OpenStreetMap State of the Map 2026

(2026.stateofthemap.org)

47 points | by lode 1 hour ago

4 comments

  • numpad0 0 minutes ago
    [delayed]
  • netsharc 56 minutes ago
    Happening at "Cité Descartes". I see what you did there.
  • hk__2 23 minutes ago
    Of course I learn about it exactly when I’m out of Paris for just a couple of days.
  • Jimpulse 59 minutes ago
    Does OpenStreetMap comply with US executive order naming?
    • mikeocool 45 minutes ago
      The President of the United Stated doesn’t actually have the authority to tell anyone besides the executive branch what to name geographic places. So the order only forces official US government maps created by USGS and the like to be updated. Other maps can choose to update if they want to.

      Open Street Map tends to reserve the “name” tag for what things are commonly called by the local community. It appears that for the Lake Ontario and The Gulf of Mexico they’ve added an “official_name:US” tag to capture the names in the executive orders.

      • gmiller123456 9 minutes ago
        Even though he can't tell others to follow them, they often choose to do so anyway. E.g. Google Maps displays the Gulf of America.
    • kylecazar 8 minutes ago
      It's up to the renderer what to display. OSM data tags according to global consensus, so they use Gulf of Mexico for the 'name' field. There is an attribute for 'official_name:en-US' that returns Gulf of America. They do the same with other disputed names/places.

      https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:official_name:en-US

      "Few if any renderers consume official_name=* or any of its subkeys; in practice, the purpose of this key is for geocoders to find the feature when a user searches for the official name."

    • plasticsoprano 53 minutes ago
      Well, when you visit it https://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=7/23.765/-87.100 there's no naming of that area at all. At least when looked at from a US IP. And when you search "Gulf of America" it returns "Gulf of Mexico". So take from that what you will.
      • wongarsu 21 minutes ago
        Also https://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=8/43.622/-78.852 shows "Lake Ontario". But it does carry the tag "official_name:en-US": "Lake America", so search will find Lake America and a mapping app could decide to show the official name

        Though generally official names are the names nobody uses. For example the country labeled "France" also has the attribute "official_name:en": "French Republic"

    • hansvm 51 minutes ago
      Fiat never works for linguistic shifts. That order is about as likely to work as telling a kid to stop saying "six seven."
      • alex1138 46 minutes ago
        I'm in favor of legislation to stop the '67' craze
        • dspillett 28 minutes ago
          Just tell them they've lost the game.

          If they ask what the rules of the game are, they've just lost again.

          They didn't invent being deliberately obtuse.

    • zikduruqe 44 minutes ago
      It's community driven, so I highly doubt the public will change it.

      Now, I'd love for each geographical region to take their very worst area, and rename it after a certain politician for the lulz.

    • scrollop 35 minutes ago
      Hopefully not. Whatever changes Mr Trump demands will likely be temporary, regardless.