theguardian:
“Microsoft’s Flight Simulator is a ticket to explore the world again” ( 30 Jul 2020 )

“Most cities are procedurally generated by the AI, based data from OpenStreetMap and an algorithm that provides architectural rulesets for the program to work from.”

https://www.theguardian.com/games/2020/jul/30/microsoft-flight-simulator-game

the http://sotm-eu.org/en/pages/posters website is down … ( 404 Not Found )

on the other hand .. there is a backup ! https://web.archive.org/web/20180911013747/http://sotm-eu.org/en/pages/posters

my favorite:

You can check the latest posters here: https://2020.stateofthemap.org/posters/

My new Thinkpad - has a special key !

Night picture

• Logo based on OSM monochrome logo osm.wiki/File:Logo_mono.svg
• Created by a small hungarian keyboard hacker studio: ( HU: https://hardverapro.hu/apro/vilagitos_billentyuzet_magyaritas_olgyon_es_gyorsan_nem/hsz_1-200.html )

I have created an experimental QA report about unclear iD Editor translations. ( same translations AND different osm keys! )

if you know any language - please check / fix !

• google sheet : “iDEditor-Unclear_translations-2018oct05” ~450 unclear translations pair
• see more : https://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/tagging/2018-October/039688.html

Languages sorted by FREQ of unclear translations :

• 61 tr
• 59 he
• 50 uk
• 40 da
• 38 it
• 36 ro
• 30 is
• 29 pl
• 27 lt
• 26 ast
• 25 ca
• 24 zh-TW
• 21 no
• 21 fi
• 20 vi
• 20 sl
• 20 ko
• 20 gl
• 20 el
• 19 lv
• 18 hr
• 18 fa
• 18 ar
• 16 sv
• 16 mk
• 16 et
• 14 sr
• 14 sk
• 14 ru
• 12 zh-HK
• 12 zh
• 12 pt-BR
• 12 pt
• 12 es
• 11 zh-CN
• 10 nl
• 10 id
• 10 de
• 10 af
• 8 ta
• 6 hu
• 6 eo
• 4 so
• 4 ja
• 4 dv
• 4 cs
• 4 bs
• 2 te
• 2 ms
• 2 ckb
• 2 bn
• 2 bg

I am testing “taginfo” instances:

• “Taginfo is a system for finding and aggregating information about OSM tags and making it browsable and searchable. It was created by Jochen Topf.” link

You can reach my testing site here for the next 2 weeks( after I will shut down )

• web: http://taginfo-dev.opengeodata.hu/

Status:

• Africa: every country - daily refresh
• Central-America: every country - daily refresh
• Antarctica: daily refresh
• other (Asia ,Antartica and Oceania, Europe, North-America, South-America, Russia )
  • just some examples … - no refresh .

feedback/problems: https://github.com/taginfo/dockerized-taginfo

About ~ 120 testing areas, some examples:

• Berlin: http://eu-de-be.taginfo-dev.opengeodata.hu/
• California: http://na-us-ca.taginfo-dev.opengeodata.hu/
• Istanbul http://eu-tr-34.taginfo-dev.opengeodata.hu/
• Burkina Faso : http://af-bf.taginfo-dev.opengeodata.hu/
• Costa Rica : http://ca-cr.taginfo-dev.opengeodata.hu/
• Cuba: http://ca-cu.taginfo-dev.opengeodata.hu/
• Haiti: http://ca-ht.taginfo-dev.opengeodata.hu/
• Kenya: http://af-ke.taginfo-dev.opengeodata.hu/
• Madagascar: http://af-mg.taginfo-dev.opengeodata.hu/
• Mali : http://af-ml.taginfo-dev.opengeodata.hu/
• Nicaragua : http://ca-ni.taginfo-dev.opengeodata.hu/
• Sri Lanka : http://as-lk.taginfo-dev.opengeodata.hu/
• Tanzania: http://af-tz.taginfo-dev.opengeodata.hu/
• ….

I am also looking hosting/dev sponsors - if it is useful.

After 2 weeks - you can reach the latest info in the source code repo : https://github.com/taginfo/dockerized-taginfo

Some reasons:

• I like visualizations, arts, and maps!
• I have enjoyed the Sotm-eu 2014 Poster Competition
• I have printed some of them ( color A2 size) - and reusing all the times the best posters!
  • I put on the walls in the local Foss4g/OpenSource conferences - and the visitors like it!!!
    • This is a core of our “Tile Based OSM presentation”! ( and a Minimal Viable Marketing )

So please organize a “Poster Competitions” in the State of the Map 2018 again!

I need new posters for our marketing actions! :)

Imre

// member of the OSM Hungary

One of my favorite from SOTM-EU2014 ( OSM Pop Art by @leopardengruen )

Original size for printing - OSM POP Art

Ireland:

http://taginfo.openstreetmap.ie/compare/amenity=pub/amenity=place_of_worship

pub: 3250 vs. place_of_worship: 3476

Hungary:

http://taginfo.openstreetmap.hu/compare/amenity=pub/amenity=place_of_worship

pub: 4858 vs. place_of_worship: 6372

Czech Republic

http://taginfo.openstreetmap.cz/compare/amenity=pub/amenity=place_of_worship

pub: 3963 vs. place_of_worship: 7625

Switzerland

http://taginfo.osm.ch/compare/amenity=pub/amenity=place_of_worship

pub: 686 vs. place_of_worship: 5259

Planet

https://taginfo.openstreetmap.org/compare/amenity=pub/amenity=place_of_worship

pub: 129298 vs. place_of_worship: 843735

Bob Dylan’s World

In 2016, Dylan received the Nobel Prize in Literature for “having created new poetic expressions within the great American song tradition”.

a bonus:

A map of every street, town, and city Dylan has ever sung about. http://www.slate.com/articles/arts/map_of_the_week/2013/05/bob_dylan_map_every_place_mentioned_in_a_bob_dylan_song.html

background:

Robot Mappers , machine-learning and artificial intelligence (“robot”) techniques ; http://mike.teczno.com/notes/openstreetmap-at-a-crossroads.html

Maybe, in the future we need some ethical suggestions, like

• “Robot mappers must be designed to assist humanity” meaning human autonomy needs to be respected.
• “Robot mappers must be transparent” meaning that humans should know and be able to understand how they work.
• “Robot mappers must maximize efficiencies without destroying the dignity of people”.
• “Robot mappers must be designed for intelligent privacy” meaning that it earns trust through guarding their information.
• “Robot mappers must have algorithmic accountability so that humans can undo unintended harm”.
• “Robot mappers must guard against bias” so that they must not discriminate people.

based on Satya Nadella’s A.I. laws

ps. I added this to the [OSM Wiki:Talk:Automated Edits code of conduct] (osm.wiki/Talk:Automated_Edits_code_of_conduct#Rules_for_Robot.2FA.I._Mappers)

… See full entry

osm: osm.org/way/365216106

OSM-HU NEWS : BUDAPEST PARK “NAMED” AFTER LEGENDARY ITALIAN ACTOR BUD SPENCER

“Budapest has become the world’s first capital to name a public space after recently deceased Italian film legend Bud Spencer in a Sunday “ceremony” The Hungarian Two-Tailed Dog Party, a joke political party that has recently received extensive media coverage with its satirical campaigns, found an unnamed public park near the Kaszásdűlő suburban railway station in Budapest’s District III, which it promptly named after the Italian star in an official ceremony. …. “. more … * http://hungarytoday.hu/news/budapest-park-named-legendary-italian-actor-bud-spencer-85461

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State of the Map US 2016 - videos

current status: OpenStreetMap US : 43 videos Updated today

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLqjPa29lMiE3eR-gK80irr3xdUiRbIMeg

“On this site the University of Chicago Press is pleased to present the first three volumes of the History of Cartography in PDF format. Navigate to the PDFs from the left column. Each chapter of each book is a single PDF. The search box on the left allows searching across the content of all the PDFs that make up the first six books.”

http://www.press.uchicago.edu/books/HOC/index.html

( via Hacker News: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12116231 )

http://taginfo.openstreetmap.org/search?q=xmas

http://taginfo.openstreetmap.org/keys/xmas%3Afeature#values ( values )

Taginfo data from: 2015-12-24 00:59 UTC

• xmas:feature=market : 610 ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christmas_market )
• Taginfo -> xmas:feature=market
• Overpass -> xmas:feature=market
• xmas:feature=tree : 290 ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christmas_tree )
• Taginfo -> xmas:feature=tree
• Overpass -> xmas:feature=tree
• xmas:feature=event : 32
• Taginfo -> xmas:feature=event
• Overpass -> xmas:feature=event
• xmas:feature=pyramid : 20 ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christmas_pyramid )
• Taginfo -> xmas:feature=pyramid
• Overpass -> xmas:feature=pyramid
• shop: 20
• light_house: 1
• advent_calendar: 1

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Interesting special keys on the OSM database ( with Number of objects )

Taginfo status: 2015-09-20 23:59 UTC ( see: upper right corner )

latitude

http://taginfo.openstreetmap.org/search?q=latitude

• http://taginfo.openstreetmap.org/keys/latitude#values ( 5970 )
• http://taginfo.openstreetmap.org/keys/Latitude#values (164 )
• http://taginfo.openstreetmap.org/keys/LATITUDE#values (49 )

longitude

http://taginfo.openstreetmap.org/search?q=longitude

• http://taginfo.openstreetmap.org/keys/longitude#values (5975)
• http://taginfo.openstreetmap.org/keys/Longitude#values (260)
• http://taginfo.openstreetmap.org/keys/LONGITUDE#values (49)

lat

• http://taginfo.openstreetmap.org/keys/lat#values ( 2 736 )
• http://taginfo.openstreetmap.org/keys/Lat#values (167 )

lon

• http://taginfo.openstreetmap.org/keys/lon#values ( 1 448)
• http://taginfo.openstreetmap.org/keys/Lon#values (54 )

long

• http://taginfo.openstreetmap.org/keys/long#values ( 1287)
• http://taginfo.openstreetmap.org/keys/Long#values (113 )

x

• http://taginfo.openstreetmap.org/keys/x#values (894)
• http://taginfo.openstreetmap.org/keys/X#values (851)

y

• http://taginfo.openstreetmap.org/keys/y#values ( 805 )
• http://taginfo.openstreetmap.org/keys/Y#values ( 850 )

Do you know other “interesting” keys ?

links:

• osm QA (Quality assurance) osm.wiki/Quality_assurance
• osm wiki Taginfo : osm.wiki/Taginfo

Now we have at least 3 hard to detect version on the database. Can you spot a difference?

name=”McDonald’s” ( count=126 ) U+2019 ’ e2 80 99 RIGHT SINGLE QUOTATION MARK

• http://taginfo.openstreetmap.org/tags/name=McDonald%E2%80%99s
• http://overpass-turbo.eu/s/97c

name=”McDonald´s” ( count=40 ) U+00B4 ´ c2 b4 ACUTE ACCENT

• http://taginfo.openstreetmap.org/tags/name=McDonald%C2%B4s
• http://overpass-turbo.eu/s/97e

name=”McDonald’s” ( count=14041) U+0027 ‘ 27 APOSTROPHE

• http://taginfo.openstreetmap.org/tags/name=McDonald’s

see more: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apostrophe

I am working on a Translation QA tool helping iD Editor translators.

some fresh reports:

List of duplicated names - for every languages: ( from the latest Transifex data )

osm.wiki/ID_QA_Preset_duplicate_names

iD Translation Status

osm.wiki/ID_Translations_status

More reports ( with generated XLS files )

https://github.com/ImreSamu/ideditor_translation_test_reports

If you want to help translating iD Editor :

https://github.com/openstreetmap/iD/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md#translating

I have created a working prototype ( https://gist.github.com/ImreSamu/18fd1a419e514642ed4b ) for

Detecting duplicate translations.

• example spanish : https://gist.github.com/ImreSamu/18fd1a419e514642ed4b#file-es_dups-csv
• example english : https://gist.github.com/ImreSamu/18fd1a419e514642ed4b#file-en_dups-csv
• example german : https://gist.github.com/ImreSamu/18fd1a419e514642ed4b#file-de_dups-csv

Export presets to CSV ( example hungarian output imported to google sheets :

• https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1pl3Vwsbp4lD8nK2f-nXWjCchgy5n6FaUnnYvTS_GUA4/edit#gid=198572089 )

I think it is very useful for me and the small hungarian community for detecting translations problems, and errors.

I have created a proposal for a similar service for helping translators: https://github.com/openstreetmap/iD/issues/2448

—— added:

some new languages examples:

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