OpenStreetMap
How to verify your OpenStreetMap-account on Mastodon?
Pieter Vander Vennet ಅವರಿಂದ 9 ನವಂಬರ್ 2024 ರಂದು English ನಲ್ಲಿ ಪೋಸ್ಟ್ ಮಾಡಲಾಗಿದೆ Last updated on 13 ಜೂನ್ 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
Doofus Magooಅವರಿಂದ 11:43 ರಲ್ಲಿ 9 ನವಂಬರ್ 2024ರಂದು ಅಭಿಪ್ರಾಯ
Where to place the link to Mastodon in the second sentence?
Pieter Vander Vennetಅವರಿಂದ 11:56 ರಲ್ಲಿ 9 ನವಂಬರ್ 2024ರಂದು ಅಭಿಪ್ರಾಯ
@Doofus Magoo: I was a bit distracted while writing this; I’ve updated the second sentence and it should be clear now.
Doofus Magooಅವರಿಂದ 11:59 ರಲ್ಲಿ 9 ನವಂಬರ್ 2024ರಂದು ಅಭಿಪ್ರಾಯ
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 Vennetಅವರಿಂದ 19:42 ರಲ್ಲಿ 9 ನವಂಬರ್ 2024ರಂದು ಅಭಿಪ್ರಾಯ
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 ;)
livmilanಅವರಿಂದ 22:28 ರಲ್ಲಿ 17 ನವಂಬರ್ 2024ರಂದು ಅಭಿಪ್ರಾಯ
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?
livmilanಅವರಿಂದ 22:34 ರಲ್ಲಿ 17 ನವಂಬರ್ 2024ರಂದು ಅಭಿಪ್ರಾಯ
Nevermind, I missed an apostrophe character! 😅
Pieter Vander Vennetಅವರಿಂದ 22:34 ರಲ್ಲಿ 17 ನವಂಬರ್ 2024ರಂದು ಅಭಿಪ್ರಾಯ
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.
livmilanಅವರಿಂದ 22:48 ರಲ್ಲಿ 17 ನವಂಬರ್ 2024ರಂದು ಅಭಿಪ್ರಾಯ
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 Vennetಅವರಿಂದ 22:56 ರಲ್ಲಿ 17 ನವಂಬರ್ 2024ರಂದು ಅಭಿಪ್ರಾಯ
Jup, I see the checkmark on your profile too now!
Yeah, I read the Weekly too and saw that they mentioned this.