OpenStreetMap News №11: half a million participants, new styles of maps on the official website, translate into Russian the name of cities in the world, a conference in the Moscow region, a magazine about open data
- On November 27, OSM reached the level of half a million registered participants and a few days later a 10-million map update was noted (changeset).
- Two new layers have appeared on openstreetmap.org: a layer of public transport (yes, public transport routes are also in the database) and a beautiful layer made by MapQuest .
- " Map of the Moscow elections, look at your polling station, compare with the data of the observers, compare the areas with each other, achieve honest results " (by the way, other election maps )
- Do you know foreign languages, are you reading MFAs, or simply know (yourself or with the help of Wikipedia) how will the names of foreign cities be in Russian? Help OSM! No special editors! Everything is quick and easy, and the benefits are huge! Let's create a Russian map of the whole world!
- Make OSM a Christmas present - help collect $ 23,000 for a new server!
- JOSM editor can be used not only to edit the map, but also to print it with different styles .
- The Belarusian site openstreetmap.by shows including a map of Russia . When you click on the building, a list of all the stores in it opens.
- “Google is boasting again, this time with indoor navigation . Do we have this? Yes, as many as you like. "
- Posts about the conference " Web and GIS ": [1] , [2] , [3] , [4] (video recordings of speeches)
- Magazine on open data, incl. OSM
- Discussion of the future project OSM. With you comments and suggestions.
- World Airport Codes has moved from Google Maps to OSM. More about free alternatives to google maps . “Overly popular in bike circles” GPSies.com also discovered OSM .
- Report on the copyright status of OSM in the US
- Christmas card
- " In openstreetmap, imports from the pack of the White Sea Canal have been rolling back day after day ."
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Source: https://habr.com/ru/post/134587/
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