As has been mentioned before many times, the maintainers of the openstreetmap website could use some help! There are so many open issues and PRs needing input, and the team can only cover so much ground. So here’s an idea: using the forum to bring attention to potential opportunities for new contributors. On today’s issue: Required skills: some knowledge of Bootstrap and web accessibility, or at least being willing to learn them! Note that we use Bootstrap to simplify our styles, and prefer ...

Running OpenStreetMap.org in the Age of AI Grant Slater

openstreetmap-website, the codebase that powers our website and API, turns 20 years old today. OSM isn’t really the place for nostalgia,[1] but the young ’uns here[2] should know that it used to be very different around here before openstreetmap-website. No changesets to leave nasty comments on. No notes to close without reading. We even tried out showing adverts on the homepage to logged-out users.[3] That’s why we can’t decorate our donation banners with Jimmy Wales’ smile like Wikipedia does...

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OpenStreetMap is a map of the world, created by people like you and free to use under an open license.

OpenStreetMap is a map of the world, created by people like you and free to use under an open license.