Remembrance Day, also known as Veterans Day or Armistice Day, honours
the war dead on the anniversary of the armistice that ended World War
I.
A brief article for Remembrance Day with an OpenStreetMap observance.
http://weait.com/content/remembrance-day
Poppy photo by Jon Oakley http://www.flickr.com/photos/jono2k5/
is licensed CC-By http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/deed.en
November 11 is the 92nd anniversary of the end of the First World War,
and is marked in many countries by religious and civil ceremonies to
remember those who lost their lives in this and other conflicts. It
therefore seems appropriate to have a related Project of the Week.
Add memorials, monuments and historic plaques to OpenStreetMap with
help from the instructions on the Project wiki page.
http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Project_of_the_week/2010/Nov_10
This guest Project of the Week is from Jerry Clough (SK53) who started
contributing to OpenStreetMap in 2008. Thanks, Jerry!
This is your Project of the Week. Make suggestions. Inspire other
mappers. What is it about contributing to OpenStreetMap that
interests you? Postboxes? Bowing alleys? Share your OpenStreetMap
interests by contributing a Project of the Month.
http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Project_of_the_week/Proposals
Vimy Ridge Memorial photo by Mark Kilner
http://www.flickr.com/photos/markkilner/
is licensed CC-By-NC-SA http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/deed.en
The second summary of OSMF Working Group summaries is up at the OSMF
site. This summary includes details from 5 working groups, the OSMF
board and about a dozen meetings.
http://blog.osmfoundation.org/2010/11/05/working-group-summary-2/
Don’t miss a minute of the fun.
Also included in the OSMF Blog today is the announcement of the dates
for State of the Map 2011 in Denver.
http://blog.osmfoundation.org/2010/11/05/state-of-the-map-2011-september-9-11…
“Be there or be square”
Meeting room photo by David Boyle http://www.flickr.com/photos/beglendc/
is licensed CC-By-SA http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/deed.en_CA
Working Group Summary from 19 October to 04 November 2010
The second instalment of these periodic OSMF updates includes information from five Working groups and the OSMF Board.
Summary of License Working Group call of 19 October 2010
Meeting shortened due to only four in attendance. Previous minutes approved.
Group discussion of “Scope 2” item from “Open Issues” page on the wiki. Potential solution to be considered by entire group on next call.
Summary of Data Working Group call of 20 October 2010
The parties in a tagging dispute and endless mutual edit reversions requested intervention by the DWG. The community advised the parties to behave. Further edit-wars will be met with sanctions in the form of account blocks.
Suspected use of OSM data without proper attribution was brought to the attention of DWG. Assigned for contact by a DWG member.
Summary of SotM Working group call of 20 October 2010
Continued selection process from 06 October 2010 meeting. – Vienna, Addis Abbaba, Cuba, Denver and Tallin submitted bids. Denver was selected.
Summary of License Working Group call of 26 October 2010
LWG considered a major revision to CT 1, potentially reducing it to some equivalent of the wikipedia terms, “Content that violates any third-party copyrights will be deleted.”
The discussion of “Scope 2” was raised with the LWG and discussed. The proposed solution of user acceptance and per-changeset opt-out was met with general approval. Further reflection and discussion to consider how this interacts with potential change to CT1.
Summary of OSMF Board call of 29 October 2010
The OSMF board will meet in person in Pisa, Italy on the weekend of 16 December 2010
The board meetings will be held weekly from next Wednesday onwards to increase throughput and reduce reaction times.
The initiative of a SOTM-EU for next year is welcomed by the board but it is unlikely that active support can be expected from the board or the working groups due to limited resources, which will focus on the main SOTM in Denver. The recent (main) SOTM conferences have provided a net income to the OSMF financials and therefore the board does not see a need to provide funding to any regional SOTM.
Summary of Communication Working Group call of 01 November 2010
Analytics configured and implemented for blog.osmfoundation.org (this blog)
CWG approached for link from osm.org to OpenGeoData.org. Deferred until larger conversation on osm.org front page revisions. Existing link to OGD from blogs.openstreetmap.org with other community blogs.
CWG still seeks guidance from theme / style -knowledgeable folks in mediawiki and WordPress. Do you know about these things? Help point us in the right direction!
CWG to continue to solicit other WGs to assist in these summaries.
Summary of License Working Group call of 02 November 2010
Further discussion of reducing CT 1 to a very short clause somewhat similar to Wikipedia’s “Content that violates any third-party copyrights will be deleted.”
LWG notes the prompt reaction to and resolution of a license issue in Colombia. Thank you to all involved in this resolution.
A use of OSM data in a television commercial without attribution was brought to the attention of the LWG. Requires community input.
Summary of Data Working Group call 03 November 2010
Previously mentioned contact (Oct 26) still pending.
Continued encouragement for DWG to take responsibility for moderation on mailing lists, etc. Members of DWG have little enthusiasm for this proposal.
DWG are monitoring the response of company regarding improper attribution of OSM data in Chile.
DWG are following up an offer for improved data regarding an official source of 12nm data.
Summary of OSMF Board call of 03 November 2010
Backlog tasks were assigned for resolution.
Summary of SotM Working group call of 03 November 2010
Introductions between Denver local team and OSMF team.
Summary of Strategic Working Group IRC Chat of 04 November 2010
Initial working meeting for the Strategic Working Group was held on IRC in #osm-strategic. With a full dozen in attendance discussion was lively on the matter of setting a policy for including additional tile layers on the osm.org front page. This conversation will continue at the next meeting.
Have a toothache and the dentist will see you tomorrow? Perhaps a
mild analgesic will help you sleep restfully. New shoes are a little
tight? This bunion cushion might take the pressure off while your
shoes and feet adjust to each other. The pharmacy might not be your
first choice of a place to be but you’ll be happy to find a pharmacy
that’s open late, in a strange town, when you need one. Let’s add the
local pharmacies to OpenStreetMap.
Learn more about this Project of the Week and how to add pharmacies to the map in your neighbourhood.
http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Project_of_the_week/2010/Nov_03
This is your Project of the Week. Make suggestions. Inspire other
mappers. What is it about contributing to OpenStreetMap that
interests you? Postboxes? Bowing alleys? Share your OpenStreetMap
interests by contributing a Project of the Month.
http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Project_of_the_week/Proposals
Farmacia photo by manfrys http://www.flickr.com/photos/manfrys/
is licensed CC-By-SA http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/
This Image of the Week includes two images for the same great price.
OpenStreetMap contributor Mala holds the OSMcopter, a kite used to
collect aerial imagery. OSM contributor balrog-kun took the photo and
created the imagery server.
The OpenStreetMap logo printed on a 350 cm (11.5 ft) Sutton
Flowform-type kite made for making aerial imagery. These kites are
produced by IKAR in Poland (among others). On the right is an example
picture taken on 2010-10-20 over Praga district of Warsaw
See more details in the full size photo or on the aerial imagery
server. I keep looking for the pilots on the ground.
http://ooc.openstreetmap.pl/kap-warsaw.xhtml?lat=52.2486&lon=21.091&z=19
This is a Featured image, which means that it has been identified as
one of the best examples of OpenStreetMap mapping, or that it provides
a useful illustration of the OpenStreetMap project.
If you know another image of similar quality, you can nominate it at
Where do you stay when you travel? Sometimes we stay with friends and
family and we already have those places mapped. What about hotels,
motels, hostels, camp grounds and caravan parks bed and breakfasts and
guest houses? When we map at home, these amenities for visitors can be
invisible to us. Let’s turn that around and map the places for
visitors in our towns.
Where do people stay when they visit your town? Find out how to add
these features to the map on the OpenStreetMap wiki page for this
Project of the Month.
http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Project_of_the_week/2010/Oct_27
This is the a Project of the Month. Project of the Week returns
next week, while PotM will continue until December. These projects
inspire mappers to contribute data they might not have considered
previously, and allow us to be inspired by the projects of other
mappers.
This is your Project of the Month. Make suggestions. Inspire other
mappers. What is it about contributing to OpenStreetMap that
interests you? Postboxes? Bowing alleys? Share your OpenStreetMap
obession by contributing a Project of the Month.
http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Project_of_the_week/Proposals
Hotel room photo by prayitno
http://www.flickr.com/photos/34128007@N04/
is licensed CC-By
We saw these maps a few weeks ago, and now they have been recognized
as Image of the Week. As described by the creators at Axismaps:
These unique maps of Chicago and Boston accurately depict
the streets and highways, parks, neighborhoods, coastlines, and
physical features of the city using nothing but type. Only by manually
weaving together thousands upon thousands of carefully placed words
does the full picture of the city emerge. Prints are
available.
Very nice, and perhaps these are just the gift for your favourite
mapper, once you have already picked up a copy of each of the new OSM
books for them, of course.
http://www.bookdepository.co.uk/book/9781906860110/
https://www.packtpub.com/openstreetmap/book
See more pretty maps and wonderful photography of maps on the Axismaps web site.
http://www.axismaps.com/typographic.php
They have a blog entry describing the process of creating these maps, as well.
http://www.axismaps.com/blog/2010/09/typographic-map-posters/
This is a Featured image, which means that it has been identified as
one of the best examples of OpenStreetMap mapping, or that it provides
a useful illustration of the OpenStreetMap project.
If you know another image of similar quality, you can nominate it at
OpenStreetMap contributor Toby Murray has had a look at OSM data in
Kansas, with an eye towards roads un-edited, towards automated edits
and towards the upcoming census. What did he find? In part, he found
that he is making a difference.
There are 105 counties in Kansas. 104 of them still have
have 78% of their TIGER data in its original state. One has had 75% of
it modified. Yes, this is the county I live in. Yes, most of it was
done by me. Yes, this inflates my ego.
Share with Toby, the joy he takes in seeing the results of his
participation in OpenStreetMap and read his article on his newly
minted blog.
http://ksmapper.blogspot.com/2010/10/tiger-ways-in-kansas.html
Antony Pegg, of the MapQuest Open Team, has announced even more
OpenStreetMap related news, including the answer to a mystery from a
short while ago. Ant tells us:
I am very happy to welcome Thea Clay to the MapQuest Open
team.
Antony also tells us about MapQuest implementations of Potlatch 2,
nominatim and some documentation goodies that you will want to see in
his complete article. Go read it now.
http://devblog.mapquest.com/2010/10/21/nominatim-potlach2-and-tiger-edited-ma…
