The pound vs pinfold map looks like a Danelaw map. AIUI there are many english etymology differnces that spring from that. Is this another?

😂😂😂😂

However, since the build takes longer than an hour, we’ll need to implement a lock file to make sure only one build runs at a time

Are you using Linux? You can use systemd’s .timer to start a .service to do the build. It takes care of ensureing only one runs at a time, so you don’t have to deal with lock files. It also makes it very easy to stop future updates while not interruppting any currently running updates.

Update continues to show Mastodon outperforming Twitter.

• 9th Aug: “Happy 19th Birthday, OpenStreetMap!” Twitter 🐦: 166 shares, Fedi/Masto 🐘: 301 shares. ×1.8
• “We’re lauching a fundraiser!”: Twitter 🐦: 77 shares, Fedi/Masto 🐘: 179 shares: ×2.3
• Annoucement of SotM 2024 venue: Twitter: 43 shares, [Fedi
• Annoucement of SotM 2024 venue:: Twitter 🐦: 43 shares Fedi/Masto 🐘: 15 shares ×0.3 (
• 8 Aug“Here’s how to get started in OSM: Twitter 🐦: 5 shares Fedi/Masto 🐘: 82 shares ×16.4
• GeoMob podcast about early days of OSM: Twitter 🐦: 6 shares Fedi/Masto 🐘: 31 shares ×5.1

this is after Twitter has been locked down to logged in user only, so this is not a fair comparison.

No, some of these examples predate that. I’ve been tracking it since November 2022, when Musk took over Twitter. Mastodon/Fediverse has often out performed Twitter.

In case you missed my announcement, my mastodon page is now @amapanda@en.osm.town.

I calculated where the longest stretches of missing maxspeed tags are, for those interested in exploring more.

oh no. That’s a shame. But you gotta take care of yourself.

The OSMF Board (&DWG) had many discussions with Microsoft about Map Builder. Eventually they got blocked https://www.openstreetmap.org/user_blocks/5701

adding a non volunteer Executive Director. We have discussed this idea and I’ve been surprised it has not been dismissed out of hand

I dunno. I don’t think there was any serious discussions on this (by this standard, we’ve also discussed mandatory gender quotas, suing Facebook, or making OSMF hats 🤣). It’s a big topic, with a lot of unanswered questions. e.g. Is one talking about some more people to do tedious paperwork (yes!), or hiring one’s mates from Oxbridge to create powerpoints about OSM 10 year strategic vision?

I always assumed that changesets with a higher ID would also be newer

hahahahahahahahahahahahaha Never look at the history of OSM objects and presume there is logic there. 🤣🤣🤣

If you want a real mind bender, there are OSM objects where a version is created before a lower number version (like an object was created before it’s previous version)

@عثمان ਉਸਮਾਨ bgo_eiu It’s Syed Nightclub in “Malana, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan”, and 80km to the north-northwest on the “Kabul - Jalalabad Highway, Surobi, Kabul Province, Afghanistan” is a fast food restaurant

In OSM it is Good Practice to not map temporary features. In a highly volitile and changeable situation (like Russia’s unprompted invasion of Ukraine), it is bad OSM practice to start changing borders in this manner.

I’ve uploaded a simple GeoJSON for all gun shops to GitHub gist, which you can view simply on geojson.io.

I wonder if there’s a better way to share a simple CSV file like this, with simple styling or filtering?

Here’s the output of closer to the Vincent’s example

Oh some people can collect data & map later. I know I can’t! 😅😅😅

I’ve started using EveryDoor, and it’s fantastic. Like StreetComplete, it allows me to map way more things, way more quickly. OSM needs more PoIs. I’ve been adding loads of PoIs and updating them. It’s great.

I don’t think “later won’t work” is right framing. Some people work later, some work only in the moment. EveryDoor opens, and helps, different ways or mapping. I think there is a lot of “people not OSMing yet”. Tools like this help.

This probably shouldn’t be on openstreetmap.org the website (IMO). But a goal of OpenStreetMap the project is to make it easy for people to make maps, so other websites can show such events, and use OSM on their website,

As near as I can see, your only actionable suggestion is for osm-carto to join SRDP. I suggest you start by opening an issue on the carto repo about this, and talking to the SRDP to ask if they’re willing.

There is a proposal to add doxxing to the osm-carto CoC. There is a process to report CoC issues.

Other things you can do to help: Join OSMF, and talk to your friends to join. And then run for the board, or encourage others to.

(I’m an OSMF Board member. These are my personal views)