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[1] Some members of the French OSM group Mapadour (the Basque Country and the southern Landes)
Community
- Alex Spritze has realised
that Wikimedia Commons is probably a good source of geographical objects that are still missing from OpenStreetMap and has developed a workflow to find geospatial data on Commons using the PetScan tool. - Rtnf has developed a prototype interactive map that allows users to explore angkot (shared taxi) routes in Indonesia, combining routing data generated by BRouter with geographic data from OpenStreetMap.
- The fire department in Talling, Germany is explicitly asking for an AED defibrillator logo, so they can be represented on OpenStreetMap. In the comments, people point to the defibrillator map created by the Polish OpenStreetMap community and mention that OsmAnd and CoMaps already display defibrillators. GeoMH also gave the newcomer a reference to the community wiki.
- Grant Slater is raising funds to purchase the missing sheets from the complete historical 1:50,000 topographic map series of Zimbabwe (formerly Rhodesia), produced by the Department of the Surveyor-General and the Zimbabwean Air Force. Once purchased, he will process the maps and make them freely available online so that researchers, historians, genealogists, mappers, local communities, and anyone interested in Zimbabwe’s history can access them.
- Internet Archive Europe reported (also shared on Mastodon) on a workshop held in Amsterdam titled ‘Maps are Infrastructure too’. The post emphasised the importance of OpenStreetMap as a knowledge commons and highlighted MapLibre as a key tool for digital sovereignty, arguing that open map infrastructure is essential for long-term public access and memory.
that Wikimedia Commons is probably a good source of geographical objects that are still missing from OpenStreetMap and has developed a workflow to find geospatial data on Commons using the Imports
- Kentoseth has published a detailed tutorial (also shared on Mastodon) on how to mass import address data into OpenStreetMap using JOSM. The guide covers data preparation using OpenAddresses.io, essential JOSM plugins such as conflation, and emphasises the importance of manual validation against local GIS sources.
Local chapter news
- [1] In his diary entry, Emmanuel Arrechea reported on the wide-ranging activities of the French OSM group Mapadour (Basque Country and southern Landes). The group has been very active, having taken over 228,000 Panoramax images; it has supported European tourism and mobility projects such as Systour and Pyrénées4Clima, maintained local health data, and is mapping urban trees in Bayonne using open data.
- Wikimedia Italia, the Italian local chapter of the OpenStreetMap Foundation, has recently published ► a new tile service with two layers in the hope that it will help both the mappers and the end users. You can check ► the terms of use on their wiki.
- The OSM Training Working Group of FOSSGIS e.V. met ► in Berlin on 13 and 14 June to refine their concept for modular OpenStreetMap training. The group focused on target-group specific requirements and the best ways to teach community workflows and practical mapping skills.
on the wide-ranging activities of the French OSM group Mapadour (Basque Country and southern Landes). The group has been very active, having taken over 228,000 Panoramax images; it has supported European tourism and mobility projects such as Systour and Pyrénées4Clima, maintained local health data, and is mapping urban trees in Bayonne using open data.
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Events
- The State of the Map Colombia 2026 will take place as an in-person event on 3 and 4 July 2026 at the Faculty of Economic Sciences, National University of Colombia. The conference will include a scientific programme.Incidentally, the logo for SotM was designed ► by Mauricio Martínez and features the white-headed tamarin (Saguinus oedipus), a primate native to Colombia, whose face is incorporated into a map pin.
a scientific programme.Incidentally, the logo for SotM was OSM research
- Muki Haklay, Professor of Geographical Information Science in the UCL Department of Geography, and UCL alumnus Patrick Weber, have won the IEEE’s Pervasive Computing’s Test of Time Award for their 2008 paper on OpenStreetMap. The award honours the most influential papers that have had a lasting impact on pervasive computing over the past 25 years. Over the eighteen years since Muki’s paper was published the OpenStreetMap project, which was launched at UCL in 2004, has evolved into critical digital infrastructure that supports research, humanitarian response, navigation systems, smart cities, and countless location-based services.
Maps
- mgeograficas has created a uMap showing the distribution of sedimentary deposits from the Quaternary period (most recent) and the Neoproterozoic era (oldest), in Campos dos Goytacazes, in the state of Rio de Janeiro (Brazil).
- Julien Minet explained ► the cartographic generalisation techniques he used to create a high-quality printed forest map using QGIS and OpenStreetMap data. The project, which he also shared on Mastodon, covers advanced topics such as dynamic orientation of symbols and automated feature displacement using PostGIS.
OSM in action
- El País published ► a detailed interactive map showing real estate prices in Spain at a street-by-street level. As noted by Alan Grant on Mastodon, the project uses OpenStreetMap data for geographical names (neighbourhoods and districts), although the required attribution is missing from the interactive map itself and only mentioned in the methodology section.
- Longtrails.de is a new interactive planning tool for long-distance hiking in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland. As noted on Mastodon, the platform uses OpenStreetMap data for its maps and points of interest, allowing hikers to plan stages with distance and elevation calculations while encouraging community contributions to improve the data.
- Tom Scott’s video ‘Why trains don’t usually crash into each other’ features a printed OpenStreetMap map (at the 17:19 mark) used to illustrate the UK’s rail network. As noted on Mastodon, the video serves as a positive example of proper attribution by a high-profile creator, including a link to the OSM copyright page in the description.
Open Data
- The Museum of the History of Dnipro (Ukraine) has launched an interactive map of the city’s streets based on OpenStreetMap data. The resource, created as part of the ZMINA 2.0 project with European Union financial support, provides the history and explanations for over 500 of the streets renamed since 2014.
an interactive map of the city’s streets based on OpenStreetMap data. The resource, created as part of the ZMINA 2.0 project with European Union financial support, provides the history and explanations for over 500 of the streets renamed since 2014.Software
- Kai Johnson is investigating how much of the Overpass query language could be implemented using the QLever database.
- OpenMapEditor has been relaunched as MapDraw, a free, open-source, local-first web editor for personal geographic data. The tool now supports contributing to OpenStreetMap directly from the map, adding nodes (benches, drinking water, bike parking, and more), and leaving notes. The source code is available under the AGPL-3.0 licence.
- OSM MultiToolz (available for Chrome and Firefox) is a browser extension, built by dp7, designed to assist OpenStreetMap contributors. It provides advanced changeset analysis, integration with various QA tools (including OSMCha and Achavi), a smart watchlist for monitoring edits, and built-in translation for changeset comments.
- VK Maps’ Overpass instance is once again available for use, after being shut down for several months.
- Ian Wagner noted, on Stadia Maps’ blog, that the long-term viability of any motor vehicle routing project hinges on two ‘invisible’ variables: data privacy architecture and billing predictability.
for use, after being shut down for several months.Programming
- Paco Albacete Chicano blogged that his Google Summer of Code project will focus on area routing in Valhalla. This is expected to allow routes to cross areas, such as public squares, directly instead of circling around them and producing inefficient or awkward paths.
- Windows Central reported that rampant AI‑driven GitHub outages have forced Microsoft into an unlikely alliance with Amazon. GitHub processed 1 billion commits in 2025, compared to 14 billion expected in 2026.
Releases
- Heise reported that Murena has released version 4.0 of its Google-free Android fork, /e/OS. The update includes Murena Maps v1.0.0-beta, powered by data from OpenStreetMap.
- Sergey (enzet) released version 0.16.0 of Röntgen, a specialised icon set for OpenStreetMap. The update, announced on Mastodon, added 16 new community-requested icons (including various vending machines and railway features) and is now also available as an npm package.
- osm2pgsql has released version 2.3.0, introducing major changes to tile expiry, a new style tester script, and numerous additional improvements.
- iD version 2.41.0 has been released. Key updates include automatic data downloading when splitting ways in relations, a new marker-based rendering for embankments and cuttings, and improved Wikidata searches that now display item descriptions.
Did you know that …
- … OpenCage has an extensive archive of their OpenStreetMap community interviews? The series started in 2014 and recent entries include conversations with Omran Najjar on OSM in Syria, Volker Krause about the open-source routing engine Transitous, and Christian Quest on the Panoramax Foundation.
- … uMap now has ‘draw along route’ functionality? It’s great for creating OSM-routable routes.
- … scy has shared some tips on how to customise OsmAnd’s map appearance to improve readability and accessibility. The settings, located in the main menu under ‘Customise Map’, allow users to adjust the contrast and line thickness, as well as switch between different map styles.
Other “geo” things
- Christina Queiroz has explored how participatory and social cartography are being used as tools for rights advocacy and territorial claims. Their article highlighted projects such as the self-demarcation of the Borari people and the use of OpenStreetMap to map services in favelas, challenging official state narratives.
- The YouTube channel Veritasium has published a video titled ‘Google Maps is unreasonably fast. Let me explain’, which explores the complex algorithms behind modern routing and navigation. As noted by Eugene Alvin Villar, on Mastodon, the video features impressive visualisations and makes extensive use of OpenStreetMap data, which is explicitly credited in the video’s description.
Upcoming Events
| Country | Where | Venue | What | When |
|---|---|---|---|---|
UN 2.0 Week 2026: UN Mappers Mappy Hour  | 2026-06-19 | |||
 | بلدية دمشق القديمة | Online | ReMapping Syria 2025: Humanitarian Mapping & Community Collaboration Webinar | 2026-06-19 |
| UN Mappers Mappy Hour: Progress and Highlights of the UN Maps Community Ambassador Pilot Initiative | 2026-06-19 | |||
 | Torino | OpenStreetMap Mapping Party: Torino at a walking pace! | 2026-06-19 | |
 | Stuttgart | Technische Hochschule Stuttgart | Missing Maps Mapathon in Stuttgart | 2026-06-19 |
 | València | Facultat de Geografia i Història | Mapatón EGEA València para beginner | 2026-06-19 |
| Potsdam | Waschbar | Potsdamer Mappertreffen | 2026-06-19 |
| Catania | @Localhost | Modifichiamo Wiki e OSM insieme! | 2026-06-19 |
 | Metz | l’Arob@se | Atelier du groupe local de Metz — Partez en voyage avec OpenStreetMap | 2026-06-20 |
| Mitarbeiterparkplatz antonius, Fulda | Sommermapping 2026 | 2026-06-21 | |
 | Pune | Cafe Coffee Day, MG Road, Pune | OSM Pune Mapping Party | 2026-06-21 |
| Missing Maps : Mapathon en ligne — CartONG [fr] | 2026-06-22 | |||
| Stadtgebiet Bremen | Online und im Hackerspace Bremen | Bremer Mappertreffen | 2026-06-22 |
| Missing Maps Validathon | 2026-06-23 | |||
| Magdeburg | Netz39 e.V. , Leibnizstraße 32, 39104 Magdeburg | 2. OSM Stammtisch Magdeburg | 2026-06-23 |
 | Windsor | Ford City | OSM Field Mapping: Ford City | 2026-06-23 |
| Berlin | Online | OSM-Verkehrswende #76 | 2026-06-23 |
| Würzburg | FabLab Würzburg | Würzburger OSM-Treffen | 2026-06-24 |
| 🇧🇴Mapping missing buildings in La Paz, Bolivia | 2026-06-25 | |||
| Freiburg im Breisgau | CCCFR, Adlerstr. 12a, Freiburg/Brsg. | OSM-Treffen Freiburg im Breisgau | 2026-06-25 |
 | Dar es-Salaam | State of the Map Africa 2026 | 2026-06-26 — 2026-06-28 | |
 | [online] | 🇧🇷 Capacitação OSM 2026 — IVIDES DATA ® — Formulários Web com KoboToolbox | 2026-06-26 | |
| OSMF Engineering Working Group meeting | 2026-06-26 | |||
| Düsseldorf | Online bei https://meet.jit.si/OSM-DUS-2026 | Düsseldorfer OpenStreetMap-Treffen (online) | 2026-06-26 |
 | Москва | Москва | Московская картопати | 2026-06-27 |
| Biblioteca Alda Merini in via Edmondo De Amicis | Mapathon @ Casorate Sempione | 2026-06-27 | |
| OSM Mumbai Mapping Party No.11 (Trans-Harbour Line — South) | 2026-06-27 | ||
| Hannover | Kuriosum | OSM-Stammtisch Hannover | 2026-06-29 |
| Saint-Étienne | Zoomacom | Rencontre Saint-Étienne et sud Loire | 2026-06-29 |
| Heidelberg | DEZERNAT#16 | Rhein-Neckar OSM Treffen | 2026-06-29 |
| Webinaire en ligne — Hydrants, armoires de rue, poteaux et bâtiments de service | 2026-06-30 | |||
| Braunschweig | Stratum 0 | Braunschweiger Mappertreffen im Stratum 0 Hackerspace | 2026-06-30 |
 | City of Westminster | The Albert pub | London pub meet-up | 2026-06-30 |
| Derby | The Brunswick, Railway Terrace, Derby | East Midlands pub meet-up | 2026-06-30 |
| iD Community Chat | 2026-07-01 | |||
| Stuttgart | Forum 3 Café, Gymnasiumstr. 21, 70173 Stuttgart | Stuttgarter OpenStreetMap-Treffen | 2026-07-01 |
 | Žilina | Fakulta riadenia a informatiky UNIZA | Missing Maps mapathon Žilina #23 | 2026-07-02 |
 | Gent | Nerdlab | IntroLAB ✦ OpenStreetMap | 2026-07-02 |
| Angers | L’Arrière Train, 3 rue de Frémur, Angers | Angers : Rencontre mensuelle OpenStreetMap | 2026-07-02 |
| Bar Le Schmilblik | Rencontre mensuelle des contributeurs Paris sud | 2026-07-02 | |
 | Bogotá | Universidad Nacional de Colombia | State of the Map Colombia (SotMCol) 2026 | 2026-07-03 — 2026-07-04 |
| [online] | 🇧🇷 Capacitação OSM 2026 — IVIDES DATA ® — Mapas Web com uMap | 2026-07-03 | |
| नई दिल्ली | Jitsi Meet (online) | OSM India — Monthly Online Mapathon | 2026-07-04 |
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