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Welcome to the home of Mapbox's mapping activities on OpenStreetMap. Our data team updates OpenStreetMap based on quality analysis and customer feedback. We work based on OSM mapping principles and guides. You are welcome to join one of our open mapping projects over on the issue queue or use our documentation of best practices in this Wiki.
If you're interested in learning OpenStreetMap take a look at LearnOSM, the OpenStreetMap Wiki's Beginner Guide and Map Features documentation.
The Mapbox data team leads and participates in initiatives to improve OpenStreetMap data. All ongoing projects are coordinated and documented on the issue queue of this repository.
We are always interested in how we can make our work better and collaborate with everyone else around this amazing project. If you have suggestions or questions, open an issue for us or send us a message directly.
Here is an overview of the most important finalized mapping initiatives:
- Japan Road Alignment: Dec 15 - Ticket, OSM Diary
- Add missing trail data detected with Strava traces: Aug 15 - Ticket, OSM Wiki
- Map completion of road network and buildings around Tirumala, India: Aug 15 - Tasking Manager
- Map completion of road network around Puducherry, India: Jul 15 - Tasking Manager
- Map completion and fixing work around Mysore, India: Jul 15 - Tasking Manager
- Map completion of road network around Agra, India: Jun 15 - Tasking Manager
- Adding Russian translations to major non-Russian place names - contact
- Re-tagging picnic sites with
leisure=picnic_siteandamenity=picnic_sitetotourism=picnic_site: Dec 23 - Ticket, OSM diary 1, OSM diary 2 - Myanmar road improvement: January, 2016 - Diary Post,Tasking Manager-1, Tasking Manager-2
- Mapping for FGM awareness in Tanzania : 08 March 2016 - Ticket
- Mapping turn restrictions in 5 cities of Canada using Mapillary - Mapping ticket, Diary post
- Mapping exit numbers and destinations in 5 cities of Canada using Mapillary - Mapping ticket, Diary-starting the project, Diary post on progress
- Updating OpenStreetMap with the TIGER 2014 US road data: Sept 15 - Ticket,OSM Wiki
- Adding turn lanes in San Francisco, DC and Los Angeles - Turn lanes in LA, Turn lanes in DC, Turn lanes in SF City, Turn lanes in DC-1, Turn lanes in Palo Alto-1,Turn lanes on motorway and trunk junctions in SF peninsula, Diary-1, Diary-2, Master ticket-1, Master ticket-2
- Adding Exit & Destination signs for 9 US states - Missing exit numbers in USA, Destination Signs on US Motorways, Exit number Diary Post, Destination signs Diary Post.
- Adding Exit Numbers and Destination Signs for 30 US Cities - Mapping Exit Numbers and Destinations in 30 US Cities, Exit number and Destinations Diary Post
- Mapping for HOT Activation during Afghan Earthquake: Oct 15 - Ticket, OSM Wiki
- Mapping for HOT Activation during Hurricane Patricia: Oct 15 - Ticket,OSM Wiki
- Mapping for HOT Activation during Myanmar floods: Aug 15 - Ticket
- Mapping and validation in Salgar Landslide response: Jun 15 - Ticket, OSM Wiki
- Mapping and validation in Nepal Earthquake response: Apr 15 -OSM Wiki
- Mapping for HOT - Fiji: Activation. Ticket