21/05/2026-27/05/2026

[1] Several animal-related infrastructure features | © imagico | map data © by OpenStreetMap
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• Ari Alvarez explained how to find speed limit data for highways, trunk roads, and primary roads in the USA.
• Raquel Dezidério Souto
  published on her OSM User Diary, an article entitled _"About us": two years of experience as editor for Brazilian…

16/04/2026-22/04/2026

[1] We congratulate the instance at print.get-map.org on their 500,000+ generated maps | map data © by OpenStreetMap
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• * The proposal `Civil Protection Areas` was approved with 24 votes for and 7 votes against. The approved tag `emergency:*=yes` was
  

proposed by AndreaDp271, who maintains a interactive map which shows the infrastructure for…

02/04/2026-08/04/2026

[1] An assessment of neighbourhoods using OpenStreetMap data | © L_J_R | map data © by OpenStreetMap
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• Comments on the following proposal have been requested:
  *
  Deprecate railway=narrow_gauge
• The following proposals are up for a vote:
  • man_made=cable_landing_station, to
    standardise the mapping of submarine cable landing…

19/03/2026-25/03/2026

[1] OSM on an eInk display | © Héctor Satrústegui | map data © by OpenStreetMap
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• Two proposals are waiting for your comments:
  • The
    cable_landing_station=* proposal to map landing points of submarine cables.
  • The
    highway=safari_service_road proposal to describe specific service roads in safari parks.
• The proposal…