iOS 27's key new feature is a more intelligent and personal version of Siri, but the changes go well beyond that. In a press release today, Apple outlined additional enhancements coming across Apple Maps, Find My, Apple Wallet, Apple Music, and more.

Apple Maps has gained an enhanced Flyover experience powered by AI, enabling you to view aerial imagery in "stunning detail" for select…

30/04/2026-06/05/2026

[1] | Cast-iron Street Map of the City Centre in the Ukrainian City of Poltava

Mapping

• Comments are requested on this proposal:
  • name:<language>-Latn to consistently tag transliterations in Latin script worldwide following BCP 47.
• The following proposal is up for a vote until Tuesday 12 May:
  • route=safari to map safari routes as dedicated…

Will the US and Iran reach a nuclear deal before 2027? Will the Cuban regime fall this year? Will France win the World Cup?

These questions are generating up to millions of dollars today on prediction markets — platforms where people wager on the outcomes of real-world events. If you’re right, you profit. If you’re wrong, you lose your stake. “Contracts,” or wagers, can be as cheap as $0.01,…

23/04/2026-29/04/2026

[1] A new national pastime in Australia: the sport of Payphone Tag | © Alex Allchin | map data © by OpenStreetMap Contributors.

Mapping

• Comments are requested on this proposal:
  • terminal=yes to consistently map goods terminals and better describe connected transport modes and handled cargo.
• The following proposal is up for a vote:
  • highway=service…

02/04/2026-08/04/2026

[1] An assessment of neighbourhoods using OpenStreetMap data | © L_J_R | map data © by OpenStreetMap
Contributors.

Mapping

• 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…

26/03/2026-01/04/2026

[1] Drawing shapes in JOSM, little-known shortcuts | © Koreller | map data © OpenStreetMap Contributors.

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• We made a mistake last week regarding the proposed safari service road tag. The proposed service=safari tag is to be used in combination with a highway=service tag.

Mapping

• Comments are requested on this proposal:
  • highway=service +…

Pushed by Tehran and domestic pressure, Yemen’s Houthis attacked Israel and joined the regional conflict. But they remain wary of reigniting their costly war with Saudi Arabia.

The Houthis have entered the Iran War, launching two ballistic missile attacks on Israel. (Mohammed Hamoud / Getty Images)

In his inaugural speech on March 12, Iran’s new supreme leader, Mojtaba Khamenei,…

19/03/2026-25/03/2026

[1] OSM on an eInk display | © Héctor Satrústegui | map data © by OpenStreetMap
Contributors.

Mapping

• 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…

Donald Trump is about to spend billions of taxpayer dollars to make Elon Musk’s fantasies a reality.

Speaking on Fox News Tuesday, NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman formally announced that the agency was planning to go back to the moon. “But this time, when we go back, we’re gonna go back to stay,” he said. “We’re going to build President Trump’s moon base.”

NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman:…

Past a sloping grass bank on a deserted suburban street in the French commune of Meaux, a few miles from Paris, a blocked-off path leads to a row of corrugated sheds. A clip-art logo scrawled across a fence announces a local agricultural company. Beside it perch a few small mailboxes, a laminated card pasted onto the bottom one: Atelier Missor.

Atelier Missor bills itself as a “classical foundry…

05/03/2026-11/03/2026

1] OpenSeaMap-vector | © k-yle | map data © [OpenStreetMap Contributors.

Mapping

• AndreaDp27 has proposed a tagging scheme to map officially designated civil protection areas. Voting opened on 9 March 2026 and will close on 23 March 2026.

Community

• At the recent State of the Map Ben Hur Pintor delivered a presentation titled ‘Awesome (OSM) Games’,…

WASHINGTON: Pakistan has outlined the rationale behind its votes on two competing draft resolutions at the United Nations Security Council, stating that both were aimed at curbing regional escalation and promoting an immediate return to dialogue.

On March 11, the Security Council adopted a Bahrain-led resolution condemning recent missile and drone attacks by the Islamic Republic of Iran on…

19/02/2026-25/02/2026

1] VORTAC (VHF Omnidirectional Range / Tactical Air Navigation) (beacon:type=VORTAC) | Colling-architektur, via Wikimedia Commons [CC BY-SA 3.0

Mapping

• Simgaymer has asked for comments on a tagging proposal to extend the existing building:flats=* tag, allowing mappers to record the number of flats with 0 bedrooms (studio), 1 bedroom, 2 bedrooms, and so on.…

Bitcoin extended its selloff on Tuesday as it touched a low of $62,858. The cryptocurrency has decreased by 19% so far in February. This puts it on track for the poorest monthly showing since June 2022.

Strategy, led by Michael Saylor, serves as the largest corporate holder of Bitcoin and now sees unrealized losses above $9 billion in its Bitcoin treasury. The company holds 717,722 Bitcoin that…

Enterprise security teams racing to enable generative AI tools may be overlooking a new risk: attackers can abuse web-based AI assistants such as Grok and Microsoft Copilot to quietly relay malware communications through domains that are often exempt from deeper inspection.

The technique, outlined by Check Point Research (CPR), exploits the web-browsing and URL-fetch capabilities of these…

05/02/2026-11/02/2026

1] The osm-mapper-globe by Martijn van Exel | map data © by [OpenStreetMap Contributors.

Mapping

• User AndreaDp271 is seeking comments on their proposal of a tagging scheme for civil protection areas used in case of large scale emergencies. Please review the proposal and share your feedback to help refine the technical details and address any potential issues.
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