New OSM Tool, Boston OSM Mapping Party
Saturday, January 24th, 2009One of the things that comes up most often when working with OSM is the lag time between editing and seeing your edits on the map. Especially for new users, the fact that the map can be out of date can be confusing — did my edits work, or not?
As part of the MetaCarta Labs effort to continue to help push the envelope in creating new OSM friendly tools, we have recently created the OSM “Up-to-Date” Bookmarklet. This bookmarklet allows you to quickly and easily see changes to your map area using the Mapnik rendering engine. Simply drag the bookmarklet to your browser toolbar, and you can click at any time to see your edits in almost-real time. (Edits are typically delayed by 5-10 minutes, as a result of the time delay for OpenStreetMap diffs.)
If you’re in the Boston area like us here at MetaCarta Labs, and interested in learning more about OSM and helping put your house on the map, you can attend the upcoming OpenStreetMap mapping party in Somerville, MA on Feb 14th and 15th. If you’ve ever had an interest in OSM, mapping parties are a great place to get started, no matter your experience level with OpenStreetMap prior to the event.
Heck, I might even dust off my GPS and join the fun.