Even though being an indoor'ist, enjoyed the driving to Jenolan caves. The narrow roads on the way to Jenolan caves,NSW, AU was not expected. It reminded me of the roads in Malamukal,Trivandrum, Kerala, were roads twist and turn, the only act of letting others know that there is a vehicle coming in the blind hair pin bend is using the horn, but here it wasn't the case, the speed recommended was 40 or less but knowing about the oncoming vehicle wasn't easy - could have installed those outdoor convex blind spot mirrors for assistance at various blind turns. The return journey was not fun as I was tired.

• https://www.openstreetmap.org/user/gnumen/traces/2135060
• https://www.openstreetmap.org/user/gnumen/traces/2135056

The Massachusetts Schools MapRoulette challenge hit a milestone today. The number of open tasks fell below 900, over 600 schools cleaned up so far.

Have done a lot of work on cliff lines along the Wolgan River and Capertee Valley Canyon.

HELP please - the Wollemi National Park Boundary is no longer showing.

I have added a note. This is a large park and it has just disappeared in the last couple of weeks I believe. I don't have the skills to fix this.

The boundary is shown on the LPI NSW Base Map which can appear as a layer.

Out of interest this is widely reported to be the second largest canyon (in terms of width) in the world but the map was pretty poor. OSM contours are problematic, I understand that OSM uses NASA's Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM) data for contours. The Space Shuttle radar was only sensitive to about 30 metres, so any cliff smaller than 30m will not show on the map. But many of these cliffs are over 200m tall, and some almost 300m tall and they still don't show up on the contour maps.

So to compensate I have been adding cliff lines and canyon names where they exist.

Identificación de puntos de interés para el conocimiento y movilidad por la localidad de Lloseta.

Mimari tasarımı İglo Mimarlık tarafından yapılan kliniğimiz Arkitera.com’da yayınlandı ve yayına konulduktan itibaren mimarlar tarafından en çok merak edilen 10 projeden biri oldu.

Arkitera dergileri, online yayıncılığı ve fuarları ile Türkiye’deki mimarların en önemli mesleki kurumlarından bir tanesi. Arkitera.com ise mimarlar için çok önemli bir buluşma platformu olması ile tanınıyor. Kliniğimizin mimari tasarım süreci ve detayları Ocak ayında Arkitera.com’da yayınlanmaya başladı. Kliniğimiz yayınlandığı günden beri Türkiye’deki mimarların da yoğun ilgi gösterdiği ve en çok tıklanan 10 projeden bir tanesi oldu.

Beim Mappen von Hausnummern passiert es mir bei jeder längeren (d.h. min. 1 1/2 Stunden draußen), dass ich von einem Anwohner angesprochen werde. Neuerdings habe ich einen Weg gefunden, der zwar die Bekanntheit von OSM nicht vergrößert, aber zu einer möglichst kurzen Gesprächsdauer und weniger Verdacht führt – die Navi-Methode.

Anwohner: Guten Tag, was machen Sie denn da?

Nakaner: Ich erfasse für einen Anbieter von Navikarten, welches Haus welche Hausnummer hat.

Anwohner: Ah, danke.

Selten wird nachgefragt, für welchen Anbieter. Eher kommt noch die Frage, warum ich das am Sonntagnachmittag mache.

Heute habe ich Fotomapping gemacht, dabei aber nicht gezielt Hausfassaden, sondern die (öffentliche) Straße selbst fotografiert (ich stand auf dem Bürgersteig). Mittendrin kommt mir ein Herr entgegen, der mir seinen Regenschirm entgegenstreckt und entrüstet meint:

Er: Wissen Sie eigentlich, dass man zum privat Fotografieren eine Erlaubnis braucht?!

Nakaner: Ihre Rechtsaufassung ist leider falsch.

Er geht ein paar Schritte weiter, schaut auf die Rückseite meiner Warnweste und meint dann: "Für welches Vermessungsbüro sind Sie denn tätig?"

Nakaner: Für gar keins. Vermessung ist in Deutschland übrigens kein geschützter Begriff.

Weiter habe ich mich nicht auf ihn eingelassen, sondern bin weitergegangen. Es hätte auf keinen grünen Zweig geführt.

Ob das mit dem geschützten Begriff wirklich ganz richtig ist, weiß ich nicht. Aber ich darf mich sogar Vermessungsingenieur nennen. ;-)

Obige Szene hat sich übrigens nicht in einem Wohngebiet mit Einfamilienhäusern, sondern einem Mischgebiet in der Nähe eines Bahnhofs ereignet.

Costumo utilizar bastante o OpenStreetMap quando viajo ou sempre que vou em algum local novo, porém, como meu principal meio de transporte é a bicicleta e quando viajo geralmente caminho, pedalo ou uso transporte público, não tive muitas experiências de utilizar o OSM para planejar rotas de carro.

Esse fim de semana, recebi a visita de uma amiga e alugamos um carro aqui em Brasília. Como não gosto de dirigir, fiz a função de navegador, utilizando o aplicativo Maps.me. Vou descrever como foi a utilização do OpenStreetMap, o que deu certo e onde houve falhas.

Decidimos ir a Pirenópolis e tracei as rotas no OSRM, MapQuest, Maps.Me e Google Maps. Todos forneceram rotas diferentes! A rota do OSRM foi a melhor, pois utiliza mais a BR-060, que é duplicada. Tirei a dúvida perguntando a uma pessoa em Pirenópolis e ele me confirmou que prefere essa rota. O Google preferiu uma rota 20 Km menor, mas com um trecho bem menor de rodovias duplicadas. O Maps.Me foi o que forneceu a pior rota, passando por uma estrada de chão inclusive. O MapQuest roteou por duas rodovias estaduais não pavimentadas, mas esse erro talvez tenha sido causado pela classificação errônea de uma das rodovias como secundária (já corrigi!).

Antes de ir a Pirenópolis, também pesquisei sobre uma fazenda que oferece acesso a algumas cachoeiras, brunch e atividades de aventura. O local estava mapeado no Google Maps, mas não no OSM, porém o caminho até lá estava todo traçado, então foi fácil chegar. Esse é o tipo de informação que só vai estar no OSM se algum mapeador for até lá, enquanto que o Google pode obter a informação de várias formas (o streetview deles vai até a porta da fazenda, por exemplo).

No dia da viagem, depois de ir à fazenda, decidimos visitar uma cachoeira, pedimos informação a algumas pessoas e vi que o caminho até lá também estava traçado, porém sem a informação da cachoeira. Em relação às rotas dentro da cidade de Pirenópolis, todas que tracei no Maps.Me funcionaram muito bem. Apesar de nem todas as ruas da cidade estarem mapeadas com o nome, o centro da cidade estava bem mapeado inclusive com informações das vias de mão única. Fiz algumas sequências de fotos com o Mapillary, que me possibilitaram mapear alguns pontos de interesse quando voltei pra casa.

Em Brasília, tracei mais algumas rotas no Maps.Me para entrar e sair do Plano Piloto e algumas planejei eu mesmo apenas olhando o mapa. Só tive problemas para ir ao Museu do Catetinho, o qual eu não conhecia e que fica bem afastado do Plano Piloto.

Como se pode ver na imagem acima, o museu estava mapeado no OSM como um mirante e apenas com o nome de Catetinho. Então fiquei com muita dúvida se a localização estava correta. O trecho que está ligando o museu a algumas vias do lado direito do mapa não existe e isso gerou um erro no roteamento, o que me levou a consultar o Google Maps no meio da viagem.

Assim ficou o museu após as correções que eu fiz.

Essa foi uma boa experiência de utilização do OpenStreetMap! É interessante ver como as informações que colocamos no OSM podem ajudar outras pessoas e como podemos nos beneficiar dessa colaboração também. Nenhum mapa é perfeito. Há algumas semanas, tive prejuízo quando usava Uber porque o Google Maps oferecia dois endereços pro mesmo lugar e escolhi o errado! Acredito que o OpenStreetMap já tem qualidade pra ser utilizado em muitas regiões do país e podemos melhorar ainda mais mapeando com qualidade e conquistando novos colaboradores para o projeto.

I'm almost home after three week field mapping trip to Liberia, Sierra Leone, and Guinea. The mapping is part of the American Red Cross' West Africa Border Mapping project. We hope to verify the location of around 6,000 villages and detail map large portions of 15km of either side of the Liberia, Sierra Leone, and Guinea borders. We are building off of the wonderful work done by HOT volunteers during the ebola crisis. This project is the largest Missing Maps project started to date. Field mapping is always a fun activity and is at the heart of mapping in OSM. Field Mapping is the important verification of the great work done by remote mappers around the world. Most Missing Maps projects have a field mapping component and we are constantly working to improve our methods, build local mapping capacity, and spread the OSM gospel. For this project we are planning on engaging over 200 volunteers to learn how to map in OSM.

Mapping 6,000 villages over an area roughly the size of West Virginia (for the Americans) or a tiny bit smaller than Switzerland (for the non-Americans) in just 6 months requires some deep thought about the technology that we will use. I've previously posted about how we are developing Portable OSM to help us map offline. This post however is about all of the amazing hardware and software we use that we did not develop. We of course put everything in handy Pelican cases for safety while traveling and to keep everything in one piece.

Software

OSMAnd

OSMAnd is one of the foundations of our mobile mapping. While OSMAnd takes a little extra training to use effectively it has all the features we need in one app.

BaseMap

There is no better way to quickly make and view an offline map of OSM than using OSMAnd. We create new basemaps all the time using the great HOT Export Tool.

GPX Tracker

Yes there are a bunch of other great GPX trackers out there and some are easier to use but having a basemap + GPX tracker is easy for our volunteers to learn and sufficient for our needs.

Directions

We use OSMAnd extensively in the field for directions and routing. Finding the shortest/fastest route is two or three clicks. Our disaster relief teams used OSMAnd during the Typhoon Haiyan and Nepal Earthquake responses. We got great feedback from teams that used it every day to distribute relief supplies after only one 15 min training.

OpenDataKit

Our go to survey data collection tools. ODK is super fast and easy to learn both for mappers and survey managers. We loved ODK so much we built OpenMapKit on top of it.

OpenSignal

We are experimenting with OpenSignal right now to see if we can build good enough cell coverage maps of our project areas. All phones are set to share the data with OpenSignal and save the data locally so we can extract it and create our own maps.

Hardware

Mobile Phone

A couple years ago we made the decision driven by efficient project budgeting to not use both dedicated GPS devices and cell phones. Initially we used Samsung S3/S4 phones. These were ok and we have to replace a lot of phones because of poor GPS reception. For our West Africa mapping project we didn't need 15-20 phones like a normal trip but instead needed 120+ phones that will be used almost daily for the next six months. After a little bit of internet research we discovered the Blu Bold. The Blu Bold is roughly $60 on Amazon and has all the features we need in a phone. We tested them in the last two weeks are impressed both by the build quality and the ruggedness of a "cheap" phone. I'm even considering one for my own personal phone after this trip.

Power Bank

Using mobiles phones in the field is amazing...until you run out of battery. To keep this from happening to our field teams we give everyone an external power bank capable of charging their phones several times over. We use the Anker Estro E5. It is a great price point with tons of capacity. Volunteers are then able to leave their power bank overnight in a charging station without risking their phone getting lost or stolen.

Garmin Virb Cameras

Just over a year ago we started experimenting with Mapillary to see if we could effectively use photos to both help our mapping and tell the story of the communities better. Since then we logged hundreds of miles and thousands of photos uploaded to Mapillary from walks through neighborhoods in Haiti to drives through vulnerable communities in Zimbabwe. We experimented with both GoPros and Garmin cameras and settled on the Garmin Virb as the camera for us. The built in GPS with track recording makes uploading photo to Mapillary super easy. Mapillary heard about our project and kindly donated 19 Garmin Virb cameras. We've put these cameras to good use already capturing roughly a thousand miles of road in the past 2 weeks. We've put the cameras on both motobikes and cars and have captured some stunning photos that really make it feel like you are driving down the small paths with us.

#West Coast Trip

枝下用水に手を出す。

ほとんどの部分が地中管になっているので、tunnel=yes又は=culvertでいいけど、そもそも用水路って小川stream？ でもcanalでは運河だよね。排水路はあるのにどんぴしゃ用水路はwaterwayのキー設定がない。 そして、掘割の道路・・・東名高速とかを渡る部分は橋になってる。本来の地面レベルよりは低いけど橋。これはtunnel=noにして、手打ちでbridge属性を追加、=aquaductとしておく。レイヤーは0か1で適時調整。 伊勢湾岸道と下の県道56号の間を橋で渡るひどい場所もある。伊勢湾岸を2、水路を1、県道（掘割だけど）を0、その下を通る排水路や川があったら仕方ないので-1とする。田舎なのに何て構造だ。料金所と鉄道絡みで５重構造になってる場所すらあるんだから。

Estudantes desenvolvendo o uso de mapeamentos colaborativos através do uso de diversas ferramentas para depois inserir todas as informações coletadas no OSM. Bairro Lagoa, Jacaraípe, Serra, ES, Brasil. Parceria entre a Escola Jacaraípe e a UFES.

Хороший 3D-рендер, можно менять отображение времени суток, погоду и т.д. Рекомендую. http://demo.f4map.com/#lat=47.0965000&lon=37.5460000&zoom=16

В 2015-м году для пробы сил сделал несколько 3D-моделей: ЦУМ, Драмтеатр, Порт-сити, телевышку, церкви на ЖМР-17 и в Приморском районе и т.д.

В марте 2016 залил весь город (включая Сартану, Каменск и Старый Крым) 3D-шаблонами. Все здания по умолчанию серые, отличаются типами крыш.

2016-03-28 Начал раскрашивать здания в центре города. Все ошибки, замечания, предложения сообщайте в личку.

Osmand hat mit seiner neuesten Osmand-Version ein neues Feature eingeführt, welches bis zu stündliche Updates des Kartenmaterial einführt:

• http://osmand.net/osm_live.php#information
• http://osmand.net/blog

Ich habe mir gleich mal ein Abonnement zugelegt um die Sache zu testen:

Vor Auswahl des Abbonements kann man seine zu unterstützende Region auswählen, die fortan besonders von den Einnahmen profitiert. Neben den von Osmand bekannten Kartenregionen die auch zum Download bereitstehen ist zusätzlich noch die Region World möglich.

Der monatliche Preis beträgt 1,19€ (davon 19% MwSt.) und berechtigt zum stündlichen Update wohl beliebig vieler Regionen.

Es sind für jede Kartenregion stündliche, tägliche,wöchentliche oder gar keine automatische Updates möglich. Das initiale Update für Sachsen vom Datenstand Anfang März bis zum 25. März war stolze 102 MB groß (Originalgröße: 232MB, d.h. 44%) , bei Portugal waren es nur 11 MB (Originalgröße: 197MB, d.h. 6%). Die Datenmengen sind also schon recht groß, aber wohl auch von der Aktivität abhängig, wobei ich persönlich nicht glaube, dass 44% der sächsischen Daten wirklich angefasst wurden.

Meine gestrigen Änderungen in ÖPNV-Relationen, Gebäuden usw. waren eingezeichnet. Laut Website werden in der vorläufigen Beta-Versionen aber mit dem Live-Update noch keine Routeninformationen aktualisiert

Mapper können sich mit E-Mail und einer Bitcoin-Adresse einen Account bei Osmand registrieren, der zur Auszahlung auf ein Bitcoin-Konto berechtigt. Nach welchen Kriterien das Ranking und die Auszahlung dann konkret aussehen wird, wird man nach ein paar Probemonaten sehen, das kann ich jetzt noch nicht überblicken.

Die Sache mit den stündlichen Updates ist definitiv hochinteressant und bringt OSM auf ein ganz neues Level bei mobilen Navis und sollte vielleicht auch das Denken der Mapper ändern. Bisher war der Konsens dann doch eher, dass man kurzfristiges eher nicht eintragen sollte, mit Osmand ändert sich dies aber definitiv! Es wirkt auch mappingunterstützend, wenn man in Mapping-Sessions aktuelle Änderungen nach 1 Stunde auf seinem Smartphone sieht.

Bei den Bitcoin-Zahlungen sehe ich persönlich dann aber doch ein gewisses Missbrauchspotenzial, hier wird man die Entwicklung absehen müssen. Man sollte in nächster Zeit vielleicht auch ein wenig kritischer hinschauen. Entscheidend ist wohl die Anzahl an Changesets, das begünstigt natürlich kleine Changesets... .

The total lenght of the pedestrian roads in the world is 29192.2 kilometers

For the tunnels and bridges, i will also present to you the global figure here 114.949 pedestrian tunnels are in the osm planet map 351.099 pedestrian bridges are in the osm planet map

Crossings Name 48872 Paris 27647 Madrid 26310 Milan 18959 Yokohama 16748 Helsinki 15445 Kawasaki 15418 Tokio 13542 Moskau 13117 Portland 13081 Phoenix

Top Tunnels

Count tunnels Name city 4304 MĂĽnchen 2552 Moskau 2255 Berlin 1948 Essen 1792 Paris 1417 Hamburg 1366 Milan 1366 Vienna 1268 Helsinki 1205 London 1091 Zurich 1082 Prag 1021 Stuttgart

Top Bridges

Count Name 3911 Hongkong 3844 Kawasaki 3648 Shenzhen 3544 Kowloon 3535 Tokio 3327 Yokohama 3070 Rotterdam 2330 London 2256 Amsterdam

Beautiful

Debido a un problema de administración, la provincia de Lima está erróneamente incluido con la provincia constituacional del Callao (https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/1944657). Estoy sugiriendo qué el Departamento de Lima debe reestructurase en Openstreetmap:

• Región Lima que anteriormente cubrió el departamento excepto Lima Metropolitana. Esto ya es obsoleto, la relación debe aplicar a todo el departamento (incluyendo la antigua zona de la Municipalidad Metropolitana de Lima).

• Provincia de Lima no está correctamente enlazado. Debe fusionarse con la relación https://www.openstreetmap.org/node/1237030144

• Distrito de Lima, es un distrito como tal. Allí expliqué el error de estar incluido en la provincia (y región) de Callao porque la zona vacía no relaciona a la región Lima (una "zona vacía").

• Callao, el plano oficial se puede consultar en esta página.

Más info: https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Departamento_de_Lima

Here the mail I sent¹ as reply to Dan

Hi Dan,

here you describe how you fixed social paths in a nature reserve.
Sure, you fixed them regarding what you needed – but the still look strange to me.
Can "unauthorized" trails be access=no, foot=permissive/yes?
Was this way a former part of an official trail?:
https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/101307990
If yes, an explanation would be nice.
If no, the name should be removed. Else it could be mistaken with the official trail with the same name – and maybe a mapper will "fix" this.
And a (social_)path with name=Trail – seriously?

Regrettably Stamen obviously failed to convince caliparks.org to use OSM based maps for their website as well as for their app.

¹ I would like have to commented on-site, but even trying three browsers I wasn't successful. The furthest I got with Chromium, where "Medium" always tells my "you got logged out". No indication how to login, though. The link "log in with email" just triggers another registration mail.
And I am not too keen to register with the umpteenth web4.0-upstart-foo-stuff I'd only use once in 50 years or so.
PS: "The email account that you tried to reach is disabled."
So much for good old ways of communication

today I mark my first important marking for time forward of history of Houston" city map system

Its nice here

Today I edited my first locations on the map,to be exact in Fier,Albania and I am planning to be active and help the community in creating the best available maps.