What I did in OpenStreetMap in Novemeber 2022

Posted by amapanda ᚛ᚐᚋᚐᚅᚇᚐ᚜ 🏳️‍⚧️ on 3 December 2022 in English.

Mapping
- I’ve continued to map a lot, incl. opening hours with EveryDoor etc
- I was in Dublin, and there was so much new PoIs & shops to map!
Community
- Mastodon
  - Elon Musk, the new Twitter owner has not been popular on Twitter, so many people are switching to Mastodon.
  - en.osm.town has seen a large increase in usage & new members.
    - It’s time to get more organised & professional!
      - I’ve set up 🧭 @[email protected] as an admin/mod for the server.
      - Previously I was listed as admin. I asked for ideas.
    - I asked for a new logo. Covered in WkOSM №644. @[email protected] has suggested a dozen OSM/Mastodon logos! (need to set this up)
  - The OpenStreetMap Twitter account now mentions the OpenStreetMap fediverse account (@[email protected]), which helps people move.
  - An important missing feature is group posting. I asked if there was a mastodon alternative. Alas, nothing yet.
- In Dublin, I organised a last minute pub meet. It was fun to catch up with old friends. 🐘 🐦, 📆 🗫 📧
CWG
- Freebies / Promotional Material Programme
  - People noticed on the discourse forum that I haven’t sent any in a while. Oops.
  - I finally dug up my password and cleaned out the ~50 spam emails there
  - I do want to keep doing this.
- I kept posting on OSM Instagram
OSMF Board
- Board Meeting
  - In my last board meeting, the Board voted:
    - to require that people have to ≥21 days of mapping (from >15) to be an OSMF member (or assoc. member). I emailed MWG
    - to commission a CT compatibility template. I emailed LWG.
    - to require that imports list whether they are CT compatible or not on the imports catalog. I emailed LWG & DWG, and talk@ list 📧, imports@ list 📧, osmus slack #imports, discord #imports. )