Author: Martijn van Exel
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OpenStreetMap Utah 2024 Year In Review
We had a very productive year improving OSM in Utah in 2024! Here are some numbers and highlights we would like to share with you. Pedestrian Infrastructure Mappers added 11,246 km of new sidewalks and improved a further 4,884 km! In the process, we also added 13,738 curbs! A lot of this work is powered…
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Upcoming Online Event: Mapping USA
Here at OSM Utah, we love meeting in person and we’re lucky to have enough mappers in the Salt Lake City area to enjoy monthly meetups! Many OSM mappers do not have that easy access to in-person OSM events, or may not be interested in meeting in person. For all those people, and of course…
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Happy Holidays From OSM Utah
As the year draws to a close, OSM Utah is looking back on a very good year, with more mapping and social events than ever in its 13-year history! We feel in a celebratory mood, and want to share some of our 2024 highlights with you. Happy Mapping! Map Nights We held a Map Night…
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Adding new buildings to OpenStreetMap efficiently to keep up with fast growth in Utah
Utah is one of the fastest growing states in the U.S. If you live in or around the Wasatch Front or Saint George, you cannot miss the new subdivisions, apartments and condos being built everywhere. Check this area in Saratoga Springs, just a few years ago: And more recently: For us mappers this means a…
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Who edited OpenStreetMap in Utah recently? This App will tell you!
Curious who else is mapping your neck of the woods? The best way is to come to our monthly map nights, of course! But did you know that OSM offers really nice tools to show you exactly where OSM has been edited recently, and by who? The tool for the job in this case is…
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Mapillary Imagery for OpenStreetMap in Utah
Mapillary is a cool crowdsourced street-level imagery project. Think Google Streetview, but with an open license for the images and pictures taken by people like you and me. I’ve been an on-and-off contributor for over a decade. The main reason why I do it is that the images can be used for improving OpenStreetMap, the…
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OpenStreetMap Turns 20, Come Celebrate With Us!
It’s hard to believe that it’s been 20 years! OpenStreetMap turns 20 on August 9, and we are celebrating! For this occasion, we’re trying a different venue, The Local, another food hall that opened recently. It’s right by the Library TRAX station. Join us there on Friday, August 9 for a happy hour drink and…
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State of the Map videos are available
We were very lucky to host the 2024 State of the Map conference here in Salt Lake City! Everyone I talked to had nothing but good things to say about the quality of OSM data here. Something to be proud of! The State of the Map team has worked hard to make the recordings of…
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July 2024 Meetup
Join us at Woodbine Food Hall on Wednesday, July 10 at 6pm. We meet as usual at Woodbine Food Hall, located at 545 W 700 S in Salt Lake City. We will map together, share the latest from the OSM world and enjoy the company of fellow mappers. Never mapped before? Just learning about OpenStreetMap?…