In June 2024, the OpenStreetMap US organization held State of the Map US in Salt Lake City, Utah. I got to attend a bunch of sessions to hear about all kinds of projects people have been working on related to the map. Here’s some of the details and links for things that I heard about:

  • OSMUS Trails Stewardship Initiative
    • TODO wiki link with trail tagging guidelines
    • TODO tasking manager link
  • The TIGER Battlegrid
  • OpenTrailMap
    • TODO map link
    • TODO investigate how easily I could help contribute a new layer for pedestrian infrastructure
  • RecoGNISer
    • TODO github link
    • TODO check coverage in utah
    • TODO investigate if GNIS provides more details about utah (suburbs? developments?) like Xanadu
  • gradient.osmcha.org:
    • TODO github link
    • TODO investigate what is possible with the osmcha API
  • AccessMap
    • TODO website link
    • TODO investigate more about if they keep in sync with OSM, or if it’s entirely separate, since their schema is more complicated than I thought
  • OpenDroneMap/OpenAerialMap:
    • TODO wiki links
    • TODO investigate drone prices and flight licenses
  • OpenHistoricalMap:
    • TODO links
    • TODO how to dual upload new developments
  • Mapillary
    • TODO links
    • TODO camera grant program
    • TODO camera mount for bike?
  • AllThePlaces
    • TODO links
    • TODO investigate writing spiders for Fiiz, Swig, etc.
    • TODO taking places back and forth between OSM