OpenStreetMap
How to verify your OpenStreetMap-account on Mastodon?
English телендә Pieter Vander Vennet 9 November 2024 баҫылып сыҡты. Һуңғы яңыртыуҙар 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.
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Doofus Magooтарафынан 9 November 2024 cәғәт 11:43көндө ҡаралған
Where to place the link to Mastodon in the second sentence?
Pieter Vander Vennetтарафынан 9 November 2024 cәғәт 11:56көндө ҡаралған
@Doofus Magoo: I was a bit distracted while writing this; I’ve updated the second sentence and it should be clear now.
Doofus Magooтарафынан 9 November 2024 cәғәт 11:59көндө ҡаралған
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!
Pieter Vander Vennetтарафынан 9 November 2024 cәғәт 19:42көндө ҡаралған
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 ;)
livmilanтарафынан17 November 2024 cәғәт 22:28көндө ҡаралған
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?
livmilanтарафынан17 November 2024 cәғәт 22:34көндө ҡаралған
Nevermind, I missed an apostrophe character! 😅
Pieter Vander Vennetтарафынан17 November 2024 cәғәт 22:34көндө ҡаралған
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.
livmilanтарафынан17 November 2024 cәғәт 22:48көндө ҡаралған
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)
Pieter Vander Vennetтарафынан17 November 2024 cәғәт 22:56көндө ҡаралған
Jup, I see the checkmark on your profile too now!
Yeah, I read the Weekly too and saw that they mentioned this.