Our first #OpenStreetMap interview of the year is up on the blog.
This time it was our pleasure to speak with some of the makers of CoMaps @CoMaps
https://blog.opencagedata.com/post/openstreetmap-interview-comaps
In Berlin findet wieder ein OSM-Hackweekend statt:
Wann: 11.& 12.04.2026
Wo: Wikimedia e.V. Tempelhofer Ufer 23-24, 10963 Berlin
Anmeldung: https://osmcal.org/event/4499/
Infos: https://
wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Berlin_Hack_Weekend_April_2026
Danke an @wikimediaDE für die Überlassung der Räume!
Gerne weitertröten.
In Berlin findet wieder ein OSM-Hackweekend statt:
Wann: 11.& 12.04.2026
Wo: Wikimedia e.V. Tempelhofer Ufer 23-24, 10963 Berlin
Anmeldung: https://osmcal.org/event/4499/
Infos: https://
wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Berlin_Hack_Weekend_April_2026
Danke an @wikimediaDE für die Überlassung der Räume!
Gerne weitertröten.
🌍 LA Rencontre #OpenStreetMap et Territoires, c'est le mardi 24 mars 2026 à #Brest !
🚨 Les inscriptions sont ouvertes : https://lnkd.in/dxwX_Nrw
A great map data project deserves a good map. The Italian mapping project for February is street lamps. Featuring...
Daily data updates
Leaderboard
Baseline and new lamps
Time slider
Colorblind friendly (hopefully!)
Maybe terrible Italian translations
So get out there and map some lamps!
https://watmildon.github.io/Lampioni/
https://community.openstreetmap.org/t/progetto-del-mese-febbraio-2026-lampioni/141180/
RE: https://en.osm.town/@watmildon/116010850805671452
This is why I love the #OpenStreetMap community ♥️
Without asking for anything in return, people from the other side of the world help other communities improve their data.
This time it’s Matthew with a map, before it was @amapanda with some cool SQL queries and hopefully next time it will be someone else.
If you’re reading this and you’re not part of the #OSM community yet, what are you waiting for? Join your local community! 
A great map data project deserves a good map. The Italian mapping project for February is street lamps. Featuring...
Daily data updates
Leaderboard
Baseline and new lamps
Time slider
Colorblind friendly (hopefully!)
Maybe terrible Italian translations
So get out there and map some lamps!
https://watmildon.github.io/Lampioni/
https://community.openstreetmap.org/t/progetto-del-mese-febbraio-2026-lampioni/141180/
RE: https://en.osm.town/@watmildon/116010850805671452
This is why I love the #OpenStreetMap community ♥️
Without asking for anything in return, people from the other side of the world help other communities improve their data.
This time it’s Matthew with a map, before it was @amapanda with some cool SQL queries and hopefully next time it will be someone else.
If you’re reading this and you’re not part of the #OSM community yet, what are you waiting for? Join your local community!
A great map data project deserves a good map. The Italian mapping project for February is street lamps. Featuring...
Daily data updates
Leaderboard
Baseline and new lamps
Time slider
Colorblind friendly (hopefully!)
Maybe terrible Italian translations
So get out there and map some lamps!
https://watmildon.github.io/Lampioni/
https://community.openstreetmap.org/t/progetto-del-mese-febbraio-2026-lampioni/141180/
One of my highlights of yesterday's Mapping USA online conference was osm.kids, a map using #OpenStreetMap that's made for #children! If you're zoomed in, it highlights things like playgrounds, fire stations, schools and ice cream shops.
When you zoom out, you see city and country names and flags so you can learn all about those!
It is so creative and I love it. osm.kids demonstrates so well that you can make maps with OSM that you cannot make with any other map tools out there.
One of my highlights of yesterday's Mapping USA online conference was osm.kids, a map using #OpenStreetMap that's made for #children! If you're zoomed in, it highlights things like playgrounds, fire stations, schools and ice cream shops.
When you zoom out, you see city and country names and flags so you can learn all about those!
It is so creative and I love it. osm.kids demonstrates so well that you can make maps with OSM that you cannot make with any other map tools out there.
If you write about the messy reality behind "free" internet services: we're seeing #OpenStreetMap hammered by scrapers hiding behind residential proxy/embedded-SDK networks. We're a volunteer-run service and the costs are real. We'd love to talk to a journalist about what we're seeing + how we're responding. #AI #Bots #Abuse
the world (well, the #OSM world) could do with more good #overpass QL tutorials. It's an intimidating query language and the documentation on the OSM wiki leaves a lot to be desired.
This project seems abandoned but it has a lot of promise: https://github.com/ldodds/overpass-doc
Is anyone aware of other efforts in this domain? #OpenStreetMap
A reminder for those of you who will be in Brussels for FOSDEM: Some of us will be there too!
If you want to meet up to chat about CoMaps, #OpenStreetMap, or other geo/FOSS-nerdery, join us on Matrix at " #CoMaps_EN_Cafe:matrix.org" to find a place and time.
We'll also bring a bunch of CoMaps stickers that you'll be able to find at the stand of our friends from @Codeberg!
the world (well, the #OSM world) could do with more good #overpass QL tutorials. It's an intimidating query language and the documentation on the OSM wiki leaves a lot to be desired.
This project seems abandoned but it has a lot of promise: https://github.com/ldodds/overpass-doc
Is anyone aware of other efforts in this domain? #OpenStreetMap
Here's my blog post (report) about #sotmeu25 which happened last November.
https://www.livingwithdragons.com/2026/01/sotm-europe-2025-my-review
A reminder for those of you who will be in Brussels for FOSDEM: Some of us will be there too!
If you want to meet up to chat about CoMaps, #OpenStreetMap, or other geo/FOSS-nerdery, join us on Matrix at " #CoMaps_EN_Cafe:matrix.org" to find a place and time.
We'll also bring a bunch of CoMaps stickers that you'll be able to find at the stand of our friends from @Codeberg!
