OpenStreetMap
How to verify your OpenStreetMap-account on Mastodon?
Posted by Pieter Vander Vennet on 9 November 2024 in English. Last updated on 13 June 2025.Hey all,
If you want to verify your OSM-account and get that nice badge, this is possible.
UPDATE: since june (or was it may?) 2025, the OSM website introduced “social links” in the user profile. You can link your mastodon account in there and save. (*)
Then, on your Mastodon-account, go to Preferences > Public Profile. Under ‘extra fields’, set ‘OpenStreetMap’ to the left and a link to your account to the right.
(*): Previously, one had to add a html-link with rel="me" attribute into the user profile.
Discussion
Comment from Doofus Magoo on 9 November 2024 at 11:43
Where to place the link to Mastodon in the second sentence?
Comment from Pieter Vander Vennet on 9 November 2024 at 11:56
@Doofus Magoo: I was a bit distracted while writing this; I’ve updated the second sentence and it should be clear now.
Comment from Doofus Magoo on 9 November 2024 at 11:59
Thank you! In the very last sentence, I’m putting in Mastodon a link to my OSM account, yes?
So put a link to Mastodon in OSM, and a link to OSM in Mastodon – I think I got it! Thank you!
Comment from Pieter Vander Vennet on 9 November 2024 at 19:42
Yup, it worked. I can see your green checkmark, you are verified on Mastodon.
If you make an edit with https://mapcomplete.org, then https://en.osm.town/@mapcomplete_edits will tag you ;)
Comment from livmilan on 17 November 2024 at 22:28
Sorry, I’m missing something: in osm the profile text is markdown formatted; if I write the html style tag you suggested, it doesn’t appear as a link kn my profile, but as a text. What am I doing wrong?
Comment from livmilan on 17 November 2024 at 22:34
Nevermind, I missed an apostrophe character! 😅
Comment from Pieter Vander Vennet on 17 November 2024 at 22:34
Your profile on OSM has a correct link. Your mastodon profile is linked correctly to. To force Mastodon to validate again, change something about your fields in Mastodon and you’ll get your green checkmark too.
Comment from livmilan on 17 November 2024 at 22:48
After correcting the typo and changing something, as you suggested, it worked! Thank you
(Btw I found the tipon weeklyosm, just wanted let you know)
Comment from Pieter Vander Vennet on 17 November 2024 at 22:56
Jup, I see the checkmark on your profile too now!
Yeah, I read the Weekly too and saw that they mentioned this.