– Leia em português

IVIDES DATA™ held the second session of its 2026 OpenStreetMap Workshop, focusing on OpenDroneMap, OpenAerialMap, and custom imagery in editors. Participants also learned about relations and creating multipolygons.

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Session 2 of the 2026 OpenStreetMap Workshop - Link

 

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IVIDES DATA™ successfully held the second live session of the 2026 OpenStreetMap Workshop on May 22, 2026, during which the following topics were presented:

 

* Generating aerial imagery from drone photographs using OpenDroneMap (ODM);

* Uploading the image to OpenAerialMap (OAM) and retrieving the TMS geoservice URL;

* Resources for mapping with custom background images (GeoTIFF, via TMS geoservice) and street-level photographs (Mapillary, Panoramax);

* Overview of geoservice and image licensing and permission to use images on OpenStreetMap;

* Description of relations in OSM;

* Mapping simple areas and creating simple feature relationships (multipolygon type).

 

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Merhaba,

OpenStreetMap’i Türkçe olarak kullanan topluluk üyelerinden bir ricam var.

Sitede, düzenleyicilerde veya OpenStreetMap ekosistemindeki diğer araçlarda karşılaştığınız Türkçe çeviri sorunlarını bu günlük girdisinin altında paylaşabilir misiniz?

Bildirebileceğiniz Sorunlar

• Yazım ve imla hataları
• Eksik veya çevrilmemiş metinler
• Anlamı belirsiz ifadeler
• Yanlış çevrilmiş teknik terimler
• Tutarsız çeviriler
• Mobil veya masaüstü sürümlerde görülen dil sorunları

Geri Bildirim Gönderirken

Mümkünse aşağıdaki bilgileri de ekleyin:

1. Sorunun bulunduğu sayfa veya araç
2. Hatalı görünen metin
3. Önerdiğiniz çeviri
4. Varsa ekran görüntüsü

Amaç

Amaç, gönüllü olarak OpenStreetMap’in Türkçe kullanıcı deneyimini iyileştirmek ve tespit edilen sorunların düzeltilmesine katkı sağlamak.

Şimdiden geri bildirim veren herkese teşekkür ederim.

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IVIDES DATA® realiza a oficina 2 do seu ciclo 2026, tratando de OpenDroneMap, OpenAerialMap e imagens personalizadas nos editores do OpenStreetMap. Participantes também aprenderam sobre relações e criação de multipolígonos.

 

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Sessão 2 do Ciclo de Oficinas OSM 2026 - Link

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A empresa IVIDES DATA® realizou com sucesso o segundo treinamento ao vivo do Ciclo de Oficinas OpenStreetMap 2026, em 22 de maio de 2026, quando foram apresentados:

 

* Geração da imagem aérea, a partir das fotografias de drone, utilizando o OpenDroneMap (ODM);

* Upload da imagem no OpenAerialMap (OAM) e recuperação do URL do geosserviço TMS;

* Recursos para mapeamento com imagens em background personalizadas (GeoTIFF, via geosserviço TMS) e fotografias em nível de rua (Mapillary, Panoramax);

* Noções sobre a licença dos geosserviços e das imagens e permissão de uso das imagens no OpenStreetMap;

* Descrição das relações no OSM;

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We more experienced mappers realize fast that OSM Carto is just meant to show off the capabilities of the database. So many takes I have seen “I did it becuase if I did it another way (which would be the conceptual better way, also documented on the wiki) it wouldn´t show up on https://www.openstreetmap.org…”

I am launching

• github.com/HuggeK/golfTiles
• golfTiles.org

As an open source project to first generate golf-centric PMtiles to help the mapping and application who wants to display world wide coursemaps. Then move on to at least daily updates to help mappers.

Help wanted if you want to try it out!

iD tagging schema is a recording of various information about OpenStreetMap tagging. It is done in format allowing it to be both machine-readable and human-readable.

There are various ways how it can be improved, some relatively complex, some very easy.

We have list of things that should be fairly easy to implement

If anyone is interested in contributing - it could be a good start and I can promise quick review, if they would be implemented by someone.

This changes will be quite easy to write, it is not a programming - it is rather editing a relatively simple config file. But they still need to be tested, which actually takes most of the time. And if editing config file is not a very scary task and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JSON#Syntax is not terrifying, then you have a good chance to be able to do it.

Review afterwards should be quick like for another group of simple tasks

If you would be interested in helping with iD tagging schema, and you have any amount of technical ability… But this supposedly simple tasks are not obvious, feel free to ask here for help and I can guide you to your first PR.

Even if you never did anything with git/github etc, this could be a good start. And maybe you would later implement a more complex task

Hello OpenStreetMap community,

My name is Micheal Kaluba (OSM username: Michea Kal), and I am honored to be nominated for voting membership in the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT).

My journey with HOT began around 2016 through the Malaria Elimination Project and continued through my work with OpenStreetMap Uganda, where I served as a Field Mapping and GIS Training Associate for about six years. I currently serve as the Executive Director of Wikimedia Community User Group Uganda.

Over the years, I have been involved in mapping, field data collection, project management, capacity building, and community development initiatives across Uganda and South Sudan. Through collaborations with OpenStreetMap Uganda, Wikimedia Uganda, and other partners, I have contributed to humanitarian mapping projects, community training, and open data initiatives.

I have also participated in several international mapping conferences and community events, including State of the Map conferences in Germany, Côte d’Ivoire, Tanzania, the United States, and Kenya. These experiences have strengthened my commitment to open mapping, local leadership, and community-driven development.

To me, HOT represents the power of volunteers, communities, and organizations working together to make geographic information accessible where it is needed most. I believe in HOT’s mission and would like to contribute more actively to its governance and future direction as a voting member.

As a voting member, I hope to support inclusive decision-making, accountability, and stronger representation of communities from underrepresented regions. I also look forward to contributing to community and training initiatives within HOT.

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This is a summary of the problem and a proposal regarding inconsistent treatment of greenery in sidlisko areas in Bratislava, Slovakia. Some arguments stem from my own experience with mapping these, some echo those I saw in various changeset comments. The following text is likely not exhaustive and I invite anyone concerned with the matter or area in question to join in discussion.

The subject

Greenery areas around blocks of flats on Bratislava’s sidlisko areas are specific. They’re typically grass, but often also with trees, benches, bins and play structures within them, all of it somewhat regularly maintained. I’ll call these areas panelak greenery for the remainder of this text.

The motivation

I began micromapping Karlova Ves and simply found that when adding detail up to splitting landuse on roads, using leisure=park becomes problematic. While leaving it mapped as huge blobs of leisure=park is an option, it’s a very rough approximation which doesn’t describe these areas in detail, which then defies the point of micromapping.

 The problem

The subject as described above implies usage identical to that of a park, and indeed, leads one to consider that leisure=park is technically the right tag for such areas. It is also apparent that these areas are not parks in the traditional sense of being compact areas dedicated to leisure and intended for the wide public. Since this is a bit of an instinctive classification, I’ll try to break it down into particularities. What differentiates these areas from parks follows:

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Hello,

Below I have compiled recent news related to the OSM Foundation (OSMF) board’s work. Most of these are or are going to be publicly documented on the OSMF website, so if you follow the Atom feed for the board meetings’ page, you can skip this.

What this diary entry is

It contains my personal selection and recollection of recent OSMF board-related updates.

What this diary entry is not

It is not intended to include details or all OSMF board-related updates. For these, you can refer to the published board minutes. This entry has not been reviewed by the OSMF board.

Why?

Informing the OSMF members is important. The board minutes describe in detail what was discussed in public board meetings, but many people don’t have time or follow the Atom feed for the OSMF’s website recent changes. At some point, I was creating annual or more frequent updates for the whole Foundation, which was a lot of work during a short period, while other tasks were ongoing.

I’m posting this experimentally, and I’m going to see whether I can continue to do so semi-regularly.

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May 2026 OSMF board updates

The board had a meeting on Thursday, 28 May 2026.

Draft minutes are here and they include minutes of the Chairperson’s report by Craig Allan and the Secretary’s report by Dani Waltersdorfer.

Some highlights are below.

Disputed territories

Rewriting the information for officials and diplomats of countries and entities with disputed territories
Craig Allan (OSMF Chair) has drafted a revision of the document for officials and diplomats of countries and entities with disputed territories, which was approved in September 2013, and which is referred to by the Data Working Group (DWG) and the OSMF. Craig circulated the draft to the board for feedback and suggested to Simon Poole (former OSMF Chair, former LWG Chair and present during the May 2026 board meeting) to review the updated policy document.

OSM data licensing

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I came to know about this brilliant piece of software about a year ago. This has made me feel fresh, and happy. At first I was just roaming around the world, seeing different things like roads, buildings, parks etc.. They felt very different from google maps, because they were highly detailed. With information such as road lanes, speed limits, road surface, type, who made it, when was it made, when was renovated and stuff. I found a goldmine of data, but for maps). Then I saw my area. Well, I was really disappointed that nothing was there except the main road. Literally not even the names of the villages. Comparing to other countries it was nothing,like comparing a super-car with crying baby! My heart was demolished. So, I decided to make my area great in OSM.

But here is a twist, Whatever you think I added 1st is not true. The 1st thing I added was the Transmission line. IDK why I added it fist, but after that I added a lot of things like, Roads, Streets, parks, Trees, local power distribution lines and poles, with sewage line, the pond, also added businesses, corrected road names, resolved 2 to 4 year old messages. And now my village is the most detailed village in my district until someone else decides to map his area.

Before ending this post. I want to say: Happy Mapping! :)

My engagement with OpenStreetMap began through my involvement as a YouthMappers volunteer, where I developed a strong interest in the power of open geospatial data for development and humanitarian action.

Calvin Amevienku is my name, a YouthMappers volunteer regional ambassador to Ghana. I have had the opportunity to support and connect student chapters, promote mapping activities, and encourage youth participation in open mapping across my region and beyond. This role has deepened my understanding of how collaborative mapping contributes to capacity building, digital transformation and community resilience.

Through my continued involvement with the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT), I have contributed to humanitarian mapping efforts that support data availability for underserved communities and crisis response. These experiences have strengthened my appreciation for the role of volunteers in building and maintaining high-quality open geographic data.

Being nominated as a 2026 HOT Voting Member is both an honour and a responsibility that aligns closely with my work as a YouthMappers Regional Ambassador. It represents a transition from active contribution to meaningful participation in governance and decision-making within the HOT community.

If selected, I aim to represent the perspectives of YouthMappers and regional contributors, particularly from Africa, ensuring their voices are reflected in HOT’s decisions. I am especially interested in strengthening youth engagement, supporting local chapters, and advancing capacity building initiatives that sustain long-term participation in open mapping.

I am committed to contributing constructively to HOT’s governance processes and to strengthening collaboration among HOT, YouthMappers, and local mapping communities worldwide.

Cheers!

Для того, щоб будівля була схожа на реальну її краще малювати по даху, потім дивитися на два зображення супутника (наприклад ersi) і перетягувати полігон до фундаменту.

Для того что бы здание походило более на реальное его лучше рисовать по крыше, затем смотреть на два изображение спутника (наприклад ersi) и перетаскивать полигон к фундаменту.

To make the building look more like a real one, it is better to draw it on the roof, then look at two satellite images (for example, ersi) and drag the polygon to the foundation.

I recently discovered this. You can survey for Open Street Map easy if you use your camera with location tags turned on. Take lots of pictures of anything that could be added or updated while you shop, walk or drive. Then later you can go through your pictures and use the location to find where they were taken. Compare the location tag against satellite images, and add everything you find useful in your photos.

I recently went on a trip and I’m adding businesses, addresses, stop signs, speed limits to OSM this way and its really helpful. Ive been able to add so much more details that I didn’t even know I saved in my photos. Try it!

من لوکیشنم رو ثبت کردم از زمان ریسولو نوتم هم گذشته ولی هنوز سرچ میکنم نمیاد؟ کسی میدونه چرا؟

前言

新街口作为南京乃至华东地区最重要的商业核心之一，其 OSM 数据长期存在建筑轮廓粗糙、地下空间缺失、路径拓扑混乱等问题。为此，我启动了一项针对新街口地块的系统性精细化更新计划，并在此记录操作步骤与我所制定的制图标准，供社区参考与讨论。

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一、建筑物轮廓与属性细化

所有建筑物的轮廓均参照最新卫星影像与实地核查进行重新描绘或修正，具体标准如下：

• 轮廓贴合建筑基底，避免过度简化或偏移；
• 补充 building:levels、height、name、start_date 等属性；
• 对于综合体建筑（如德基广场、金鹰国际），区分裙楼与塔楼，分别以 building 、building:part进行三维建模。

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二、地下商业空间的划定

新街口地铁站（地铁1号线×2号线换乘）向四周延伸出大量地下通道，直接连通周边各大商场的负一层。凡与地铁站地下通道直接联通的商场负一层空间，均按以下标准标注为地下建筑区域：

• 使用 location=underground 或 layer=-1 标记相关区域；
• 地下商业区域的范围多边形参照实际通道出入口与商业空间边界绘制；
• 与地铁站直接相连的通道本身，以 tunnel=yes + layer=-1 的 highway=footway 表示；
• 暂不确定是否联通的区域，暂以 fixme=需核实地下联通情况 标注，留待后续实地核查。

目前已完成地下空间划定的区域包括： 新街口百货商店 B1、金陵中环 B1

待补充区域： 金鹰国际购物中心 B1、德基广场 B1、中央商场 B1、南京国际金融中心 B1 等。

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三、路径拓扑标准

这是本次更新中最容易出错的部分。为确保路网拓扑的清洁与导航规划的准确性，我制定了以下强制性规则：

3.1 各类道路不得混接

在主要路口，行人路径（highway=footway/pedestrian）、自行车道（highway=cycleway）、机动车道（highway=primary 等） 三者之间，原则上不建议建立直接连接节点，除非现实中存在明确的路权交汇点（如行人过街横道节点）。

3.2 跨图层要素禁止连接

任何两个不属于同一 layer 值的路径要素，不得出现共享连接节点，以下情况除外：

允许连接的要素	说明
highway=steps	阶梯，连接不同楼层/层级
含 conveying=yes 的 highway=footway	自动扶梯
highway=elevator	电梯

除上述垂直交通要素外，地面路径与地下路径一律不得出现连接点。

此规则同样适用于在导航计算中看似”无害”的连接（例如建筑物轮廓与步行道路相切）。只要两个要素不属于同一图层，路径要素与非路径要素之间同样须保持几何上的独立性，仅在视觉上相邻即可。同一图层内的要素按正常规则连接，不受此限制。

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如有异议或建议，欢迎在变更集评论或讨论页留言。

Happy mapping! 🗺️

The main improvement in this release is the support for shared corner fillets. Now, when two open ways meet at a junction, the rounding applies across both ways as a single continuous operation. This feature was suggested by Paul Berry — thank you for the idea.

In addition to this new feature, the plugin is now faster due to improved interaction performance during dragging and preview. I also added several internal fixes to improve stability, mainly regarding rendering and session handling.

FilletTools is available in the JOSM plugin repository.

You can join the discussion here.

Following the proposal made a few weeks ago to expand heritage tagging for Belgium and the feedback received, I have modified and improved the sections regarding heritage tagging in Belgium in the Heritage section of the wiki, regarding Vlaanderen, Wallonie and Brussels. The tag heritage=inv has been added to indicate heritage that is not protected but is included in a heritage inventory. In Flanders and Brussels, being included in such an inventory has legal implications and means a form of ‘light protection’. For JOSM, the sections in the “Belgium (Mapping in Belgium)” and “Heritage Properties” Presets (nl:Predefined tags; fr:Préréglages) related to heritage in Belgium have been updated for Flanders, Wallonia and Brussels. By the way, the “Belgium (Mapping in Belgium)” preset is the better choice here.

Versão em português

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On May 26, 2026, I completed two years as editor of the Brazilian Portuguese edition of weeklyOSM, which marked the return of the publication in that language after a hiatus of many years. Since I joined the team, the Brazilian edition has been published without fail, and I am grateful to my colleagues - Thayná Assis, Adriele Bernardo, Lívia Rios (ex members) and actually Paloma Moreira, Amanda Silva, Matheus Magalhães, Vitor Sousa and Francisco Theodoro, who have been my companions on this journey. As a record for posterity, I would like to highlight some events that have energized the global community, once again demonstrating the scope of weeklyOSM, which covers a wide variety of topics related to OSM and always values collaboration and openness.

 

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I am part of this collaborative project, which has been publishing news about the OpenStreetMap community since its inception as Wochennotiz back in 2010. If you’d like to learn more about this history, visit the EU/MychOSM Project page and tune in to the Lightning Talk I’ll be giving at State of the Map Africa 2026, taking place June 26–28. You can also review my presentation weeklyOSM-stats for the global State of the Map 2025 event, held in Manila, Philippines, from October 3–5. At this year’s event, I plan to present the updated results of the statistics and continue to take the pulse of this beloved publication of the global OSM community.

 

If you’d like to know about my observations — based on several years of working with mappers, developers, academics, NGOs, companies, and other stakeholders in this ecosystem, I invite you to read the chapter Overview of OpenStreetMap Usage and the Brazilian Case (in pt), available on Zenodo.org, which was published in my book from last year, Case Studies in Collaborative and Participatory Mapping (in pt), available on the Editora IVIDES website.

 

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Self explanatory, but I am doing a bit of micromapping and working on accurate representations of buildings and parks in the roodepoort area, close to where I work.

English version

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Em 26 de maio de 2026, completei dois anos como editora do weeklyOSM para português do Brasil, o que permitiu a volta da publicação nesse idioma, após uma lacuna de longos anos. Desde que me integrei à equipe, nunca falhou a publicação da edição brasileira e eu agradeço aos colegas que são companheiros nesta jornada - Thayná Assis, Adriele Bernardo, Lívia Rios (ex members) and actually Paloma Moreira, Amanda Silva, Matheus Magalhães, Vitor Sousa and Francisco Theodoro. Como registro da memória, gostaria de destacar alguns fatos que animaram a comunidade global, exemplificando novamente a envergadura do weeklyOSM, que cobre uma grande variedade de temáticas relacionadas ao OSM e sempre prestigiando a colaboração e a abertura.

 

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Participo deste projeto colaborativo, que tem publicado notícias sobre o mundo do OpenStreetMap desde a sua fundação, como Wochennotiz, ainda em 2010. Se quiser conhecer mais sobre esta história, visite a página do Projeto EU/MychOSM e acompanhe a palestra breve que ministrarei no State of the Map Africa 2026, que será realizado entre os dias 26 e 28 de junho. Você pode ainda rever a minha apresentação weeklyOSM-stats para o evento global State of the Map 2025, realizado em Manila, Filipinas, entre 03 e 05 de outubro. No evento deste ano, pretendo mostrar os resultados atualizados da estatística e continuar auscultando o coração desta publicação querida da comunidade OSM global.

 

Caso queira conhecer mais sobre as minhas apreensões, fruto de alguns anos convivendo com mapeadores, desenvolvedores, acadêmicos, ONGs, empresas e demais atores deste ecossistema, convido a ler o capítulo Panorama da utilização do OpenStreetMap e o caso brasileiro, disponível no Zenodo.org, que foi publicado no meu livro do ano passado Estudos de caso em mapeamentos colaborativo e participativo, disponível no portal da Editora IVIDES .

 

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Hey there!! I’m Rupam Golui.. though most people online know me as Agasta and I honestly prefer that. I’m a 2nd year CS undergrad from Kolkata, India. Most of my time these days goes into open source and projects (GitHub: Itz-Agasta). I mostly work in Rust, Python, and TypeScript. Outside of code - I cook. Genuinely, not just survival cooking lol. I used to game a lot but somewhere along the way work took over and tbh I haven’t looked back. Also I love linux, currently running Arch (btw) and have been distro hopping since I was a kid… tried basically most of them, maybe move to nix next year. I rice my setup way more than I probably should, even participate in Reddit competitions for it. Could genuinely yap about this for hours. Yaa that’s mostly me, maybe someday I want to build a cool project people actually love enough that I can keep maintaining it full-time for years (hopefully).

Honestly I got here through a side project. Was building something with ocean data, needed maps, used Leaflet & Mapbox. But I got too curious about how all of it actually works behind the scenes - the data, the tools, the geocoding side of things. One thing led to another and I ended up deep in Nominatim’s codebase somehow. A few PRs later and here we are :)

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Ok so - I got into GSoC 2026!

I’ll be working on native category support in OSM’s search engine Nominatim this summer, and I’m really excited about it.

Right now Nominatim classifies every place using a single OSM class/type pair - like amenity=restaurant. It’s simple and it works, but it has some real limitations:

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