Today, I continued my journey as an OpenStreetMap contributor by actively participating in humanitarian mapping through the HOT Tasking Manager. During this session, I focused on mapping basic features such as buildings and road segments using satellite imagery.
This experience helped me better understand the importance of accurate data in supporting humanitarian efforts, including disaster response and community planning. I paid close attention to data quality, proper tagging, and alignment with OpenStreetMap mapping guidelines.
Through this contribution, I strengthened my familiarity with the OSM editing tools and improved my confidence as a mapper. I also gained valuable insight into how collaborative mapping enables volunteers from around the world to support vulnerable communities with reliable geospatial data.
I look forward to continuing my contributions, improving my skills, and participating in more humanitarian mapping projects in the future.
This experience helped me better understand the importance of accurate data in supporting humanitarian efforts, including disaster response and community planning. I paid close attention to data quality, proper tagging, and alignment with OpenStreetMap mapping guidelines.
Through this contribution, I strengthened my familiarity with the OSM editing tools and improved my confidence as a mapper. I also gained valuable insight into how collaborative mapping enables volunteers from around the world to support vulnerable communities with reliable geospatial data.
I look forward to continuing my contributions, improving my skills, and participating in more humanitarian mapping projects in the future.
Jovita Fuentes Javellana, age 82, of Acworth, GA, passed away on Thursday, February 7, 2019. She was born on June 24, 1936 in Iloilo, Barotac Nuevo in the Philippines to Angelina Agudo and Nicolas Fuentes. We call her by her name, Betty.
im sooo new plssss what can i benefit from this, i needddd this to help me for the future and stuff idk
Model buildings along the grid, after each grid add accessible parking and crosswalks, levels, addresses, alltheplaces, and wikimaps, then adjust roads and add streetside and zoning. I will later add lanes
add street lamps, check sidewalks, and add street signs and fences
add businesses ect.
survey area to find missing details
add neighborhoods to Evansville, each added once that neighborhood is complete
add neighborhoods to Newburgh, likely no borders only points
add street lamps, check sidewalks, and add street signs and fences
add businesses ect.
survey area to find missing details
add neighborhoods to Evansville, each added once that neighborhood is complete
add neighborhoods to Newburgh, likely no borders only points
In disasters and other connectivity outages, people on the ground often see road blockages, landslides, bridge damage, or other map-relevant changes before reliable Internet access is restored.
Occasionally, I simply scroll through the map on openstreetsmap.org.
A year ago, I became aware of the area around Sa Pobla, a Spanish town on the Balearic island of Mallorca.
A year ago, I became aware of the area around Sa Pobla, a Spanish town on the Balearic island of Mallorca.
Not everything in the woods needs a map, and not everything needs to be publicly accessible online. Enter the woods, make your own maps, and share them with the friends that are willing to conserve and enjoy the land as they should.
Starting in 2026, I slightly adjusted my daily routine, particularly around my weeklyOSM-related activity. Instead of passively consuming updates, I began actively scanning for news by lurking in several regional OSM online groups.
At SOTM EU I gave a demo of how to use the OSMF vector tiles with custom tiles for detailed information on a feature. In the demo I showed walls, focusing on the material of the walls.
I fell down the rabit hole, learning about OSM, in order to port the map into a video game called Farm Simulator. They suggested I just rip it, and add what I want unsaved before I port, then realized I might as well just contribute to this neat open source database! I actually find it quite satisfying, and hope I’m helping. I’m not sure how long I’ll stick around, but I’m already at the max contribution…
The weather’s not been great around here, so I’m keeping myself busy (and out of harms way) by updating OpenStreetMap – there are lots of missing buildings here and there, and a few missing pathways and trails.
I’ve been focusing on the Ely, Caeru, and St Fagans areas in Cardiff as I’ve a particular interest in their history (see my previous posts). My aim is to add more detail to the woodland areas, especially the locations of hidden historical sites and secluded trails.
There are lots of buildings throughout that also need re-aligning, with the last edit for many being sixteen years prior! I’ll continue to chip away until everything’s up to date – given the horrid weather, I shouldn’t run short on time!
I’ve been focusing on the Ely, Caeru, and St Fagans areas in Cardiff as I’ve a particular interest in their history (see my previous posts). My aim is to add more detail to the woodland areas, especially the locations of hidden historical sites and secluded trails.
There are lots of buildings throughout that also need re-aligning, with the last edit for many being sixteen years prior! I’ll continue to chip away until everything’s up to date – given the horrid weather, I shouldn’t run short on time!
Around the Houses!
The weathers not been great around here, so Im keeping myself busy (and out of harms way) by updating OpenStreetMap there are lots of missing buildings here and there, and a few missing pathways and trails.OpenStreetMap
I’ve been editing and modifying things on OpenStreetMap for about a year now, which is just insane to me!
I had never thought I’d make it to this point. At first, I was trying to modify a village and make it look a little better, but now, I can modify a lot of places.
If I showed my account to myself a year ago, he wouldn’t believe me.
Of course, this is still not my job. I’m still incredibly busy with life, which might make it harder for me to modify things on this platform, but I still enjoy my time here!
Thank you, guys, for reading this! I really appreciate your time here!
Peace.
I had never thought I’d make it to this point. At first, I was trying to modify a village and make it look a little better, but now, I can modify a lot of places.
If I showed my account to myself a year ago, he wouldn’t believe me.
Of course, this is still not my job. I’m still incredibly busy with life, which might make it harder for me to modify things on this platform, but I still enjoy my time here!
Thank you, guys, for reading this! I really appreciate your time here!
Peace.
- Emerucha
I've been on OpenStreetMap for about a year now!
Ive been editing and modifying things on OpenStreetMap for about a year now, which is just insane to me!OpenStreetMap
Things you only find in OSM no 94...
e.g. A place called “FooBar” should show up when you search for “Foo Bar”, or “Foo & Bar’s” should appear for “Foo and Bars”.
Note the space, ampersand, and apostrophe which may affect a search engine but are not pronounced in spoken English.
Is there a tag that the search engines pick up where I can put those variations? I notice that CoMap’s search engine is pretty good, but the search on openstreetmap.org is a little more strict.
Note the space, ampersand, and apostrophe which may affect a search engine but are not pronounced in spoken English.
Is there a tag that the search engines pick up where I can put those variations? I notice that CoMap’s search engine is pretty good, but the search on openstreetmap.org is a little more strict.
Can I add extra keywords to improve search results?
e.g. A place called FooBar should show up when you search for Foo Bar, or Foo & Bars should appear for Foo and Bars.OpenStreetMap
Exactly a year ago I summed up the results in diary of my work on the script, its time to do it again.
I just created OpenMediaMap, an openly-editable map of old photo (pre-1930) locations.
Model buildings along the grid, after each grid add accessible parking and crosswalks, levels, addresses, alltheplaces, and wikimaps, then adjust roads and add streetside
add street lamps, check sidewalks, and add street signs and fences
add businesses ect.
survey area to find missing details
add neighborhoods to Evansville, each added once that neighborhood is complete
add neighborhoods to Newburgh, likely no borders only points
add street lamps, check sidewalks, and add street signs and fences
add businesses ect.
survey area to find missing details
add neighborhoods to Evansville, each added once that neighborhood is complete
add neighborhoods to Newburgh, likely no borders only points
এই ম্যাপিং কার্যক্রমে রাজশাহী জেলার বাগমারা উপজেলার নাগা বাজার এলাকাকে কেন্দ্র করে মাঠপর্যায়ের তথ্য ব্যবহার করে OpenStreetMap হালনাগাদ করা হয়েছে। এতে নাগা বাজারের নিকট অবস্থিত একটি ইসলামি শিক্ষা প্রতিষ্ঠান (মাদ্রাসা), অবস্থান ও প্রাসঙ্গিক ট্যাগ যুক্ত করা হয়েছে, যা স্থানীয় শিক্ষার্থী ও পথচারীদের জন্য সহায়ক হবে।
নাগা বাজার সংলগ্ন ইসলামি শিক্ষা প্রতিষ্ঠান যুক্তকরণ
এই ম্যাপিং কার্যক্রমে রাজশাহী জেলার বাগমারা উপজেলার নাগা বাজার এলাকাকে কেন্দ্র করে মাঠপর্যায়ের তথ্য ব্যবহার করে OpenStreetMap হালনাগাদ করা হয়েছে। এতে নাগা বাজারের নিকট অবস্থিত একটি ইসলামি শিক্ষা প্রতিষ্ঠান (মাদ্রাসা), অবস্থান ও প্রাসঙ্গিক ট্যাগ যুক…OpenStreetMap
Second day of quick weekend project.
Frankly, I’ve run out of interesting things to map around my immediate surroundings.
Frankly, I’ve run out of interesting things to map around my immediate surroundings.
Today, uBlock Origin detected 2 trackers. There was an attempt to fingerprint my GPU by extracting canvas data. What is going on, OSM? Is this why I’ve been donating you my free time? Maybe you’re not so better than Google after all…
A Mapathon has been organised for Saturday 21st February 2026 from 11am to 1pm in Belfast. Pizza will be provided at QUB Geosciences building on Elmwood Avenue behind the Student’s Union. Numbers are limited to 30 attendees.
I have been trying to mark my business on openstreetmap
it is already there on google maps. I have a question if anyone can answer please.
it is already there on google maps. I have a question if anyone can answer please.
Ive dabbled with overpass turbo on and off for maybe a year now, but I feel like Ive just now started to get a better understanding of how it works.
Ive been using it to find hikes that can lead to ruins or abandoned places:
Ive been using it to find hikes that can lead to ruins or abandoned places:
I joined the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team with a simple interest in mapping, not fully aware of how profoundly it would shape my personal journey and the growth of the OSM Kenya community.
The page contains all OSM data for the period up to 2026-01-14
মৌলভিভিটা (Mulivita) হলো বাগমারা উপজেলার একটি মুসলিম সম্প্রদায়ের স্মৃতিবিজড়িত স্থান, যা নাগা বাজারের নিকট অবস্থিত। স্থানটি ঐতিহাসিক ও সামাজিক গুরুত্ব বহন করে এবং স্থানীয়দের কাছে স্মৃতিস্তম্ভ হিসেবে পরিচিত।
Earlier this week, I accepted a PR to our codebase that made a bad and duplicated phone numbers. What happened was, that we use contact:phone=* per convention, but many entries used phone=*, which was not detected by our dupe scanner.
I’ve run into a strange behaviour in my OSM user diary entry when documenting a batch/ffmpeg command.
In order for OpenStreetMap to thrive, we need to attract and retain new mappers. To be welcoming to newcomers, we should avoid high barriers to starting mapping and instead support contributions that can be made with limited time, context, and experi…
In Fall 2024, I broke my radius (arm) at the wrist of my dominant hand, and didn’t map at all for 2 months, gradually picking things up as my arm healed and gained strength. It was agonizing to not have my daily OSM fix - and a palpable relief when my wrist could once again handle an extended session with a mouse.
Not content with my previous mapping outage, in Fall 2025 I had a cancerous tumor in my parotid (cheekbone salivary gland) removed - except that a relatively straightforward 2 hour surgery turned into a 13-hour marathon and an overnight hospital stay ballooned into 8 days in a hospital bed. The cancer had spread to lymph nodes, to one of my jugular veins and into muscle tissue in my neck. Recovery from the surgery turned into immediate chemotherapy + immunotherapy and radiation.
So now I map when I’m able, which unfortunately is not very frequently. My #Mali project gathers dust, with almost all of my current OSM edits focused around related work with my one remaining freelance client. There does appear to be light at the end of the tunnel (I’m pretty sure it’s not a train). My body has responded well to treatment, and there’s talk of moving me off chemo and onto straight immunotherapy. Looking forward to that possibility.
All of this to say: treasure the time you have. If the difference you make is measured in your OSM edits, then by god make those edits. But more importantly, if the difference you make is measured through those around you that are intertwined into your life, make sure you give sufficient time to them. Your life-changesets are important too.
The More You Know…… ;)
GR
Not content with my previous mapping outage, in Fall 2025 I had a cancerous tumor in my parotid (cheekbone salivary gland) removed - except that a relatively straightforward 2 hour surgery turned into a 13-hour marathon and an overnight hospital stay ballooned into 8 days in a hospital bed. The cancer had spread to lymph nodes, to one of my jugular veins and into muscle tissue in my neck. Recovery from the surgery turned into immediate chemotherapy + immunotherapy and radiation.
So now I map when I’m able, which unfortunately is not very frequently. My #Mali project gathers dust, with almost all of my current OSM edits focused around related work with my one remaining freelance client. There does appear to be light at the end of the tunnel (I’m pretty sure it’s not a train). My body has responded well to treatment, and there’s talk of moving me off chemo and onto straight immunotherapy. Looking forward to that possibility.
All of this to say: treasure the time you have. If the difference you make is measured in your OSM edits, then by god make those edits. But more importantly, if the difference you make is measured through those around you that are intertwined into your life, make sure you give sufficient time to them. Your life-changesets are important too.
The More You Know…… ;)
GR
No Mapping, round 2
In Fall 2024, I broke my radius (arm) at the wrist of my dominant hand, and didnt map at all for 2 months, gradually picking things up as my arm healed and gained strength.OpenStreetMap
Ive been updating bus routes;
its a fun task, but takes a real long time;
slow progress in the wiki: https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Braga
its a fun task, but takes a real long time;
slow progress in the wiki: https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Braga
the first 20.000 contributions
Ive been updating bus routes; its a fun task, but takes a real long time; slow progress in the wiki: https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/BragaOpenStreetMap
This morning, when I woke up, I felt that something was different. The sky looked darker, the temperature felt colder, and the faint sound of drizzling rain outside carried a gloomy tone.
1st January 2026
Happy New Year!
I went for a walk, today, to geo locate some benches.
Happy New Year!
I went for a walk, today, to geo locate some benches.
Some Retro Diary Entries
1st January 2026 Happy New Year! I went for a walk, today, to geo locate some benches.OpenStreetMap
এই ডায়েরি এন্ট্রিতে বাগমারা উপজেলার কাতিলা এলাকায় অবস্থিত নাগা বাজারের নিকটে অবস্থানরত নিছু কাতিলা গোবিন্দ মন্দিরের তথ্য সংযোজন করা হয়েছে। স্থানীয় হিন্দু সম্প্রদায়ের জন্য এটি একটি গুরুত্বপূর্ণ পূজাস্থল। ম্যাপে এই মন্দিরের অবস্থান চিহ্নিত করার মাধ্যমে নাগা বাজার ও আশপাশের এলাকা সম্পর্কিত ভৌগোলিক তথ্য আরও নির্ভুল হয়েছে এবং স্থানীয় সম্প্রদায়ের সাংস্কৃতিক ও ধর্মীয় দিকের প্রতিনিধিত্ব নিশ্চিত হয়।
নাগা বাজারের নিকটে নিছু কাতিলা গোবিন্দ মন্দিরের ম্যাপিং
এই ডায়েরি এন্ট্রিতে বাগমারা উপজেলার কাতিলা এলাকায় অবস্থিত নাগা বাজারের নিকটে অবস্থানরত নিছু কাতিলা গোবিন্দ মন্দিরের তথ্য সংযোজন করা হয়েছে। স্থানীয় হিন্দু সম্প্রদায়ের জন্য এটি একটি গুরুত্বপূর্ণ পূজাস্থল। ম্যাপে এই মন্দিরের অবস্থান চিহ্নিত করার মাধ্যমে…OpenStreetMap