01/03/2017-01/09/2017

Mapping

Community

OpenStreetMap Foundation

OSM UK has become a (CIC Ltd.). You can join now.

OSMUK suggests, the OSMF to become a CIC Ltd as well.

Events

Klaus Torsky reports (automatic translation) on the last FOSS4G in Germany. He links to an interview with Till Adams the brain behind the organisation of FOSS4G in Bonn.

(automatic translation) on the last FOSS4G in Germany. He links to an interview with Till Adams the brain behind the organisation of FOSS4G in Bonn. Frederik Ramm invites people for the February hack weekend happening in Karlsruhe.

A mapping party took place in Tombuctu took place from 7th to 9th of January.

Humanitarian OSM

Kizito Makoye reports on the initiative of the Dar es Salaam City Administration, Tanzania, in the floodplains of poor regions such as Tandal drones. The Ramani-Huria project supports this by implementing the acquired data in OSM-based maps. This and other measures will improve the living conditions and the infrastructure in the slum areas.

Maps

switch2OSM

Uber uses OpenStreetMap. Grant Slater expects Uber to contribute to OSM data.

Software

The Wikimedia help explains how to use the Wikidata ID to display the outline of OSM Objects in Wikimedia maps.

User Daniel writes a diary on how the latest release of Open Source Routing Machine (version 5.5) has made it easier to set up our own routing machine and shares some documentation related to it.

Releases

OpenStreetMap Routing Machine released version 5.5 which comes with some huge enhancements in guidance, tags, API and infrastructure.

Provided by the OSM Software Watchlist.

(*) unfree software. See: freesoftware.

Did you know …

… the daily updated extracts by Netzwolf?

… your next holiday destination? If yes, then the map with georeferenced images in Wikimedia Commons is ideal to inform oneself in advance.

… the GPS navigator uNav for Ubuntu smartphones? This OSM-based Navi-App is now available in version 0.64 for the Ubuntu Mobile Operating System (OTA-14).

OSM in the media

Tracy Staedter (Seeker) explained the maps of Geoff Boeing. He calls his visualization tool OSMnx (OSM + NetworkX). The tool can create the physical characteristics of the streets of each city in a black & white grid, showing impressive historical city developments. Boeing says, “The cards help change opinions by demonstrating to people that the density of a city is not necessarily bad.”

Other “geo” things

The Open Traffic Partnership (OTP) is an initiative in Manila, Philippines which aims to make use of anonymized GPS data to analyze traffic congestion. The partnership has led to an open source platform – OSM is represented by Mapzen – that enables developing countries to record and analyze traffic patterns. Alyssa Wright, President of the US OpenStreetMap Foundation, said: “The partnership seeks to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of global transport use and supply through open data and capacity expansion.”

This is how the Mercator Projection distorts the poles.

Treepedia, developed by MIT’s Senseable City Lab and World Economic Forum, provides a visualization of tree cover in 12 major cities including New York, Los Angeles and Paris.

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