• Foreword + Summary
• Details:– Early to 1199
• Details:– 1200 to 1399
• Details:– 1400 to 1599
• Details:– 1600 to 1799

26 November 2022
The last page in this sequence of diary entries used to be “1800 to current”. It became so large as to become unreasonable, so I have broken it up into two pages: the original first half is now “1800 to 1899” (this page), whilst the second is now 1900 to current.

Details:– 1800 to 1899

• 1800 July 2: Twin Acts of Union are enacted by the Parliaments of Great Britain and of Ireland to create the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (this was all of Ireland; previously the union was a Personal Union due to having the same monarch — see 1541). These Acts came into force on 1 January 1801, and the 1ˢᵗ joint Parliament was on 22 January 1801.
   
  This was the moment when the modern UK Flag came into being (used as a “Union Jack” on UK ships). It is the 1707 Great Britain flag united with the red saltire of Ireland. Interestingly, the GB flag is symmetrical, whilst the UK flag is not (meaning that it should NOT be hung upside-down nor reversed).

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• Foreword + Summary
• Details:– Early to 1199
• Details:– 1200 to 1399
• Details:– 1400 to 1599

Details:– 1600 to 1799

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• Foreword + Summary
• Details:– Early to 1199
• Details:– 1200 to 1399

Details:– 1400 to 1599

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• Foreword + Summary
• Details:– Early to 1199

Details:– 1200 to 1399

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• Foreword + Summary
   
  (What followed the original Foreword + Summary was a single, complete list of dates & significant events on those dates. I should have realised — but did not — how easily that would become long & unwieldy for a single post. So, whilst it is simpler for searching to keep everything on one page, for ease of loading I’ve split everything into 5 x 200-year chunks.)

Details:– Early to 1199

This first post covers way more than 200 years, and Nottingham barely features at all (the first direct mention is at 800). However, each army that travelled in the East of England from south to north (or the reverse) would have had to travel by either Nottingham or Derby due to the barrier posed by the Trent + Humber (these rivers cannot be forded below West Bridgford).

[There is one caveat to offer to the last sentence above: the roman road Ermine Street travelled from London to Lincoln to York, and the Humber Bridge did not exist at that time. That suggests that the Roman Army waded across the Humber. Graham Boanas also did that on August 21, 2005, but as someone born in Hull I would not advise it to anyone else.]

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Currently two POI added:

• ghost bike under the Rodenkirchen bridge
• ghost bike at the Rodenkirchen train station.

Including the pictures I took on All Saints’ Day on the ADFC Cologne ride.

My ride is available here: osm.org/user/warumichRadfahre/traces/5255301

Version française ci-dessous / Versão portuguesa abaixo / Versión en español a continuación

Sharing here the results and finding of the Project: [Language] Localization as an Inclusion and Participatory Enabler that I shared last year: English / French / Portuguese and was able to present remotely at State of the Map 2022.

You can watch the recording here (in English): SotM 2022 page (with link to English slide presentation / Youtube (with English captions)

Conclusion

The findings of this project are not sufficient to create a self-sustainable localization strategy. The next section highlights key takeaways - challenges, opportunities and recommendation that can be put into action for future localization projects.

Key takeaways

Challenges	Opportunities
No known accurate machine for certain languages. e.g. Tiếng Việt	Collaborate with existing network - e.g. Community <> Industry
We were not able to provide a list of available resources	Maintain a list of available resources to translate to help contributors target resources that will be valuable to translate for their communities.
We translated a resource that cannot be used in the future e.g. Open Mapping Grants	Focus on evergreen or evolving resources
Technical Barrier	Provide onboarding on the use of the translation tools
Time Commitment	Provide value and recognition to contributors
No concrete plan on how to measure impact of localized translation to the communities.	The project should have a more robust approach to evaluating impact plans (i.e. how to monitor, measure and evaluate impact) and should be aligned with your organization’s MERL approach.

Translation workflow

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Got an email today informing me that I have been selected as a travel grant recipient for the Pista ng Mapa - State of the Map Asia 2022. Excited to go to Legazpi, Albay to meet the OSM and FOSS4G community!

What did I do on OSM in October? First of all, I reactivated my user account and orientated myself a bit. Then I started uploading special cycling tours of mine as gpx. I recorded the tours before with the OSMAND+ app and then uploaded them, as well as some POIs.

That’s just a start.

Besides the OSMAND+ app, I use UMAP on the net, which is also based on OSM. You can find my tracks here:

osm.org/user/warumichRadfahre/traces

I have been cycling very actively since 2010 and record all my rides and keep detailed statistics. You can find my last monthly report here:

https://sway.office.com/qEbb1HRwoK3SfWDy

At the request of OpenStreetMap Ireland, I am sharing the lessons learnt from collecting AED data in Poland. I hope to also help other local OpenStreetMap communities with this type of project.

Instead of an introduction.

There is no official record system for these devices in Poland. Both of these databases are closed and the locations of AEDs they contain are highly imprecise, with descriptions missing in many places and the accuracy leaving much to be desired. Our initial analysis has shown that there is little or no usefulness of this data for rescuers.

For this reason, we have decided to start collecting this data and, in order to facilitate this process, to prepare a portal that will support us in this task and, at the same time, display the devices already entered in order to motivate non-OSMP editors to search for and enter their locations into OpenStreetMap. I will try my best to describe the process we have arrived at by trial and error during this project.

Make a plan!

A necessary step was to adopt a minimum usability label for the location of the devices by talking to colleagues involved professionally or voluntarily in the emergency services, and to turn their comments and experiences into a uniform way of labelling AEDs. The fruits of this work can be found on the Polish wiki page: osm.wiki/Pl:Tag:emergency%3Ddefibrillator.

Thanks to the team who created the dedicated AED portal. And is currently working on its international version openaedmap.org, we have had a much easier process of gathering information and greater reliability. Thanks are especially due Tomek, Ancymon, Filip and many others.

We took the tags access and defibrillator:location as key. The following table describes exactly how we standardised the tags for access:

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On November 15, 2022, the Silver Line Extension in Washington D.C. will open. I edited the new Silver Line stations (Reston Town Center, Herndon, Innovation Center, Washington Dulles International Airport, Loudoun Gateway, and Ashburn) to reflect the new opening date and add more information about them. Still, I was wondering when I should actually route the Silver Line through the new stations, should I do it now since we know the opening date or should I wait until November 15? In addition, I know that Metrobus, Loudoun County Transit, and Fairfax Connector plan on changing, adding, or removing routes to coincide with the new openings, when should I start changing this on OSM?

I am currently graduate with BSc in Environmental science and management from Sokoine University of agriculture. Being a geospatial data enthusiast, I have 2 years of open data experience, working as a remote mapper from SMCoSE Youth mapper and Open Map Development of Tanzania (OMDTZ) in the projects mapping the unmapped for flood resilience, by mapping the extent of this project it provides the better understanding of the problems to the community.
I am also currently among the Crowd2Map intern for the year 2022, these internship programs aim in promoting open data quality, delivering quality data and putting rural Tanzania on the map. I am motivated to participate in this excellent opportunity to learn more about open data and also learn how to provide quality data. Through this program, I hope to improve my knowledge of validation.

i am not sure if when adding new places with organic maps while beeing offline, they get added or just stay on my phone.

travelling the world by bicycle with osm

Mountain names. A new front in the never-ending cacophony of US political discourse.

Two recent mountain peaks had their names changed by the US Board on Geographical names and there is disagreement in the change sets on whether the name given should be the new indigenous name given by the US Board or the English translation of the US Board. To be clear though, I have not seen the official name from a primary source.

The two peaks were promptly edited to their new names in the local Dena’ina (North and South Yuyanq’ Ch’ex) but within 24 hours changed to what I assume is the English translation of the new Dena’ina name (North and South Heaven’s Breath).

To me it seems like a cut and dry answer based on osm standards what should fall in the “name=” attribute. The editor that changed it to the English translation may feel otherwise though so and to avoid a change set dispute I emailed the Data Working Group to get their decision. I haven’t heard from them in over 10 days however and I haven’t received a message to my follow up email on whether my email got to them. If anyone is on the DWG is interested in bringing me on to handle these issues, I would volunteer. For now though, I’ll hold off on changing the name back and hold faith in the process.

news article:

https://www.adn.com/alaska-news/anchorage/2022/10/14/anchorages-suicide-peaks-receive-new-denaina-name-of-yuyanq-chex/

relevant changesets:

osm.org/changeset/127584704

osm.org/changeset/127643552

osm.org/changeset/127682614

Mapping

In this diary, I’m trying to show some tips and tricks which can be used by beginner, intermediate, and advanced mappers to improve their mapping capacity and speed up mapping. Hopefully, you will learn a lot and enjoying with these simple tricks. Have fun, and you can even comment and ask in case you need further assistance and training. Welcome, all!

 Java OpenStreetMap Editor (JOSM) 

[Issue1:] How to Map Batch Orthogonal Building
In this scenario we're going to use Mapathoner Plugin in JOSM to draw a batch of Orthogonal Building. So, first, make sure you install Mapathoner Plugin in your JOSM.

[Issue2:] How to Map Batch L-shaped Building

[Issue3:] Draw a Courtyard Building

Validation

At first, many new mappers make a lot of mistakes during mapping. And, this can be caused by some reasons, such as little experience in mapping. Therefore, this part will guide them on what to do and do not, as well as demonstrate some previous mistakes done by mappers.

I wrote a blog post about the new advertising panels being installed in the Sydney CBD, and created a map which imports the OSM data using Overpass Turbo.

jakecoppinger.com/2022/10/mapping-sydney-billboards-a-map-of-every-qms-advertising-screen-in-sydney-with-photographs/

Through August and October I visited every QMS advertising panel. I surveyed their location and ref code to add to OpenStreetMap. I uploaded photos of many displays to Mapillary, which you can view by clicking on pins in the map.

Let me know what you think! Any feedback on improving the tagging is also appreciated.

Track: osm.org/user/warumichRadfahre/traces/5237564

Photos: https://1drv.ms/u/s!AhrBI8Ihd76i1T7neTUhVsUUivU5?e=bo3Evb

Bike: #TheViper

• Maps & Hacking
  • I did some hacking & made some maps, see:
    • “Very Fast Money Withdrawl. Distance to the nearest bank for every weapon shop.” 🐦 🐘
    • “The worst night club for a durty take away after chucking out time: Distance to the nearest fast food place for every nightclub” 🐦 🐘
    • Made a map of distance from thatch building to nearest fire hydrant. twitter post🐦, 🐘
    • To do this, I “needed” to create a new tool/script. It’s osm-distance-to-nearest and available on GitHub. You can make maps like this. 🐦 🐘
  • Analyzing OSM changeset data, and found weirdly empty changeset tags. 🐦 🐘
• Inspired by a community member, I asked osmose if they want to get on the en.osm.town fediverse.
  • Remember folks, in OSM, no-one is coming to save you, we have to save ourselves.
• I tried to make DALL-E generate some OSM images, 🐦
• OSMF Board
  • Trademarks
    • Emailed several event organisers, to organise trademark licences for their regional State of the Maps.
    • Replied to one organizer, that as a local chapter they don’t need a speical licence (it’s included in the Local Chapters Agreement)
  • Local Chapters minor beurocracy for 2 potential LCs
  • I checked that the same person is OK with doing the questions for the Board AGM

(As I mentioned, I finally caught corona. Combined with a lack of energy, this is a bit shorter)

Previously…

2022

Jan.

Feb.

Mar.

Apr.

May

June

July

Aug.

2021

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Feb.

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July

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2020

Jan.

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Apr.

May

June

July

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Sept.

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Track:

osm.org/user/warumichRadfahre/traces/5232776

Pics: https://1drv.ms/u/s!AhrBI8Ihd76ixlCjy_xRIrqfeHc5?e=dWfA8U

This is a Tasking Manager for Disaster response mapping for Flash Flood in Jembrana District, Bali in October 2022