Category: mapping
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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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Handling trailless routes in OpenStreetMap
What is a trailless route? With the proliferation of online outdoor recreation information, there has been an increase in the popularity of trailless routes. Unfortunately, this has also resulted in increased ecological impact and SAR incidents. Trailless routes are routes which lack an established trail and may vary over time in the safest, least impactful…
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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…