[HN Gopher] OpenStreetMap Calendar
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OpenStreetMap Calendar
Author : faebi
Score : 45 points
Date : 2025-02-09 19:32 UTC (3 hours ago)
(HTM) web link (osmcal.org)
(TXT) w3m dump (osmcal.org)
| bradly wrote:
| During my time on Apple Maps we were encouraged to attend OSM's
| Mappy Hours. It was a great experience to see just how much
| manual effort still goes into creating maps.
| thomersch_ wrote:
| Ha, not sure why it got submitted here now, but since I wrote the
| software, I'll provide some background:
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| A couple of years ago we had a hand-fiddled table in our
| OpenStreetMap wiki with events, but discovery was poor and nobody
| really wanted to write wiki table syntax _shudder_ to add events.
| So people either didn't do it or only advertised their events in
| their group chats or Facebook groups.
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| Thus I started writing some code, and now people can add an event
| by just logging in with their OpenStreetMap account and filling
| out a small form. We still display our events in a Wiki by using
| the API and a small Mediawiki plugin to maintain human
| compatibility for people who are used to getting events from the
| wiki. There are also RSS feeds, iCalendar subscriptions and event
| file downloads, so that everybody can subscribe to events in
| their preferred form.
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| It's a small project that I've been running for a couple years
| and it's really rewarding to see people using it every day.
| mdtrooper wrote:
| Fifteen years ago, in Spain, there was a calendar with events
| about free software, it named Libro Blanco. It was great.
| cft wrote:
| Does OsmAND show these events in my area when I open the map? I
| would greatly increase participation.
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