See, this is why OSM and similar communities are amazing. I’m still pretty new around here, and even though I’ve gotten pretty deep into some of the wiki pages and JOSM functions, there are whole aspects of OpenStreetMap that I’m just not aware of.

But when a user like myself starts stumbling into these other aspects, experienced community members are there to help. Thanks once again to Leif Rasmussen’s input, it’s clear that my #DigitizeRacine efforts still needed a bit of refinement (typecase issues), and were also likely to be considered an Import.

For now, I think it’s best if I hold off on uploading additional changesets to #DigitizeRacine and get my import planned out in more detail. And fix those ALL CAPS items!

Dear all,

Today, v4.16.0 of the OpenStreetMap Carto stylesheet (the default stylesheet on the OSM website) has been released. Once changes are deployed on the openstreetmap.org it will take couple of days before all tiles show the new rendering.

Changes include

• Changing societal amenities color to less intensive
• Adding rendering for natural=strait
• Adding rendering for leisure=track on lines
• Adding icon for amenity=vehicle_inspection
• Adding icon for leisure=sports_centre + sport=swimming and leisure=swimming_area
• Adding icon for tourism=gallery
• Changing color for aeroway=apron in aerodromes
• Moving amenity=post_box to z19+
• Moving amenity=atm to z19+
• Replacing icon for information=tactile_model
• Ordering amenity_lines by layer
• Small documentation and code fixes

Thanks to all the contributors for this release including dryo, a new contributor.

For a full list of commits, see https://github.com/gravitystorm/openstreetmap-carto/compare/v4.15.0…v4.16.0

As always, we welcome any bug reports at https://github.com/gravitystorm/openstreetmap-carto/issues

Hi, we PUP san juan students had a very long day yet a happy and experienced day, out of 25 students today, only a few attend their session today, and I hope our instructor was not disappointed to us, but that is not gonna stop us for mapping, we map our neighbourhood as part of our assigned task in mapping, actually it was due last week, but our instructor gave us consideration due to heavy loads of projects, assignments and finals, we need to present our assignments and projects next week. Today we map our neighborhood yet Ive lost my fieldpapers, some of my classmates already map thier assigned task, and upload thier fieldpapers, but ive lost mine, so my instructor gave me considerations so I have to do it again, but Ive encountered problem, when I download my neighbourhood all i can see is black picture, so we really know theres a problem at some point, so I will just do it in my home. So that time i dont need to focus on just a single problem, what i did is map some maps, that needs mapping, so i can contribute to our projects, as ive seen my classmates mapping thier neighborhoods, ive observed that there are already familiar, and that helps them to have more friends on their streets, mapping is helping people to know where are going, but familiarity to streets where you live helps you to encounter more people that are polite and friendly, this day in mapping class helps us to be a better version of ourselves to be friendly in our neighbourhood, yet we mapped our neighbourhood, next week we will present everything we’ve done in mapping, cant wait to share all ive done to this organisation that let us helps people in different way.

UPDATE 2019: This project was finished and really nice. But it was too non-standard and removed.

Summer 2018 project - Personal

osm.org/relation/8616814

As we started CWTS++, we were given a task to map our own neighbourhood by the end of our first semester. All of us were from different places, which can be a benefit to Open Street Map on having valid data from us mappers.

I started mapping around my neighbourhood during the time where Mapillary and Open Street Cam were introduced to us. Before I used these applications, I had my time used by remembering the features around my own neighbourhood. I started asking my parents and other relatives if they’re familiar with the streets and houses because all of us where staying at one place for a very long time.

The tools I used for the entire mapping that I’ve done were Mapillary and Field Papers because with these two, you can easily map everywhere you go with these helpful and time consuming methods. The first thing that I used was Field Papers. We were taught how to use it and by the end of that day, I have my own printed layout of our own neighbourhood. During my vacant time, I often go around our neighbourhood to add details which Open Street Map still doesn’t have. As I write down the details, I also look into the imagery that I can see from what the Field Papers has. Some of the buildings where unseen due to changes of the community. Next application that I used was the Mapillary. From all of the tools that were introduced to us, I find this as my favourite weapon during mapping. I find it very clear and accurate when it comes to its features and it’s really useful especially to maps.

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New Organised editing guidelines was proposed by DWG. I show my “negative” opition on that guidelines.

At first, I think the previous Directed Editing Policy was a good proposal. I like that. I really pay my respects to DWG’s works.

Most important point

• Scope is very vague. It could be applied to “mapping parties between friends” even it negate. I like the previous “Director/Directee” idea.
• Imports without any advance discussion are not acceptable. Use other service.

Previous Directed Editing Policy was better idea

• It says individual community members and organised editing groups are at same level playing field.
• must/should/may are properly used. I can easily understand which items are more important.
• Almost no duties for organised mapper/contributor/directee. Indicated duties are for general OMS mappers, those are not special for organised mapper.

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Thanks to some excellent feedback from the community, the #DigitizeRacine project is moving forward with great efficiency.

Microsoft’s building footprints seem to be fairly accurate for Racine County, and often only need minor corrections, or a garage or two added.

In refining my landuse areas, I came across a few areas with no sidewalk. I went looking for a parcel map to reference, and came across the WI State Cartographer’s V4 Parcel dataset. Not only does this give me the parcel boundaries I wanted, but it includes address information, and is freely available for public use.

So, after a bit of pre-processing, I’ve joined the parcel address information to Microsoft’s building footprints, then split the resulting layer into a few thousand manageable chunks. I’ve always liked the task management method that HOTOSM uses. I grab a section or two, work on those to completion, cross them off the list.

At this point, I think the focus will shift towards the building footprints, as those are currently not in the OSM dataset. Whatever my opinions on landuse areas, those are already present, and refining existing data can wait. Adding buildings with accurate address tags is now the primary task; landuse will be the next phase. The state parcel layer also includes some zoning tags, which may be helpful in determining landuse areas.

One of the contributions could be used to improve the quality of OpenStreetMap is by importing existing datasets. However, if you don’t pay close attention, you may end up doing bad imports. Here, we collected some suggestions to guide you to import existing dataset into OSM correctly.

1. Type of data import

According to documentation in OpenStreetMap, only these physical features can be imported into OSM. They are:

• Point: locations that can be presented by a single dot on the map, for instance, bank, restaurant or post office, etc.
• Lines: the feature can be presented as lines, for instance, roads, trails, bike lanes.
• Polygons: can be defined as a closed line, for instance, buildings, farmlands.

In the following picture, you can see how all the physical features that show and can be rendered on a digital map.

2. Data format for OSM

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Where is this location?

Firstly I want to thank mappers who had put their deliberate effort in creating and improving the data in Visakhapatnam. The road network in the most of the areas is almost mapped and there are few missing roads. As Bing aerial Imagery, Esri world imagery, DigitalGlobe Imagery looks solid, we picked them as resources for the mapping according to the updated imagery. I appreciate Martha Leena, Chanda Teresa, Naga Bhavana and Iqhra Aiman for teaming up with me for this Mapping campaign. As an initial phase we’d like to concentrate on the Visakhapatnam division

Pic credits: Deccan Chronicle

We made a plan to map the features in the following order, so that we can concentrate on particular feature and improve that.

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Have walked a substantial part of Watlington civil parish in two outings recently, upon resumption of my excursion through the Oxfordshire Chilterns checking the Public Rights of Way. The weather on both occasions has been magnificent and the areas have been a delight to walk and view.

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Ann and I took a break from work to fly via Istanbul to Dushanbe, Tajikistan, where after 40 years of variously studying, living, working, and traveling in the former USSR I finally made it to the 15th former Soviet republic. Somehow I had never managed until last week to visit Dushanbe. Of course I could not roam the city without collecting Mapillary imagery (mostly uploaded by now) and adding to OSM interesting sites we visited, or updating and augmenting the tags on existing entries.

One of the more interesting and engaging sites we updated was the three-room Museum of Musical Instruments. Watch this video with the sound turned up!

We also stopped in Istanbul en route and I visited the old neighborhood where I lived 1988-1990. I’ll be adding names of some streets in that section of town based on Mapillary imagery.

This was successfully accomplished on 12th October, 2018 with a total edit of 8,244 to take 2nd place in the Uniquemappersteam leader board. It took me quite some days (2 or more) to achieve this great result. I thank God Almighty for the victory.

I therefore leave with my reader these words of encouragement or motivation ‘Life isn’t what you’re given, it is what you create , what you conquer and what you aim to achieve’ and Confucius will say ”The man who moves a mountain begins by carrying away small stones”.

835 Clarkson Avenue

##The Building Where I Grew Up

I was born and lived at 835 Clarkson Avenue from the time I was born until I left for college. It was a fun building to live in. It was a 4 story building and it did not have an elevator. The hallways were treated as “Public Spaces” where kids played together. We would play handball agains the hallway walls, particularly the wall in the lobby. We would use the roof as a place to hang out.

Here is a photo of the building today.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1FIl668gFG8MzCYrEF4QBw2NAsDK5WvjN/view?usp=sharing

On the Northwest corner of Clarkson and Utica was Red’s Garage where I bought my first car - a rusting, falling apart 1954 DeSoto (Yes, there was once a line of Chrysler cars called DeSoto.)

Here is a photo of Red’s garage and the bar next door to the garage.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1RkRRl3tsUYKh7sFTsTFrCHMjxtQDE47v/view?usp=sharing

St Albans is a suburb of Melbourne, located 30 mins west of Melbourne CBD. Today it is one of the most vibrant commercial centres of the Asian Australian communities which are situated along Alfrieda Street and east of St Albans station.

It took me 1 hour and 5 minutes to add these POIs along Alfrieda St and Main Road East. I have had a chance to “re-visit” my old POIs uploaded 3 earlier in my first OSM survey trip in 2015. Yet there are many areas not covered by this trip, eg the Macedonian & Serbian shops in Main Road West, the shops in East Esplanade and Elaine Street.

I’m now done with Palisades Park, the next place in Bergen County I was planning to do. It went by so quickly! Only eight days of mapping and I’m done. I added more than a thousand buildings, changed a bit up with schools, and more!

One thing that’s interesting is how there were no parks other than Overpeck County Park that were already on the map.

I have really loved Palisades Park for quite a lot of time. High population density, for example, is one of the things I love to see. At over 16 thousand people a square mile, all boredom is immediately released! At night, the lights in the apartments just give a great feel overall. Palisades Park just gives me a vibe I can’t explain very well, but it’s a good one.

Next up is Hackensack. After that, I will probably start editing other countries.

Also, I have reached 500 edits yesterday while doing a bit of edits in Jersey City! I was planning to finish Palisades Park for 500, but decided it would be fine.

It was very fun to map Palisades Park. I’m ready to see what Hackensack has for me!

Below is a link to Palisades Park on the map.

Our new organised editing guidelines, as the DWG is now calling them, are on the agenda of the next OSMF board meeting.

I will attend it to present our guidelines and answer questions. In the meanwhile, here is my report. I’m also happy to answer any comments below.

We at the DWG are, first of all, thankful for all the constructive input we have received, from the advisory board, the humanitarian mapping initiatives and the mapping community.

This version of the organised editing guidelines took a lot of work to prepare. We have received and integrated a lot of feedback to reflect consensus and existing good practice.

We have looked at what similar policies would exist, on OSM or in other organisations. I believe that no other project, open or proprietary, has faced this exact issue before. On OSM, contributors generally understand the current policies on automated edits and imports. We have written the organised editing guidelines in a similar way, while adopting a slightly softer approach – not following the organised editing guidelines isn’t an offence per se. Elsewhere, Wikipedia has numerous policies some vaguely similar, but the problems they face are quite different, and their policies tend to be a lot more complex.

Internally, we have looked back at past problematic edits. We have carefully written the guidelines and defined the scope to prevent those problems without creating loopholes or negative incentives like encouraging salami tactics. They are not meant to apply to community activities like mapping parties between friends or making a presentation on OSM at a local club, but only to ‘sizeable, substantial’ activities. We want something that doesn’t scare casual events off while letting us regulate a geography class gone berserk or a misguided volunteer mapathon.

We also don’t want to set hard limits in stone since they would have to go back to the Board constantly if we need to refine exactly what falls under the guidelines.

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Thursday, October 11, 2018

As we reminisce and go back from the first meeting of CWTS++, we students are excited about the things we are going to do, new things that we will learn, and new skills that we will develop. Now, we learned new things above our expectations. We learned values which helps us to be inspired and motivated in helping other people in their communities. We able to do things that can help and serve not only for an individual but also for the whole community that doesn’t need to go hand in hand but through the use of our technologies even if we our at home we can serve and help many people. By that, our instructor conducted a program called Mini Mapathon which is the goal of the program is to give opportunity for us students of CWTS++ to apply or pass the things that we’ve learned and experienced to other people who doesn’t know about what we are doing or why we are doing it. Therefore, we were asked to bring our own guest in the mini mapathon so that we can share our knowledge that we’ve learned and also to inspire and encourage people.

On our second mini mapathon, we also did the same thing in the previous mapathon. First we started from the introduction of our guests. Second, our instructor gave us a short trivia about the very first Philippine map. Third, our instructor let us introduce open street map to our guest. Fourth, our instructor showed the statistics on how well are we doing in the class. And lastly, we shared our knowledge about mapping to our guests and taught them how to use Java Open Street Map(JOSM) for them to use it as a tool to manipulate the data that they have in mapping.

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Colleagues, I present to your attention the amazing thing - puzzle with the map OpenStreetMap: