@coldwave You could look around for notes on the map with questions from other mappers. A skim where aerial imagery and routes dont match up is also easy to quickly confirm.
I dont prep it in that way. Mostly I plan a route based on just what I feel like running, unrelated to OSM. The updating follows from spotting things that do not add up with the route that I planned, or noticing a lack of mapped POIs etc.
@coldwave I can recommend it if you have the time, even if only to help you on planning your own next trip :D
Ever since breaking my ankle at the beginning of September, I have been waaaay less mobile. Only by now am I (almost) capable of (slowly) walking again without crutches.
Unexpected(?) side effect: I have barely edited #openstreetmap during this time. Planning and surveying routes during runs is a much larger factor for me than I thought.
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#KonturMap adds a new layer, "#OpenStreetMap Antiquity" that lets you visualize where people look at the OSM map tiles versus when the map was last edited.
Outside of the capital region in the #Philippines , there are some areas that are getting a lot of eyeballs, but has not been updated for at least two years.
How is it like in your neighbourhood?
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#Trunk officially has a new admin!
Have you been thinking of joining, but were worried the admins might bite? Well, you're completely right. But DM me anyway.
Have you sent a request, but never got a response? Maybe you will, this time.
Have you recently moved, but forgot to let us know? Well, I'm doing a cleanup of the lists, so if you do so now, you'll save me lots of time. 💙
Are you not sure what I'm talking about? Trunk is a huge collection of wonderful people around the Fedi, sorted into categories. You can learn more here:
https://communitywiki.org/trunk
@RyuKurisu De "sch" kan nogal moeilijk zijn, mijn (Engelstalige) vriendin spreekt het ook eerder uit als "scattig".
@sir A favourite of mine is "verschrikkelijk" which is pretty verschrikkelijk for English-speaking Dutch learners. Or "angstschreeuw" just cause all the consonants look daunting, leading to an angstschreeuw from the reader :)
@thewk @ONLYOFFICE Hope everything was saved in open formats usable elsewhere 😬
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Can we please, please – PLEASE! not make the nonsensical US date format month/day/year the default in applications? 🤦♂️
PRE 👏 TTY 👏 PLEASE
And to all users of that format: it makes no sense, it's counter-intuitive, it makes collaboration frustrating, it introduces inconsistencies and errors... Just stop. Please. Use international standards.
(And don't get me started on your other units of weights, volumes and distances. Bloody hell.)
Boost if I'm right.
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More and more schools in Germany chose Matrix. After Schleswig-Holstein and the "HPI Schul-Cloud" now Nordrhein-Westfalen starts to offer a Matrix based messenger to all schools. Yes, it is possible to build digital infrastructure for schools with Free Software and Open Standards.
https://www.logineo.schulministerium.nrw.de/LOGINEO-NRW/NEU-LOGINEO-NRW-Messenger/Messenger.html (de) #Matrix #FreeSoftware #Eductaion #OpenStandards
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Empreintes du #Congo belge dans l’espace public bruxellois
https://ieb.be/Empreintes-du-Congo-belge-dans-l-espace-public-bruxellois?suivi=2018-11-20&noix=38545
@DeltaFlood Alternatively:
Apple is Slytherin
Google is Slytherin
Amazon is Slytherin
Facebook is Slytherin
@Doudouosm sounds like a fun project for my area, might have to give it a try
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A nice #tutorial on mapping artwork and memorials in #OpenStreetMap with #Wikimedia integration: https://www.openstreetmap.org/user/skunk/diary/393826
@coldwave Too real, good luck fixing/rethinking things 😬
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I think Google should save everyone a lot of time and effort and jump straight to discontinuing new services:
"We are proud to announce that Google Kitchen Tools will no longer be available on Sep 1st 2020, nor has it ever been available. Should you wish to export your Google Kitchen Tools data, you should be aware that there is no data, as Google Kitchen Tools has never existed.
Thanks,
The Google Kitchen Tools Team"
Sudden discovery that OCaml doesn't have just a `==` operator (identity), but also a `=` operator (equality).
That bug took longer to solve than I care to admit and all it was about was incorrect string comparison.
If someone tells you that you'll "pick it up as you go" and to "not spend too much time reading through basics" when you're dropped into a project in an unfamiliar programming language, whack'm. Whack'm hard.
@bxl_forever I imagine I have messed this up in the past, the explanation in iD will be a good reminder for me.
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I wish every #OpenStreetMap contributor knew this:
"note" is for other contributors
(e.g. The name looks weird but it really is the true name of this POI; or This is a temporary bus stop)
"description" is for people using the map
(e.g. "This shop sells wedding decor, accessories and clothing")
Apparently, iD now correctly explains the difference. 👍
Been waiting for the new #thunderbird 78 release to get pushed to my release channel. Finally decided to check out why it was taking so long for my local version 68 to get upgraded.
Apparently:
"Thunderbird version 78.0 is only offered as direct download from thunderbird.net and not as an upgrade from Thunderbird version 68 or earlier. A future release will provide updates from earlier versions."
Whoops, should've read the release notes earlier.
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