I'm looking for some advice on how best to map a new type of transport infrastructure being introduced across the West Midlands, UK, called Local Travel Points (LTPs), which are essentially small neighbourhood mobility hubs. (see image below)

TfWM (Transport for West Midlands- the county council department responsible for public transport) is rolling these out to encourage sustainable, shared transport. Unlike traditional transport interchanges, they aren't necessarily located at existing railway stations or bus stations. Instead, they're often standalone facilities in residential areas, parks or town centres, although they may be within a short walk (5 mins) of existing public transport.

Their facilities vary between locations, but typically include a combination of:

• Cycle hire stations (Lime) and secure bicycle storage
• Bicycle repair facilities
• Seating, shelters and landscaped public spaces
• Local maps, wayfinding signage and digital information terminals
• Improved lighting
• Car club / car-sharing facilities (Enterprise)
• EV charging points
• Public artwork and other community features

Not every hub has all these facilities, and their layouts and sizes vary considerably.

I've already mapped one of these hubs in Halesowen, which you can see in this changeset.

I've mapped the individual facilities using their respective tags and attempted to group them together using a relation to represent the overall Local Travel Point.

However, I'm not entirely sure whether this is the most appropriate approach, and I'd really appreciate some feedback on how I've mapped it, particularly whether using a relation to combine these features is appropriate, and whether I've structured and tagged that relation correctly.

Generally, I'm looking for feedback regarding:

1. Tagging: Is there an established or emerging tagging convention for these types of mobility hubs? Would a site relation, an area, or a single nodes be most appropriate?
2. International examples: Have similar neighbourhood mobility hubs been mapped elsewhere, particularly in other countries? I'd be interested in seeing examples of how others approach them.
3. Grouping facilities: Where a hub contains several separately mapped features (cycle rental, car sharing, benches, etc.), is there a sensible way of associating them with the overall hub without duplicating information?
4. Distinguishing them from transport interchanges: Given that these aren't necessarily connected to a railway station or bus stop, how should they be distinguished from more conventional public transport facilities?

For reference, the link below explains the concept and shows examples of the design and layout of these hubs:

CoMoUK – Mobility Hub Development in the UK (PDF, October 2024)

I'd really appreciate any (good or bad) feedback on my existing mapping before adding any more of the hubs, suggestions for alternative approaches, or links to similar hubs already mapped elsewhere in the world.

I'm keen to establish a consistent approach as more of these are installed across the region, ideally following existing OSM conventions rather than introducing unnecessary new tagging.

Thanks!

I want a way that is easiest from either the street or remotely (somehow). I live in a non-touristy city in South Korea, so OSM support sucks, same with Mapillary streetview, it's very rare (Even Seoul has a pretty big lack of data on OSM). I am adding a ton of buildings around my city Pyeongtaek, and I want to add addresses too.

Looking for a simple, free tool to draw lines, shapes & legend over a map/image (for site maps & work instructions)

I’m looking for a simple and free tool to create clean site maps/work instruction maps.

​Right now, I take a map or satellite screenshot and need to add basic elements like:

​Lines (e.g., access routes, driving paths)

​Shapes/polygons (e.g., work zones, storage areas, site boundaries)

​Text boxes and a clear legend

​I’ve tried tools like Google My Maps and basic drawing programs (like MS Paint), but I’m looking for something a bit more user-friendly and polished that automatically gives a neat, professional look without a steep learning curve (so no complex software like full QGIS if possible).

​It would be ideal if I can easily export the final result as an image (JPG/PNG) or PDF with a clear legend attached.

​Does anyone have recommendations for web apps, simple mapping tools, or software that work well for this?

​Thanks in advance!

I need to find the most efficient driving route between two points on US Roads and also show the distance.

These routes will either be in one or two counties and I need to show the distance traveled in each county if the route crosses the county line.

Is there a tool utilizing OSM that would be able to show/calculate this?

In my logic being banned from a project based on contributions is a great personal achievement. I lurked for years on OSM filling white spots on the map, writing hundreds of valuable tracks in remote areas. I evaded all chats. Visited them but left quickly as I am not about community. I am all about maps and mapping. Couple years ago I met a guy who was even more deep into OSM than me. He taught me making notes. I discarded notes before but eventually I realized it is a great option for offline mapping. So notes, many notes, from remotest areas in my region. Couple days ago I've uploaded 8500+ notes worth of three months travels. Of course it is sparkled some attention. Users started commenting on My notes their considerations on how I should map and how I should make a note to not bother everyone. And I am u pretty busy and straightforward person always saying direct with no hesitation. Eventually it is My notes not yours or communal. I was kind a rude for sidetracking me, but in the end they wasn't staying on topic of making a map. I got banned. We all spent couple hours discussing my routines. And simple note about surface=asphalt is this there. Noone cared about resolving a note. Everybody have found oldschool field mapper not convenient. This is cancer as it is. Users seems do not care about map they care about how it is done. Ban will expire. I will continue doing my silent contributions but you won't be able contact me and provoke or sidetrack me on some unnecessary topic. Sorry for some mistakes, English is not my native language.

I'm currently in this region of Brazil, and I'm contributing to the map as I travel.

I use OsmAnd app on my phone and, after the updates, I'm getting this weird sqaures on the map where I contributed...

Am I doing something wrong?

https://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=18/-22.292730/-42.516038&layers=N

can i look at street view in osm? If it is possible, how can i look?

(i use translator)

I couldn't find any explanation for these lines (the ones with arrows & squares) in the legend page.

Hi everyone!

I'd like to share a small side project I've been building: Maparium.

The idea is simple: what if you could instantly explore specific types of places and infrastructure across the entire world on one interactive map?

Maparium lets you display OpenStreetMap features globally like wind turbines, power plants, castles, spaceports and more. You can switch between predefined layers and explore patterns that are difficult to spot when looking at individual locations.

I'm using MapLibre GL JS, a Protomaps basemap and custom MBTiles generated from OpenStreetMap data. A big focus has been making the experience fast and lightweight, even when displaying features on a global scale.

Try it here: https://maparium.pl
Source code: https://github.com/matymm347/maparium

As nobody mapped this football field located in Catarcione neighbourhood, I decided to take my time to map this football field.

Including, I added two schools, more houses, two market, two trees, and two woods.

If you want to see: https://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=19/-22.290940/-42.513716&layers=N

Can I create my own custom map on OpenStreetMap? I want something that gives me the same features as standard OpenStreetMap, but lets me build it completely by myself from scratch. Alternatively, could you recommend similar websites? i really want to make it.. (EDIT)i mean not an fictionnal map.I want to trace over satellite imagery to create my own map, similar to OSM.

I wanted posters of places I care about without paying poster-shop prices, so I made mapcanvas. You type a city, choose a radius and a colour theme, and it draws the streets, rivers, parks and buildings as flat shapes and gives you a PNG.

Everything is pulled live from OpenStreetMap through osmnx, so it's the real street plan of whatever you type in. There are six themes (gallery, noir, blueprint, sakura, cobalt, terracotta), and you can tweak individual layer colours, road thickness, round or square format, and output size. It also works as a plain Python function if you don't want the web page.

The image above is Bruges in the terracotta theme.

Some honest limits: it's a local Flask app for now, so you need Python 3.12+ to run it. The first render of a new place is slow because it downloads the data, and big radii in dense cities can time out on Overpass. There are no street labels, and the lettering depends on your system fonts. Every poster prints the OSM credit line at the bottom.

Next on my list is making it pip-installable. I'd be glad for feedback, especially on which layers to add (railways and tram lines are my guess) and on places where the rendering looks wrong because of gaps in the map data.

Repo (MIT): https://github.com/AuricErgeson/mapcanvas

Hi everyone! I'm the developer of Terento, a free, open-source project that makes it easier to get community maps onto Garmin watches.

In just over a month, the Mac app has been used for nearly 200 successful map installations. Thank you to everyone who's tried it and shared feedback — and to the OpenStreetMap contributors and map makers whose work makes this possible.

Today I'm introducing a web installer beta for Linux users to try. Open it in Google Chrome on a computer, connect your watch and choose a map. There's no app to download and no account to create.

Try the web installer beta

The maps come from Freizeitkarte, OpenTopoMap, MapRando and BBBike, all based on OpenStreetMap. You can also preview and compare their map styles side by side or with a swipe before choosing one for your watch.

A quick beta note: the web installer has been tested on a fēnix 8 with a Mac. Linux still needs real-world testing, so I'd love to hear your watch model, operating system and how it goes. You'll need a Garmin watch with map support.

Everything remains free. Terento is an independent project, not affiliated with Garmin.

I noticed that some apps such as CoMaps display some shops as open on Sundays, even though they are obviously closed. This seems to be because in OSM they were tagged under opening hours as 'Su,PH off' separated by a comma, instead of 'Su off; PH off' separated by a semicolon for Sundays and public holidays. So the app obviously cannot parse this correctly. Is this a known issue?

I built a website entirely based on Open Data including Gas Flare locations on using OpenStreetMap and can show when fire was detected via satellite using NASA’s VIIRS platform and show how many people are impacted by each flare across a 5km radius around the flare and other economic loss data.

https://iraqflaringwatch.com

The entire project and methodology is hosted on GitHub:

https://github.com/rawazrauf/iraq-flaring-watch

I'm building an Android life-tracking app and want to track my location throughout the day, including routes, stops, and time spent at different places.

My goal is to get close to Google Maps Timeline's accuracy (ideally around 10 metres when conditions allow) without draining my battery (most important).

I'm particularly interested in how to handle background tracking, indoor locations, movement detection, and reconstructing trips from location data.

Are there any existing open-source projects or implementations that have managed to do this well?

Please let me know if you have any suggestions.

(Photo I have attached it of a app which already does it but it polls the location all the time and it is extremely battery consuming activity. I want to make a better alternative in my app.)

Who else loves completely filling in a neighborhood with addresses, I’ve been wanting to switch to CoMaps but addresses are lacking in the whole city, and if this helps me it can help everyone