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Oct 3, 2021 · Another overview of frequently used wiki syntax (wiki markup) can be found in the text examples on meta.wikimedia.org English; For a more comprehensive list of wiki markup see Help:Wiki_markup on Wikipedia English, German (Deutsch) For a complete list of wiki help topics including wiki edits see Help:Contents on MediaWiki and its followup pages.
Mar 27, 2022 · OpenStreetMap Wiki. Welcome to OpenStreetMap, the project that creates and distributes free geographic data for the world. We started it because most maps you think of as free actually have legal or technical restrictions on their use, holding back people from using them in creative, productive, or unexpected ways.
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The Wiki aims to describe various common practices and community conventions, in particular the various mapping tags and the meanings of different values. Typically, the contents of the OSM Wiki are correct, but this is not guaranteed. In case of doubt, it is worth investigating the situation, e.g. reading the talk pages and linked discussions if y...
If you have ideas for the wiki, you can generally just do them, by editing the wiki! If you need any assistance ask on Talk:Wiki. Other editors can provide help with general guidance, tables, templates, categories, and so on... Larger restructuring projects should also be discussed at Talk:Wiki. See also ongoing maintenance, in relation to Wiki mai...
The wiki uses normal tools of the MediaWiki system, of course. The main ones are: 1. Wiki guidelines 2. Wiki organisation and labels 3. Tagging guidelines 4. Categories 5. Templates
The wiki is powered by MediaWiki (http://mediawiki.org). See the "Special:Version" page for an up-to-date view of which version we are running, and what extensions are installed. For details of the server it is running on see https://hardware.openstreetmap.org/servers/konqi.openstreetmap.org/ (maintained by System administrators). If you have ideas...
Daily full history exports of this wiki are available here: 1. https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/dump/ (5.2 GB as of 16 May 2023[update]) This is configured to run dumpBackup.php with --full(All revisions) each morning. If you want a much older snapshot for some reason: 1. dump file from March 2013(75 Mb)
OpenStreetMap represents physical features on the ground (e.g., roads or buildings) using tags attached to its basic data structures (its nodes, ways, and relations ). Each tag describes a geographic attribute of the feature being shown by that specific node, way or relation.
May 11, 2024 · Uppercase characters. Names are adapted to the local capitalisation rules; title case is generally preferred, but regional rules have preference over general rules. Note that multiple capitalisation styles could be right, so be careful and don't over correct.
OpenStreetMap ( OSM) is a free, open geographic database updated and maintained by a community of volunteers via open collaboration. Contributors collect data from surveys, trace from aerial imagery and also import from other freely licensed geodata sources.
Editing the Wiki Introduction. OpenStreetMap is based around a community of mappers working together. Because of this it is necessary to have a way to communicate with each other– whether it be to organize social mapping events, to discuss different projects related to OSM and/or to create standards for mapping processes.
