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Midterm is here, so this is a proper writeup of whats landed
so far, how the pieces fit together, and what the second half looks
like. If you just want the code: everything described here merged in
#4106.
#4106



Like much of the web, OSM has been struggling with bots downloading rendered maps, in our case declining to use our planet dumps to get what they want.

I therefore make a suggestion: give suspected scrapers a poisoned version of the map, for instance it could have scrambled POIs, or perhaps roads named after villains. We can then point out the source of the resulting contamination as it goes public.


For a while, the Dienst Mobilteit van Antwerpen (Department of Mobility of the Province of Antwerp) wanted to have (libre) streetview imagery, especially of the Belgian cycle highways - a type of cycling network in Belgium.


Singapore has about 2,300 playgrounds in OSM (), but no easy way for a parent to answer the practical question: is this one any good for my kid, today?




Just finished a second pass of my hometown. Redid a lot of my shoddier early mapping and reviewed every TIGER import street. Now working on TIGER review outside of the city and some wetlands mapping for the time being.


Last September I wrote about a concept where instead of hand-listing 15–30 tags on every packaging container, the user could just pick the containers colour and let the editor auto-add the right tags.


Clearance is a free software tool for controlling the quality of OpenStreetMap replication diffs. It tracks thematic and territorial edits to OSM and keeps replication extracts (extracts, diffs, and a local Overpass API) up to date.


In July 2026, I decided to return to OpenStreetMap after nearly four years. This project is more than just mapping for me—it is a personal journey to build a detailed digital representation of my hometown, Taiping. My current focus is the Heritage Zone, where I hope to refine every building footprint and individual block with the best accuracy possible. If you’re a fellow mapper or a Taiping resident, your contributions are always appreciated. Feel free to add shop lot numbers, business names, amenities, or any other local knowledge that helps make the map more complete and useful for everyone.


We are looking for Tyler his last flick cam hit was in mars hill Indiana we have a Facebook group I’m sure if you look up his name on Facebook you can find it his brothers name is Brian dads name is Tim same last name flick cam had him in the area in a early 2000’s black f150 on 6/15/2026 in mars hill tag is TK9450xp out of Indiana any help is welcomed and appreciated there is a 7k reward for any information leading to finding him


About three years ago, I had given a talk to some folks at the Irish Wheelchair Association in Kilkenny about the history of Kilkenny.



Not at all my work, but a place to record the work of Akash Wadhwani. They have just written a great piece on OpenStreetMap and the work of volunteers to map in support of disaster response.



Weve got another OSMLondon pub meet-up tonight!. Im trying to be a bit more orginal with pub choices recently, so I picked a place down in Victoria. This is not the end of London I know best, but its good to go South a bit.


For many years it has bugged me that no maps display whether a road is a toll road, whether cycling is forbidden there and whether its surface is made of cobblestone.




In February I read a short story, “Mr. Pfeiffer” by Vicky Mlyniec that is set in Percy, Illinois. Curious, I looked up the place on OSM and found it lacking in mapping. I’ve spent the last four months improving it on the map. Today I am done with buildings and other features inside the village limits.






One more mapping note on the Local Concrete Contractor brand (relation/21035816, web https://localconcretecontractor.com).



Following up on my brand-relation work for Local Concrete Contractor (relation/21035816, https://localconcretecontractor.com).











Continuing my pass on the NC concrete contractor nodes — heres what Ive done at the Statesville office for Local Concrete Contractor:


Continuing my pass on the NC concrete contractor nodes — heres what Ive done at the Mint Hill office for Local Concrete Contractor:


Continuing my pass on the NC concrete contractor nodes — heres what Ive done at the Concord office for Local Concrete Contractor: