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164001033 4 months ago

Hi. They will be moving an existing historical building, Norðurpóll, to Hlemmtorg as part of the 5th phase of construction. The other building, Laugavegur 111, will house a playground "Hlemmur Leikhöll". Unsure whether it's an actual building, but it has an address.

A part of Hlemmtorg after construction of the 5th phase can be seen here:
https://reykjavik.is/sites/default/files/2025-03/hlemmtorg_1.jpg

163173565 4 months ago

Hi MissMarcoPolo,

The updated ref tagging is based on Vegaskrá 2024, a public document in Icelandic published by the Icelandic Highway Administration (Vegagerðin), available for download from https://www.vegagerdin.is/samgongukerfid/vegakerfid/vegir .
According to OSM wiki ( osm.wiki/Iceland ) it's a public domain document that can be used as a source for highway names and refs.

The document is quite heavy and local knowledge is often needed to decipher the alignment of the roads. The data from Vegaskrá is also published as a GIS feature by LMÍ (National Land Survey of Iceland) under the IS 50 V set of GeoPackages for features in Iceland ( https://gatt.natt.is/geonetwork/srv/eng/catalog.search#/metadata/41D3314D-55AF-4FE3-9A9F-B9CB18AC5CAA ).
The IS 50 V geopackage from LMÍ is licenced under a revised version of the UK "Open Government Licence" ( https://www.lmi.is/is/moya/page/licence-for-national-land-survey-of-iceland-free-data ).
I have personally refrained from using the data directly as I am not sure whether data under this licence may be used on OSM.

Cheers.