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Tag: OSM

  • The State of the Map. United States. Street Network. 2013

    Last year we wrote a journal paper in which we analyzed the OpenStreetMap (OSM) dataset of the United States which was published on May 28th, 2013 in the Transactions in GIS Journal. You can download a free pre-print version here. This paper has been published just on time to add to the discussion at the…

  • Add a Note in OSM … Stats & Personal Profiles

    Since April 23th, 2013 each visitor, user or contributor of the OpenStreetMap project can “add a note” to the map in order to easily mark an error or missing object in the map data. You can find more information about this new feature in the OSM wiki. It is a great new way for people…

  • Introducing OpenStreetMap Contributor Activity Areas

    One month ago I wrote a blog post about a new website which allows you to see other OpenStreetMap contributors in your area. Overall the feedback was very positive, thank you very much for that! However, now it is time for a new extension to the “How did you contribute to OpenStreetMap?” (HDYC) webpage. As…

  • The OpenStreetMap Contributors Map aka Who’s around me?

    The wait is over! As I mentioned in December, I have been working on an interactive online map, which shows you all volunteers of the OpenStreetMap world on a map. The first three layers contain …

  • OSM-Gravatar, Changeset changes & Way-Tags @ HDYC

    After my latest updates to the “How did you contribute to OpenStreetMap?” website, some users asked me if I could add the new OSM gravatar to it. Starting today, you can find your OSM-gravatar from …

  • Distribution of Active Users in OpenStreetMap – Oct-Nov 2012

    Two years ago, we created some maps which showed you the number of users per country for a timeframe of one month. Maybe some of you remember that the highest concentration of active contributors in relation to the countries’ population …

  • Overhauling “How did you contribute to OpenStreetMap?”

    My last update about the HDYC website is a few months old now. For those readers who do not know what HDYC is: “How did you contribute to OpenStreetMap?” is a webpage which shows you in detail how long, when, where a member of the OSM project contributed to the project and which tools she/he…

  • I Like OpenStreetMap (OpenLayers Plugin)

    A few months ago, Frederik Ramm posted an idea on the German OpenStreetMap mailing list about a new (stochastic) approach to OSM data quality assurance. His idea was to create a way to allow users to “like” or “dislike” a specific region on the OSM map …

  • New OSM Contributor Feed

    The OpenStreetMap project keeps attracting more and more new members that register and start contributing their data to the project. In one of my last blog posts I presented a website which shows the location …

  • OSM-GPS-Grid-Map

    More than 6 weeks ago, I wrote a blog post about “Which country has the most OpenStreetMap GPS Points?”. You might remember that Russia and Germany provide the most OSM GPS points. Now, in a second step I created a worldwide grid …