudly say the mission has been a success so far. But it doesn’t stop here—Lokeren keeps growing, and so does my map. And honestly, that’s the best part: there’s always something new to add, and always another story to tell about my hometown.
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This is the story of how I mapped the islands off the west coast of the Korean Peninsula. The story began on July 24th (two months ago).
