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Tobias @tordans.en.osm.town.ap.brid.gy · May 11

@anders raindrop.io is what I am using now. I used diigo.com for ages after del.icio.us. But had to switch last year because they just did not get their bugs resolved. Raindrop is great. Many other are doing Pinterest style visual stuff that’s not for me.

Tobias @tordans.en.osm.town.ap.brid.gy · Jan 6

Disclaimer: I might be misunderstanding the Goals OSM-NG Project.
Links:
- All projects https://nlnet.nl/news/2025/20250101-announcing-grantees-June-call.html
- OSM NG Funding page https://nlnet.nl/project/OpenStreetMap-NG/
- OSM NG Contributor List […]

Tobias @tordans.en.osm.town.ap.brid.gy · Jan 6

Off all the new NLnet Fundings (NGI0) only one is directly OSM related and off all the things that could be funded it had to be the one that from my point of view does not benefit the project at all but is either time spend unwisely or a future escalation waiting to happen: OSM-NG, a one person […]

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Tobias @tordans.en.osm.town.ap.brid.gy · Nov 28

There is some movement in the #OSM-Centerline-Processing space recently. This is one of the issues that we need to solve to make OSM data suitable for analysis and planning purposes, so it is great to see research and prototypes in this space. Dustin from osm2streets has this great list of […]

Tobias @tordans.en.osm.town.ap.brid.gy · Sep 30

openDesk looks like a very promising #opensource alternative to Google Apps. It will be launched this October. More at https://zendis.de/ressourcen/zendis-launcht-opendesk-auf-der-smart-country-convention-2024 and a good intro videos is at […]

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Tobias @tordans.en.osm.town.ap.brid.gy · Sep 6

This weekend is #sotm. Everyone can watch the talk at https://2024.stateofthemap.org/stream/.

Tobias @tordans.en.osm.town.ap.brid.gy · Sep 5

#Komoot made it easier to show drinking water POI and similar during route planning. They showcase this in their latest Newsletter. On their website, there is a section on how to add to #OpenStreetMap […]

[Original post on en.osm.town]

Tobias @tordans.en.osm.town.ap.brid.gy · Sep 5

Happy to see that my feedback introduce two small improvements to the #mapillary Docs this week. The Germany changelog was super old and is now gone to show the updated english version https://www.mapillary.com/release-notes?locale=de_DE. And the API docs submenu finally works even when using […]

Tobias @tordans.en.osm.town.ap.brid.gy · Aug 21

Also, here are the docs on the Overture Maps Buildings Layer https://docs.overturemaps.org/guides/buildings/ which has a nice example showing different data sources in one place at https://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=16/32.58952/-117.04515

Map of buildings, the color shows the source of the buildings.

Tobias @tordans.en.osm.town.ap.brid.gy · Aug 9

#til: #chrome has a build in search to find an open tab at "Tab">"Search tab…" or CMD+Shift+A. I've been using https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/tab-organizer/gbaokejhnafeofbniplkljehipcekkbh for this for a while…

Tobias @tordans.en.osm.town.ap.brid.gy · Aug 4

(2/2) I was confused because some other data in OSM was different from Overture next to that missing building. But it turns out, those buildings where changed only recently https://osmcha.org/changesets/154211890. The Overture Raw data show "source OSM" for those buildings […]

Tobias @tordans.en.osm.town.ap.brid.gy · Aug 4

I think I understand it now: Facebook/Mapillary switched from the https://daylightmap.org/ buildings source to the Overture Maps Buildings source (which AFAIK is largely the same, but daylight is being migrated to Overture). The Overture Buildings Data do favor OSM over AI Data in general but […]

Tobias @tordans.en.osm.town.ap.brid.gy · Jul 31

This is the location of the example images https://www.mapillary.com/app/?lat=53.23661736482475&lng=10.242724828391374&z=17.985098496800934&focus=map / https://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=19/53.23663/10.24262&layers=N (I did add the building today :))
And here is the source of this in OSMUS […]

Tobias @tordans.en.osm.town.ap.brid.gy · Jul 31

Today I learned that Mapillary/Facebook no longer uses the #OpenStreetMap Buildings in their OSM-based map, having switched to the Overture Buildings Dataset. Someone noticed this change in a place in Germany where the buildings differ between the maps.

OM Editor showing aerial imagery with the building that is not mapped.

Mapillary Basemap with a Building that is missing in OSM (but other buildings/parts missing here).

Tobias @tordans.en.osm.town.ap.brid.gy · Jul 23

Git-Knowhow: We recently had to merge two separate repositories into one, and I was surprised at how well it worked, preserving the complete Git history and all. Here are two great articles on how to do this:
- […]

Tobias @tordans.en.osm.town.ap.brid.gy · Jul 19

Inspired by the #sotmeu talk on Sentinel 2 I finally found a way improve the location of this factory in rural Ghana https://www.openstreetmap.org/node/10157516964
I am looking for new imagery to improve the location for 5 years now https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/817922065/history

Tobias @tordans.en.osm.town.ap.brid.gy · Jun 22

The talks from the #OpenStreetMap #sotmus2024 are on YouTube, now: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLqjPa29lMiE3msEjJS-QE5MTq1Ew0djYd&si=BUB-k0ak6-nwueg9 Any recommendation on which to watch first?

Tobias @tordans.en.osm.town.ap.brid.gy · Jun 19

A lot has been happening in the #react and #nextjs ecosystem in the last few months with React Server Components and Server Actions. If you are looking for a great high-level explanation about why this is super exciting and unique, I recommend Ryan Florence's talk at […]