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Vector Tile styles require icons are served in a sprite sheet. This contains all of the icons in one file. Years ago there were a few options for these, none of them great. These days, there are three common options: spreet, @basemaps/sprites, and sprite-one. The first is written in Rust while the other two are written in Javascript.

All have the same basic functionality of turning a folder of SVGs into a json+png spritesheet, and doing so at multiple resolutions. Spreet has the additional option of de-duplicating icons. If two icons are identical it will only put one copy in the PNG and reference the same image twice.

I benchmarked all three options with two sets of sprites: all the SVGs from OpenStreetMap Carto, and the OpenStreetMap Americana icons. The former is 973 icons and the latter is 248 icons. These are larger than a typical set of icons but are a good test.

	Test	spreet	sprite-one	@basemaps/sprites
osm-carto SVGs	@1x pixels	4194304	4078074	8339456
osm-carto SVGs	@1x bytes	513159	763531	837792
osm-carto SVGs	@1x bytes after oxipng	474750	649894	706845
osm-carto SVGs	@2x bytes	1442588	2176457	2411489
osm-carto SVGs	@2x bytes after oxipng	1325707	1896784	2088729
osm-americana	@1x pixels	128265	122400	151760
osm-americana	@1x bytes	75749	91870	92066
osm-americana	@1x bytes after oxipng	75497	84986	85828
osm-americana	@2x bytes	136177	213876	210650
osm-americana	@2x bytes after oxipng	132462	197687	194950

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Tiens , puisque je ne savais pas ou garder les liens vers certaines de mes photos 360° , je vais les mettre ici:

• Le Lac Vert 1
• Le Lac Vert 2
• Le Lac Bleu , il y a même les ricochets que le M. faisait ..
• Le Lac Bleu au raz de l’eau
• 360° avant d’arriver au Plan
• Un peu au dessus du refuge du Plan
• Eglise baroque de St Nicolas de Véroce wouha le gps de la blackview …

Et puis il y a les sites d’escalade, certains sites sont jolis , et d’autres moins, et n’ont peut être que d’intérêts pour les grimpeurs. :

• Site d’escalade des Chavants
• Site de la Plaine St Jean
• Site de La Duchère
• Les dalles de l’Arveyron par contre la voie caline n’est pas du tout là, c’est de l’autre côté du torrent, encore que l’itinéraire le plus proche est la via corda des chamois.
• Aiguille des Pélerins
• Aiguillette d’Argentière 1
• Aiguillette d’Argentière 2
• Point de vu du Glacier des Bossons mais la photo n’est pas top..
• Le Passet du bas ?
• Point de vu de la Grande Cascade de Barberine mais Barberine ne coule pas beaucoup, en regardant le chemin plus haut in comprend mieux.
• Un peu de fraicheur mais en vrai, faut pas aller dans le lit du torrent , sans avoir relevé les dates affichées pas le Barrage d’Emosson.

I’m importing boundaries in Croatia, and I’m almost done. So I wanted to describe my process so that someone else maybe doesn’t have to rediscover this process. Maybe there is a better one, but I didn’t find it.

Croatia in OpenStreetMap had admin_level=7 borders imported, but the borders were not precise. So my job was to import admin_level=8 into these. I had the data in .osm format, and a license that is compatible. I wanted to keep the history of the old boundaries, so deleting everything and just copying inside wasn’t a choice.

First we need JOSM, and some experience with it. We turn on the Expert Mode in View. We need to install the plugin “utilsplugin2”. Then we go to Map Paint Styles in Preferences, and turn on the “Admin Boundaries” style.

So the process goes like this. In JOSM I open the .osm file with all the admin_level=8 boundaries. Then I download the area where I intend to work, but I use “Download from Overpass API” feature. In it I add the next Overpass query:

[out:xml][timeout:90][bbox:{{bbox}}];
(
relation["boundary"="administrative"];
)-> .adminrelations;
(  .adminrelations;
  way(r);
) -> .ways;
(
  node(w.ways);
)-> .nodes;

way(bn.nodes);
(._;<;); (._;>;);
out meta;

What this query does is it downloads all the boundary relations, and all the ways that are connected to them.

1. Disconnecting

Next step I did was to disconnect all the roads, forests, rivers and anything that is not a boundary from the existing boundaries. I upload that, and later download a cleaner situation.

2. Splitting

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When using OSM’s iD editor in New South Wales, Australia, there are multiple background layers you can enable that show aerial/satellite imagery. Different imagery sources can vary greatly in terms of how recent and/or blurry they are. Here I’ll discuss my experience using them.

DCS NSW Imagery

This is my preferred imagery source, primarily because it’s very clear even at high zoom levels. You can see lots of detail which makes it great for mapping.

Unfortunately it’s also the oldest of the imagery sources for NSW. In Armidale it’s dated 2018, but other towns can be as old as 2009! You can enable the “DCS NSW Imagery Dates” overlay to see what date the imagery for a given area was taken.

Esri World Imagery

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Depois de mais de uma década contribuindo para o OpenStreetMap (OSM), finalmente decidi criar este blog. Quero compartilhar minhas experiências e mostrar o porquê de eu me dedicar tanto à melhoria do mapa. Acredito que esta seja uma maneira interessante de as pessoas entenderem o valor do mapeamento voluntário e a importância de ter um mapa preciso e detalhado, feito por pessoas para pessoas.

Minha jornada de mapeamento pelo Brasil Minha jornada começou melhorando o mapeamento do Espírito Santo, meu estado de residência, que conheço muito bem. Com o tempo, meu trabalho se expandiu para outras regiões que tive a oportunidade de conhecer, seja por viagens a trabalho, cicloviagens ou em passeios com a família.

Hoje, minhas contribuições se espalham por várias regiões do país:

Rio de Janeiro: Norte e Noroeste Fluminense.

Bahia: Extremo Sul, Sertão do São Francisco, Sisal e Itaparica.

Sergipe.

Minas Gerais: Cidades da Rota Imperial, Caminho dos Diamantes e Estrada Real, além dos Vales do Rio Pardo, Jequitinhonha e Mucuri.

Mapeamento: uma resposta à falta de informação

Durante minhas viagens, sempre percebi a ausência de informações importantes nos aplicativos que utilizo para me locomover, praticar esportes e fazer turismo. Essa falta de dados me inspirou a contribuir ativamente, pois notei que o mapeamento voluntário não é apenas um hobby, mas uma necessidade para preencher essas lacunas e tornar o mundo digital um reflexo mais fiel da realidade.

Projeto atual: Mapeando o Território de Identidade de Itaparica, na Bahia Atualmente, estou focado em mapear Macururé, um dos municípios que compõem o Território de Identidade de Itaparica, na Bahia. Os outros municípios do projeto são Paulo Afonso, Abaré, Chorrochó, Glória e Rodelas.

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Hello, I would like to ask if in your country there are officially designated areas designated by local authorities (such as municipalities, civil protection agencies, emergency services, etc.) for:

Short-term population management (assembly points, waiting areas, temporary gathering places after an event). Long-term population management (tent camps, temporary housing sites, large shelters). Management of external rescue operations in response to the call (logistics bases, areas dedicated to external rescuers arriving from elsewhere, equipment sorting areas). These areas would be part of civil protection / emergency management planning, mapped and designated in advance, not improvised during the event.

Do such areas exist in your country? And if so, are they publicly available (e.g., through official maps, open data, local plans)?

Thanks in advance for your feedback!

https://community.openstreetmap.org/t/existence-of-designed-civil-protection-areas-in-your-country/134249

OpenStreetMap (OSM) adalah basis data spasial yang Open Source. Data data pada OSM merupakan hasil dari kolaborasi dan kontribusi terbuka oleh kontributor dari komunitas sukarelawan. Namun mendengar kata kontribusi data untuk OSM, mungkin membuat sebagian besar masyarakat membayangkan proses yang sangat rumit, mulai dari harus menggunakan laptop, citra satelit, dan lain lain. Tapi ada loh cara yang yang sederhana untuk memberikan kontribusi, bahkan terasa seperti bermain game di smartphone. Caranya adalah dengan menggunakan aplikasi StreetComplete.

StreetComplete merupakan aplikasi yang memudahkan siapa saja untuk berkontribusi ke OSM tanpa harus jadi “ahli pemetaan” dulu. Alih-alih harus menggambar peta dari nol, aplikasi ini menyajikan misi-misi kecil berupa pertanyaan tentang lingkungan sekitar. Misalnya:

• Apakah jalan ini memiliki trotoar?
• Apa jam buka warung ini?
• Apakah bangunan ini punya atap datar atau miring?

Tugas-tugas kecil tersebut muncul dalam bentuk ikon di peta, dan pengguna cukup berjalan di sekitar lingkungan lalu menjawab pertanyaan dengan pilihan sederhana. Setiap kali kita menyelesaikan satu misi, terasa seperti menuntaskan quest dalam sebuah game.

Selain itu, StreetComplete memiliki sistem progress yang membuat pengguna merasa terus berkembang. Setiap kontribusi kita akan langsung memperkaya data di OpenStreetMap, sehingga manfaatnya nyata: data transportasi lebih lengkap, informasi fasilitas publik lebih akurat, dan peta menjadi lebih berguna untuk semua orang.

Hal menarik lainnya, kontribusi melalui StreetComplete bisa dilakukan sambil beraktivitas sehari-hari. Misalnya ketika jalan sore, berangkat kuliah, atau sekadar mampir ke warung. Jadi, tanpa terasa kita bisa membantu membangun peta dunia yang lebih baik hanya dengan "main game".

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Sudah setahun saya berkontribusi dalam UPIYouthMapper. Saya juga ikut merayakan ulang tahun OpenStreetMap ke 20 di UPI dan ulang tahun OpenStreetMap ke 21 bersama POI, KAART, TOMTOM dan teman-teman UPIYouthMapper chapter ke 3.

Jika dibandingkan dengan kehidupan akademik atau himpunan mahasiswa, YouthMappers dan OpenStreetMap berbeda 180 derajat. Ketika saya dituntut untuk melaksanakan tugas saya di akademik atau hima, saya dituntun untuk berkontribusi pada YouthMappers dan OpenStreetMap.

Tidak ada paksaan, tidak ada sanksi. Saya bisa saja pergi dan tidak memberikan konrtibusi. Tapi tuntunan itu membuat saya lebih nyaman.

Saya bisa melakukannya sesuka hati saya, sekosong waktu saya. Namun efeknya luar biasa.

Sebagai mahasiswa yang sangat dengan dunia geospasial, OpenStreetMap menjadi salah satu sumber data untuk penelitian. Dan saya dapat berkontribusi kapan saja, lewat apa saja.

Jika sempat, saya dapat membuka laptop saya dan mengunjungi maproulette kemudian mengikuti challenge yang diberikan. Saya kira hal ini tidak bisa lebih mudah lagi.

Tapi pada perayaan ulang tahun ke 21 OpenStreetMap, saya mengenal banyak aplikasi. dan menurut saya yang paling nyaman digunakan adalah StreetComplete.

Rasanya hidup dalam dunia game dan memiliki sidequest yang sudah dibuat. Sehingga perjalanan kita pun memiliki kontribusi ke OpenStreetMap dan tidak perlu repot-repot untuk membuka laptop.

Saya sangat bersyukur bergabung dengan UPIYouthMapper, dari sini saya mengenal banyak orang-orang luarbiasa dan menjadi lebih dekat dengan dunia open data.

Karena kini informasi sekecil apapun dapat kita sumbangkan lewat ujung jari. lewat StreetComplete

I had the privilege of presenting about weeklyOSM at COSCUP 2025, Taiwan’s largest open source conference, held on August 9–10, 2025, at the National Taiwan University of Science and Technology (NTUST) in Taipei. This year also marked COSCUP’s 20th anniversary, making it an especially meaningful event to join in celebrating open source.

About My Presentation

My talk, titled “Behind the Scenes of weeklyOSM: How We Share OSM News Every Week,” focused on the inner workings of our community-driven newsletter.

For those unfamiliar, weeklyOSM is an independent, multilingual publication that has summarized developments in the OpenStreetMap (OSM) world every week for more than a decade—now surpassing 780 editions.

Key Topics

During the session, I highlighted:

• weeklyOSM’s Mission – Connecting mappers worldwide by bringing local stories to a global audience. We aim to be the heartbeat of the OSM community, delivering the pulse of mapping activities around the globe.
• Independence – weeklyOSM operates as an independent media platform, unaffiliated with any organization (including OSMF), and delivers news in over 15 languages to ensure accessibility for everyone.
• Our Toolchain – A closer look at OSMBC (OpenStreetMap Blog Collector), the open-source platform we use for collecting, authoring, translating, reviewing, and publishing news.
• How We Collect News – From OSM diaries, community channels, and social media, to direct submissions, ensuring comprehensive and balanced coverage.
• Taiwan’s Role – Taiwan’s active mapping scene and unique events, such as night market mapping parties, which exemplify how local stories can inspire and educate a global audience.

Why COSCUP Was the Right Place

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Background

I’ve mapped in OSM for many years now, but more of my work and been Bike-Pedestrian related, and I’ve only just come back around to mapping streets their widths and their number of lanes as a means to start evaluating crossings in our area. This means, despite my many years of mapping, I’m pretty terrible at getting the number of lanes forward/backward/both_ways and the corresponding turns associated with them correct. It’s just not that intuitive, although I can’t think of a better option.

My solution

A while back I discovered the JOSM ‘map paint styles’ specifically the lanes and enhances lane styles and combined with some tagging presets I’ve gotten acceptable at mapping major roads and the ability to visualize if I’m doing things right is a huge benefit.

The 12m (39’) of road that once visualized, haunts me.

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Berdampak dari Jauh: Kontribusi OSM sebagai Dampak dari Manusia, untuk Manusia

Memori Bencana Intragenerasi: Kebimbangan dan Ketidakberdayaan diri untuk Berdampak

Masih jelas teringat di kepala saya banyak sekali bencana alam yang terjadi, yang saya tonton dengan jelas setidak-tidaknya sejak masa kecil di siaran televisi. Tsunami mentawai 2010, tsunami besar di Jepang 2011, fenomena megathrust Palu 2018, hingga banjir besar di Demak pada 2023 lalu yang saya baca dengan jelas di laman berita hingga sosial media pada saat itu. Sebagai negara kepulauan, sudah menjadi pengetahuan umum yang diserap bahwa Indonesia merupakan negara yang rentan mengalami banyak sekali bencana tektonis dan hidrometeorologis. Belakangan, banyak kalangan menyebut Indonesia sebagai negara "laboratorium kebencanaan" karena sering dan beragamnya bencana alam yang terjadi.

Tsunami Palu 2018. Sumber: Washington Post

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5 anni fa ho iniziato a mappare su osm e devo dire che non ho mai avuto problemi con la mia community italiana, sopratutto perché le opinioni si esprimono in maniera dettagliata e cordiale, nonostante possano essere diverse.

Da quando ho scoperto che ci fossero linee guida consigliate nella wiki per gestire le bbox, ho cercato di ricordarlo a tutti gli utenti (alle prime armi o esperienziati) per semplificare le operazioni di noi locals nella verifica delle modifiche.

Purtroppo ho incontrato utenti non italiani che hanno espresso, attraverso ogni mezzo, il loro disappunto con prese in giro, umiliazioni e tutto ciò che ha a che fare con il bullismo.

Questa differenza tra la community italiana (dove si ragiona con serietà) e la parte rumorosa della communitiy internazionale (dove si risponde a suon di provocazioni) mi ha colpito a fondo rendendomi triste e ferito.

A questo punto mi sono chiesto se abbia veramente senso proseguire a migliorare la mappatura del territorio in cui vivo se sono circondato da utenti che non mi rispettano…

La risposta è sì, perché OpenStreetMap è un sistema open, bisognoso di dati e che ha bisogno di persone che cercano di fare il loro meglio, aiutando anche gli utenti “giovani” perché più siamo a mantenere un clima sano, più sano sarà il clima e coloro che rovinano il clima saranno sempre meno.

Dal punto di vista di gestire gli insulti e prese in giro che mi sono state recapitate mi sono già mosso come possibile, anche se l’operazione più efficace è stata quella di bloccare in tutti i social conosciuti, ove possibile, le persone che mi hanno schernito pubblicamente e privatamente.

Five years ago, I started mapping on OpenStreetMap, and I have to say that I have never had problems with my Italian community, especially because opinions are expressed in a detailed and cordial manner, even when they differ.

Since I discovered that there were recommended guidelines in the wiki for managing bounding boxes, I have tried to remind all users—whether beginners or experienced—about them, to make it easier for us locals to verify edits.

Unfortunately, I have encountered non-Italian users who have expressed their disapproval through teasing, humiliation, and everything associated with bullying.

This contrast between the Italian community (where people reason seriously) and the noisy part of the international community (where responses come in the form of provocations) has struck me deeply, leaving me sad and hurt.

At this point, I asked myself whether it really makes sense to continue improving the mapping of the territory where I live if I am surrounded by users who do not respect me…

The answer is yes, because OpenStreetMap is an open system, in need of data and people who try to do their best, also helping “younger” users. The more of us maintain a healthy environment, the healthier the community becomes, and the fewer those who ruin it will be.

Regarding the insults and teasing I have received, I have already taken all possible actions. The most effective measure has been to block, wherever possible, on all known social platforms the people who publicly and privately mocked me.

As a passenger in a moving car, I like to do OSM field mapping, constantly scanning the view outside and noting every detail I can spot. The catch is, I need to do it fast. Too fast to worry about proper tagging or structured data entry. What I really want is an app that shows my current location on a basemap, lets me tap anywhere on it to drop a point, and attach a rough plaintext note. Later, once I’m back home, I could export all those coordinates and notes as a GeoJSON file, import it into iD Editor or JOSM, and take the time to think about proper tags.

A few weeks ago, while traveling to Bandung, I tried doing “quick, live mapping on the road” with Vespucci. It turned out to be a bit of a nightmare. Each time I spotted something, I had to stop the GPS autofollow, download OSM data, add a node, pick a tagging preset, fill out the details, upload, and then repeat the whole cycle. By the time I was done with one object, I’d already missed several others. That constant stop-and-go completely killed the flow of observation.

What I wanted instead was a much simpler loop: keep the GPS autofollow running, spot something interesting, click on the map, type a quick note, and move on. No tagging, no data downloads, no breaking the momentum. Just rapid-fire, location-anchored note-taking while the car keeps moving.

At first, I tried building a dedicated Android app to do this. Unfortunately, my Gradle setup was corrupted, and fixing it meant re-downloading everything, which would have taken far too long. That’s when I remembered a small web app I had built three years ago for a similar purpose, although back then it didn’t have GPS tracking. So instead of starting from scratch, I decided to just add the GPS feature to that old app.

The result is now live at http://altilunium.github.io/sakumaps/v2.

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Eastern Road Travels

I’ve been continuing an anti clock-wise journey around Grenada.

Other Projects

Yeah there have been a month or two when work here stops. Often its just other projects but sometimes it’s a but like my day job.

Progress

I think this period started with Egmont, where I have family, through Calivigny, Fort Jeudy then all the Westerhalls. A lot of coastal details too at times. I did go inland but do not recall how far. Had fun doing the river along La Sagesse Beach Road and all the associated buildings. Loved doing Felix Park Rd. I met Dr G and spent an afternoon with him there. Very nice to meet a local botanist that I could learn from.

So now in August I’m nearing the end of Hope. From then on it’s all North and into 2026.

Seit heute befindet sich eine GoPro max (2025) in meinem Besitz. Dazu kommt dann ein ca. 150cm “Selfiestick” mit zwei Klemmen, der diese Kamera dann hoffentlich an meinem Fahrrad befestigen wird. Möglicherweise gönne ich mir noch vor dem Herbstequinox 2025 einen Magnetfuß für die KFZ-Montage. Ich werde berichten.

Mein Plan ist, damit zunächst Korbach und anschließend auch die Umgebung, für panoramax in 360°-Bildern zu dokumentieren. Dies in der Hoffnung, dass panoramax als Idee und Plattform stabil bleibt und uns allen eine zumindest nicht direkt vollständig von Großkonzernen abhängige Möglichkeit zur Speicherung und Nutzung von Straßenniveaubildern (natürlich nicht nur von Straßen im klassischen Sinn) bietet.

User Negreheb hat schon schöne, ausführliche diary-Einträge geschrieben, in denen erläutert wird, wie die Bilder aufgenommen werden und anschließend zur Plattform kommen. Ich danke für deine Arbeit und werde sie natürlich schamlos als Inspiration nutzen.

Zum Abschluss dieses Beitrags mein Angebot an Interessierte: Unter bestimmten Umständen lasse ich euch dieses Equipment gerne leihweise zukommen, damit auch bei Euch die Abdeckung mit 360°-Bildern zunimmt. Dafür dann bitte eine DM mit einer aussagekräftigen Nachricht, damit ich entscheiden kann, ob die “bestimmten Umstände” zutreffen (ich habe ehrlich gesagt noch keine festen Kriterien. Es wird erstmal eine Einzelfallentscheidung geben, die von diversen Faktoren abhängen wird. Tut mir leid, wenn ich da aktuell noch sehr ungenau bin).

happy mapping

Saya memulai sebagai mapper sejak tahun 2012 dan mengenal OSM di medio 2015. Memperoleh data spasial dalam tugas kuliah di tahun 2015 masih sulit dan terbatas. Saat itu untuk mendapatkan data vektor spasial, harus digitasi peta raster Rupa Bumi Indonesia atau digitasi dari google earth. Setelah mengulik di peramban web, saya menemukan bahwa tersedia data spasial indonesia secara free melalui geofabrik. Ini adalah anugrah Tuhan yang luar biasa. Setelah saya telusuri, ternyata sumber data ini dari komunitas openstreetmap. saya mempelajari bagaimana data itu tersedia secara free, dan ternyata berasal dari sumber terbuka. Dan saya tertarik bagaimana menjadi kontributor. Tahun 2018 saya mengikuti lomba pemetaan bencana yang diadakan oleh BNPB menggunakan JOSM/ device input data openstreetmap, yang datanya dapat dimanfaatkan untuk penanggulangan bencana. Ini hal yang luar biasa untuk pemanfaatan data spasial dari sumber terbuka.

salam

Wahyul Hidayat

2016年時曾有過討論與實踐，但因細故而無法繼續向前。以當時條件也不會獨自成立法人組織，而是依靠有法人組織身份的團體，行使相關簽約與帳目管理業務，另外還有收指定的專案捐款。

2025年在時機成熟後，並且在2025年8月14日發信遞件給基金分會與社群工作小組，事前已經取得台灣維基媒體協會的支持，將循義大利分會模式，以台灣維基媒體協會行使OpenStreetMap台灣身份加入成為分會。也有與網路上的 OpenStreetMap 台灣社群成員討論。

從2016年到2025年，OpenStreetMap在台灣，成為越來越多人使用的底圖，而且也有人看到上面傳統商業地圖欠缺的圖徵。社群成員在COSCUP等國內場合，以及國外的State of the Map、State of the Map Asia，Wikimania 的時候分享相關專案成果，例如村里。姐妹計畫的維基，維基年會於2023重回亞洲舉行，依據分區自治精神的ESEAP會議，串連，也交流不只維基媒體運動還有開放街圖。

未來期待比較有組織化，有計畫事項的方式，來進行相關的國內推廣，與國外合作事項。重新舉行 State of the Map Taiwan，以及籌辦 State of the Map Asia 都是可以討論的事項。