R @rory@en.osm.town

What are your thoughts on having the option to apply for OSM Foundation membership based on sizeable contribution to the project? Please read the proposal and comment using your preferred method from the ones listed :)

EN: https://blog.openstreetmap.org/2020/04/04/request-for-feedback-on-proposal-for-osmf-membership-based-on-sizeable-contribution-to-the-project/

ES: https://blog.openstreetmap.org/2020/04/05/solicitud-de-retroalimentacion-sobre-la-propuesta-para-la-membresia-fosm-basada-en-una-contribucion-significativa-al-proyecto/?lang=es

If you're out and about today please keep your eyes peeled for a 1997 Chevy C2500 Silverado, Oklahoma plate ETR161, it's maroon with LED lights. It was stolen last night. Please call 911 if you see it.

Boost encouraged

Vice dot com (a website that sends data back to Google, Facebook, and Segment, even if you don't have a Facebook account) reports that the Zoom iOS app sends data to Facebook even if you don’t have a Facebook account

RT @sp8962@twitter.com

Updated contributor stats https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Stats#Contributor_statistics_reports for Q1 2020 for #openstreetmap most notable, all time high of edit activity https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Stats#Edits_per_month after half a year of > 100'000'000 edits per month.

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/sp8962/status/1245275857091997696

This was in 2016:

Wikimedia Maps (based on OpenStreetMap) used to serve 5.5 million tiles for their own project.

Then one day, came a Pokemon Go related website, suddenly, used 53.5 miliion tiles capacity - while their own project hit only 5 million tiles in use.

Discover the MapATI or "tree mapping" project carried by a CartONG volunteer | CartONG
https://cartong.org/news/discover-mapati-project-carried-cartong-volunteer
@POMazagol

Mapping efforts (personal, organized, directed, etc) should be mindful about any existing data they might encounter. We don't want to see any one's efforts wasted.

We should strive to collaborate when possible, and keep communication lines open, especially when it comes to data quality.

The data that is added to #OpenStreetMap is no longer your "own", it becomes the collective resource of the community.

It's sad to see enthusiastic mappers getting disheartened.

https://en.osm.town/@AkuAnakTimur/103865202715625508

State of the Map 2020 will be a virtual conference:

EN: https://blog.openstreetmap.org/2020/03/27/sotm-2020-will-be-a-virtual-conference/

FR: https://blog.openstreetmap.org/2020/03/27/le-sotm-2020-va-etre-virtuel/?lang=fr

DE: https://blog.openstreetmap.org/2020/03/27/le-sotm-2020-va-etre-virtuel/?lang=de

#sotm #sotm2020

Maybe you've noticed that #OpenStreetMap map tiles are being served very slow in the last few months. The #OSM tech team has now made clear [1] that any offer for caching servers would be appreciated. If you'd like to support them, see https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Servers/Tile_CDN for more info.

[1]: 🐦 https://twitter.com/OSM_Tech/status/1239573899274334209

I just commented an #opensteetmap blog post:
https://blog.openstreetmap.org/2020/03/24/call-for-more-featured-tile-layers-on-osm-org/comment-page-1/

We should start a project to have client side rendering. Are you interested to help?

Recommend me your #video chat systems. For group call of ~10 techie ppl, _strong_ preference for #FLOSS.

We used #Zoom & that worked really well, but is a car crash of privacy. #Skype seem alright. #Jitsi is, IME, unfortunately pretty technically rubbish, and lacks mod abilities

thinking about how software companies slowly chip away at the idea of consent by turning every "no" into "not right now," every "stop this" into "do this less often," every "i don't want that" into "maybe later"

"People who transport food, medicine, and other supplies still need to move and they are highly dependent on maps. You can help them by improving the map in your local area" https://twitter.com/TheMissingMaps/status/1243113258527186948

The @openstreetmap Operations Working Group is calling for **more** feature tile layers to add to osm.org.

Check out: https://en.osm.town/@openstreetmap/103880275634981487

Call for more featured tile layers on https://openstreetmap.org/  See how you can help: https://blog.openstreetmap.org/2020/03/24/call-for-more-featured-tile-layers-on-osm-org/

If anyone wants to comission me to do data visualization or data analysis of some kind hmu because I kinda need cash money.

I'm serious, even though I know almost nobody needs this skill.

If you need someone to design a database application I can do that too.

I just learned about all the nice #josm styles out there. PTStops is brilliant for mapping bus routes. Pics show the map with and without the style applied. How did I ever live without this? #OpenStreetMap #osm_hr

https://josm.openstreetmap.de/wiki/Styles