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Hey guys, since January I was developing the community where runners can create Art Routes and run them. The flow is very simple - just open the app, select Activity and click on Generate (you can also manually adjust the starting point) - you'll get the best GPS Art Routes around your location. Attaching a few screenshots of what users generated and ran so far!
You can try it here: shapemiles.com/en/activity or directly on the app: https://apps.apple.com/th/app/shapemiles-gps-art-routes/id6759715541

Hello.

Kinda sad, do Strava Heatmap stopped working again as July 2026 ?

Here's what I have:

- Strava free account (debating with myself... can't decide.. )

- JOSM latest version,
tms[3,11]:https://heatmap-external-{switch:a,b,c}.strava.com/tiles/both/bluered/{zoom}/{x}/{y}.png

- Github: /julcnx/strava-heatmap-extension last update ChromeExtension: 21 février 2026

- OSM Wiki: Strava who probably need a huge update ?

NOT WORKING:
- Github: zekefarwell/josm-strava-heatmap last update ChromeExtension: 6 avril 2026
with GithubIssue: Icon not displaying on Strava global heatmap due to error
leading to someone fixing : Github Fork: c0nsumer/josm-strava-heatmap-vibefixed

EDIT.
Thanks to u/2hu4u letting know that it's working in iD with Strava Heatmap extension.

Took a couple hours to fully map a section of Tilal al Ghaf in Dubai, UAE.

This includes all townhouses (Including each individual unit), building entrances for each unit, all roadside trees, all parks and park amenities (Including pools, tennis courts, basketball courts, children’s playgrounds, pitches, gyms, etc.) and surrounding landscaping.

Hope we can get more contributors in the region to help out since there are still many neighbourhoods which still only have roads mapped.

Building up on my earlier post. Thanks to adoption of the tagging by French municipalities we hit above 1000 of signed hitchhiking spots on OSM.

In France they often come in the form of Rezo Pouce signs.

Image from: https://overpass-turbo.eu/?template=key-value&key=highway&value=hitchhiking

New acc, made one for this, finally. Had you told me a year and a half ago that I'd actually launch, I would have called you crazy. This is my first time working with mapping and OSM, and I'm excited to say, that after a year of work, I'm launching Blue Hour Routes.

Blue Hour Routes is a scenic router. Instead of routing through a curated list of POIs, you pick what kind of scenery you want (forests, lakes, mountains, orchards, rivers, vineyards, coastline), and the routing algorithm scores possible paths based on how much of your selected features they pass through. Each route generates a code you can save and revisit anytime. Paired with OsmAnd for turn-by-turn navigation.

As amazing as it is, it is currently limited to Washington State, solely because that's just the data I downloaded. Luckily, the algorithm works irrespective of location, so I'll download the whole world soon and get started on that.

Here's the link for you to test out (completely free! - for now): https://www.bluehourroutes.com/

The current model is Lund 1.1, which works very well but will tend to generate different routes between the same two points if ran twice. 1.2 will solve that issue. Working on it as we speak.

I'm curious for the feedback. Thank you!

We have signed hitchhiking places in the OSM editor now. This is great for making hitchhiking more visible and help map those locations :)

I built this travel-time map for Rome using public transport data (OSM + GTFS), where colors show how far you can get within different time ranges.

The idea isn’t routing, but more about visualizing accessibility - e.g., “where can I get within ~30, 45, 60 minutes?”

I’m curious what people here think:

• Would something like this actually be useful in practice?
• Are there important factors you feel are missing in this kind of visualization?
• Does OSM data quality noticeably affect results in your experience?

Interested in feedback from people working with OSM, routing, or transit data.

Thanks to #SmallTownUSA, I discovered the small town of Garner, Arkansas. It was completely unmapped, other than roads and a couple ponds.

If you want to check the area out: https://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=15/35.13886/-91.78330

I wanted to see which edible wild plants, fruit and nut trees were near me, so I built

a map for it. It is called Plukplek, it is free, has no ads, and you do not need an

account to browse.

OpenStreetMap is one of the main data sources. I query trees and shrubs tagged with

genus, species and produce, map them to Dutch names, and show them on the map. It is

combined with Falling Fruit and open data from a few Dutch municipalities, plus

contributions from users. Tiles are OpenFreeMap, rendering with MapLibre. OSM data is

used under the ODbL and contributors are credited on the site.

A couple of things this community might find interesting:

- Many trees are only tagged genus=Prunus, which is ambiguous: sweet cherry and sloe,

but also ornamental flowering cherries and even toxic cherry laurel. I exclude the

ornamental and toxic species by their binomial name and only show what you can actually

forage.

- I leave out landuse=orchard, since those are usually private and would swamp the map.

If you spot wrong or missing data I would love to hear it. And if it nudges anyone to

tag edible trees a bit better in OSM, even better.

https://plukplek.nl

Curious what you think.

This path is exactly parallel to the road with a small grass margin. It's asphalt surface and wider than most concrete sidewalks. Someone could ride a bike on it but almost never happens.

The width/surface pattern is consistent around the entire roundabout, which doesn't seem right for a foot & cycle way idk.

The last picture the path becomes concrete directly adjacent to the road with a kerb (certainly a sidewalk I think).

I'm inclined to make it all a sidewalk since it is exactly parallel to road and should be documented based on use not the asphalt surface or wider width. What do you think? What's your logic between the different paths? Thanks! :)