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Another interesting recent topic of discussion in the OSM community has been on corporate influence on the project. The concern about corporate influence on OpenStreetMap is fairly old. For some time there had been substantial concern about a direct takeover Continue reading
There is an interesting discussion going on in the OSMF run discourse instance on community.osm.org regarding regulation of use of LLMs in communcation there. First a bit of background The OSMF in 2021 introduced a new behavior control framework for Continue reading
Populated places are probably among elements of human geography those you can most widely find represented in maps in general. I here want to discuss a bit the somewhat peculiar situation of their mapping in OpenStreetMap. First: What is a Continue reading
English version based on an automatic translation with Deepl. My (almost certainly) final post on the issue of FOSSGIS membership dues. As expected, yesterday’s virtual general meeting of the association approved the increase in dues. The only change adopted compared Continue reading
English version based on an automatic translation with deepl. Another update on the topic of FOSSGIS membership dues see my previous posts on this topic here, here, and here. The virtual general meeting at which FOSSGIS is going to Continue reading
I had written about non-locality in tiled rule based map rendering in general some time ago and that post gathered quite a bit of interest including renewed interest in OSM-Carto development for problems where non-locality is a long known Continue reading
OpenStreetMap aims to collect world wide local geographic knowledge and create a map by the people for the people. Practically there is, however, a substantial gap between that lofty ideal and the practical reality of mapping. A very good example Continue reading
English version based on an automatic translation with deepl. I would like to supplement my previous discussion of FOSSGIS membership fees and, in a follow-up post, the association s structure with an update on developments within FOSSGIS. As I had previously Continue reading
English version based on an automatic translation with deepl. Following the discussion about my post on FOSSGIS membership fees, it has become clear to me that my account and especially the suggestions I made are somewhat incomplete. I Continue reading
English version based on an automatic translation with deepl. I had actually already decided not to write this blog post but recent developments have led me to reconsider that decision. However, I d like to start from the beginning so Continue reading