Thank you so much for your brilliant work. Wherever you go next, I hope your diary will be as interesting and enjoyable as the one from Turkmenistan.

مرحبا,‏
ماذا تريد أن تفعل في خريطة السعودية؟

مرحبا,‏
لماذا تظن هذا؟

مرحبا,‏
أنا آسف لأني لا أتكلم العربية جيدا, لكن سأحاول إجابة ملاحظاتك:‏
أولا, يمكن إدخال بيانات (أسماء محلية وغيرها) بأي لغة إلى الخريطة وأيضا يمكن عرض الخريطة بأي لغة, مثل https://maps.wikimedia.org/?lang=ar. هل يمكن أن تعرض بعض الأخطاء التي كتبت عنها؟ إن التصحيح سهل جدا.‏

ثانيا, أنت بالحق أنه لا توجد طبقة الأقمار الصناعية على https://www.openstreetmap.org, لكن هذا الموقع هو عرض أساسي لقاعدة البيانات فقط. ربما توجد هناك مواقع أو برامج أخرى تستخدم بيانات OSM وتجمع بينها وصور الأقمار الصناعية من مصادر أخرى. لماذا تحتاج لى ذلك الصور بالتحديد؟ قي سبيل المثل, يوجد مشروع Mapillary, مشابه لGoogle Street View تُستخدم الصور منه في بعض البرامج للملاحة, مثل OsmAnd. ربما يكفي هذا لإحتياجاتك؟

ثلاثا, حفظ الأماكن سهل جدا في كل برامج تستخدم بيانات OSM, مثل Maps.me, الأكثر شعبية منها. إنها وظيفة أساسية.‏

مرحبا, يا جوال. كيف حال مجتمع او اس ام في السعودية؟ (أنا آسف, أنا أتعلم العربية منذ سنة ولا أستطيع ان أكتب أو أتكلم جيدا بعد.)

Ahoj,
ad hmotnost, viz osm.wiki/Key:maxweight a osm.wiki/Key:goods, obecněji v osm.wiki/Key:access.

Ad automatické vkládání tras do map: Tohle nepůjde. Třeba editor JOSM dokonce dost důrazně varuje, pokud se např. pokusíš .gpx trasu konvertovat na OSM way. Je to (předpokládám) proto, že kvůli nepřesnostem GPS bude takto nahraná trasa vždycky více nebo méně zubatá a nebude odpovídat ani jen skutečné trase pohybu, nemluvě o skutečném tvaru komunikace v terénu. Můžeš si nahrávat trasy GPSkou, pak si je otevřít v editoru a obkreslit je.

Thanks:)
Znam, jutros sam ih parfemisao:P

Ahoj, to je tohle a chceš tam doplnit údaj, že je hřiště travnaté?

@Richard: I don’t think this particular user deserves a ban. He’s quite experienced and did quite a lot of work, as far as I could see. I could only find two or three similar edits by him and he doesn’t seem to vandalize work of other users, it’s just that he got a little, shall we say, too emotional. Thanks for pointing out DWG though, I actually might have more than this to discuss with them.

@SomeoneElse: Thanks for the info, I’ll email you as soon as I find some time to write stuff down in a little more detail.

I have noticed that currently Google Maps has a more up-to-date satellite of the area.

Make sure you don’t copy anything from it. It’s forbidden due to copyright.

Hi,
this reminds me of a similar problem in OsmAnd: the section of the Miljacka between this bridge and this bridge only gets rendered as a thin line. (It looks fine on www.openstreetmap.org.) This is strange because the riverbank polygon stretches further beyond either bridge. I haven’t checked other renderers. Has anybody else seen anything like this this anywhere else?

Again? Are you saying it was great once but now it isn’t great any more? :)

Some people don’t like how easy it is for some apps (Maps.me) to add notes, and complain about the amount of useless notes. […] There shouldn’t be barriers and gatekeepers.

I think there should be a requirement to at least fill in some information. There’s loads of Maps.me notes that don’t contain any useful information at all, besides the default Maps.me text. I’m thinking of some short form with combo boxes/multiple choice questions that the submitter would have to fill in to be allowed to submit the note:

What’s wrong with the map?
* A feature is missing from the map.
* A feature is mapped but it’s attributes are inaccurate/outdated.
* A feature is mapped but its position is inaccurate.
* A feature is mapped but its shape is inaccurate.
* A feature is mapped but it’s no longer here IRL.

How did you find out?
* I visited the place in person.
* Somebody told me.
* The map looks wrong.

How do you suggest that we fix the issue?
[freeform text here]

(Obviously, this is just to illustrate the general idea, so don’t quote me on that.)

I believe this wouldn’t introduce any barriers to speak of (much less gatekeepers) and it might help to curb obvious nonsense a little (the kind of notes in the middle of a random square in Moscow that just say “hotel in moscow” in Arabic, or similar). OTOH, I wouldn’t be surprised if I’m just being naive and it wouldn’t make any difference at all. *shrug*

@Richard, @rorym: Thanks for pointing that out, I opened an issue there and it looks promising.

Jewish cemeteries have had their own rendering for quite some time, IIRC. This looks quite strange, from a worldwide point of view, considering how marginal Jews are in numbers (~20 million Jews vs. ~2.5 billion Christians, ~1 billion Muslims or ~0.5 billion Buddhists). I’m all for adding Buddhists or other important religions’ cemeteries, only I know next to nothing about those, or their symbology. I just added what I’m personally familiar with.

(copied here from a private mail, per Alex’s request)

presented one of my fast-disappearing leaflets explaining OSM

Hello alexkemp,
in one of your diary entries you mention “leaflets explaining OSM” that you distribute to people. I wonder if you could send me the design. I’m trying to start an OSM community in Bosnia (where I lived for some time) and I could use anything and everything to spread the word and encourage more people to get involved. Given your level of your expertise (as can be seen in your diary entries), I’m thinking that translating your leaflets into Serbo-Croatian would be far more efficient than designing my own.
Best regards,

Michal

On behalf of all photographers, thank you so much for for spreading the awareness an standing up for yourself. I think the legal info should definitely be included in the Wiki (obviously, it’s going to vary by jurisdiction).

Hi, you might find this Reddit thread interesting.

Yes there is still signs saying to pay

There are no signs either. There’s literally nothing telling you (or even implying) that it’s a parking lot, other than its physical appearance and the fact that it’s being used as such.

While there is some kind of informality involved, it still was built as a parking so I’m not sure if the tag makes sense here

True, but the “informality” was exactly what I wanted the user to be aware of. There’s another car park right next to it, which looks virtually the same, only it has signs and parking metres (and it’s not guarded, so it’s not like you’re paying for some extra service). I would be quite surprised if the local authorities just let you choose whether to pay for parking or not. Basically, I wanted some sort of a “guarantees=no” tag.