Scubbx

From July 6th to July 7th, 2022, the successor to AGIT, the GI_Salzburg, took place in Salzburg. We, the OSM-AT association, were there to present the OpenStreetMap project, the FOSSGIS association and OSGeo.

Travel and setup

The journey began on Tuesday, July 6, 2022. Since we have quite a bit of trade fair material and FOSSGIS e.V. had sent us banners, advertising material, and stickers with FOSSGIS and OSGeo-specific material by post, mapper geologist volunteered to drive and drove to Salzburg together with mapper ScubbX.

As always, the 5th virtual OSM Austria Stammtisch will take place on June 8, 2022 from 7:00 p.m. at https://meet.jit.si/openstreetmapvirtuellerstammtisch!

Further information can be found at: https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Austria/Stammtisch/2022-06-08

At this year’s Grazer LinuxTagen (https://www.linuxtage.at/de/, 22.04.2022 to 23.04.2022), a JOSM workshop will be held by Stefan Tiran: https://pretalx.linuxtage.at/glt22/talk/GYAHSS/

In addition to a brief overview of the OSM mapping process and information about the necessary explanations and help pages on the internet, an introduction to JOSM is given and resources approved for OSM mapping in Austria are recommended.

To make it easier to enter and update various external data in OpenStreetMap, the Austrian OpenStreetMap Association offers a number of background maps that can be displayed in the usual OSM editors and provide important information about objects to be entered.

These background maps can be accessed via the following WMS interface: https://maps.openstreetmap.at/geoserver/ows?service=wms&version=1.1.1&request=GetCapabilities

If you have any questions or problems, please contact the OSM mailing list at talk-at@openstreetmap.org or directly info@openstreetmap.at.

Integrating background maps

JOSM

• To integrate the background maps into the JOSM editor, select “Edit” -> “Settings” from the editor’s menu:

The virtual OSM Stammtische Austria now take place every three months! :-D

According to this rule, the next Stammtisch (3rd) will take place on Thursday, December 9, 2021 at 7:00 p.m.! The corresponding wiki page is: https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Austria/Stammtisch/2021-12-09 workadventu.re worked quite well as a platform: https://play.workadventu.re/@/osm-at/osm-virtueller-stammtisch-osterreich/openstreetmap-virtueller-stammtisch

The 4th virtual OSM Stammtisch Austria will also take place according to the 3-month rule on Wednesday, March 9, 2022, also starting at 7:00 p.m.! due to the FOSSGIS 2022 taking place between 09.-12.03.2022, it will not take place until (WED) 16.03.2022 from 19:00, one week later.