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Apparently nobody has ever used the tag "map_source=OpenStreetMap" in Spain.
Until today.
Walking a route I have followed many times, I was pleasantly surprised to come across a new hiking route information panel, and even more surprised to see the background map credited to OpenStreetMap (and MapBox). I don't recall ever seeing OSM used as the source for this kind of public map in Málaga - usuall

48 views Apparently nobody has ever used the tag "map_source=OpenStreetMap" in Spain. Until today. Walking a route I have followed many times, I was pleasantly surprised to come across a new hiking route information panel, and even more surprised to see the background map credited to OpenStreetMap (and MapBox). I don't recall ever seeing OSM used as the source for this kind of public map in Málaga - usuall

I know I'm far from the only OSM contributor to succumb to the lure of "fixing" things in Wikimedia Commons and related projects. I was pushed over the edge by the lack of photos of the Málaga Metro.
Going out and taking photos to fill the gaps turned out to be the easy bit, compared to sorting out categories and wikidata links/labels. But I got there in the end, and now every station has at least

43 views I know I'm far from the only OSM contributor to succumb to the lure of "fixing" things in Wikimedia Commons and related projects. I was pushed over the edge by the lack of photos of the Málaga Metro. Going out and taking photos to fill the gaps turned out to be the easy bit, compared to sorting out categories and wikidata links/labels. But I got there in the end, and now every station has at least

It's been too hot recently for energetic OSM projects, so I've focused on the small scale: using @everydoor to survey shops and services in the triangle formed by Alameda Capuchinos and Alameda Barceló.
There was plenty to be done on this 1.3 kilometres of street length: roughly 50 additions, 30 changes, and only 10 POIs confirmed unchanged.
As a bonus I got to enjoy the deep shade of Plaza Capu

26 views It's been too hot recently for energetic OSM projects, so I've focused on the small scale: using @everydoor to survey shops and services in the triangle formed by Alameda Capuchinos and Alameda Barceló. There was plenty to be done on this 1.3 kilometres of street length: roughly 50 additions, 30 changes, and only 10 POIs confirmed unchanged. As a bonus I got to enjoy the deep shade of Plaza Capu

The joys of literal translations in exonym tags in #OpenStreetMap. I'm not a native Spanish speaker, but I am doubtful that there is any context in which it makes sense to label Unter den Linden as "Bulevar Bajo los Tilos". But it's been tagged that way as far back as I have been able to find.
(Screenshot is CoMaps with map language set to Spanish - this is not a criticism of CoMaps which is simpl

5 views The joys of literal translations in exonym tags in #OpenStreetMap. I'm not a native Spanish speaker, but I am doubtful that there is any context in which it makes sense to label Unter den Linden as "Bulevar Bajo los Tilos". But it's been tagged that way as far back as I have been able to find. (Screenshot is CoMaps with map language set to Spanish - this is not a criticism of CoMaps which is simpl

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🔥 Top post Apparently nobody has ever used the tag "map_source=OpenStreetMap" in Spain. Until today. Walking a route I have followed many times, I was pleasantly surprised to come across a new hiking route information panel, and even more surprised to see the background map credited to Ope… ★ 48

@everydoor @osmmalaga As with neighbouring barrios where I have previously mapped POIs, what makes this interesting is that most of these are small businesses. Of more than 80 POIs on the streets I am talking about here, I only identified … ★ 4

▶ It's been too hot recently for energetic OSM projects, so I've focused on the small scale: using @everydoor to survey shops and services in the triangle formed by Alameda Capuchinos and Alameda Barceló. There was plenty to be done on thi… ★ 26 Looks like Iberian Gauge will be with us forever. Spain is going to tell the EU that changing the gauge of the conventional rail network (or even part of it) would be too expensive and too disruptive. https://elpais.com/economia/2026-07-16… ★ 2

I know I'm far from the only OSM contributor to succumb to the lure of "fixing" things in Wikimedia Commons and related projects. I was pushed over the edge by the lack of photos of the Málaga Metro. Going out and taking photos to fill the… ★ 43 RE: https://mas.to/@trenvista/116833912036428467 Renfe's most obscure current train category (probably), Proximidad, is considered successful enough for the five routes to continue. But apparently not enough of a success for it to be exten… ★ 3

It seems that in July and August the city of Malaga will have no Media Distancia train services, with replacement bus services running to El Chorro, Bobadilla, and Antequera Santa Ana. Renfe attributes this vaguely to "the state of the inf… ★ 1 I especially like the way the translator "improved" on the original by adding a street type (Bulevar), presumably feeling that the failure of locals to include this detail is unacceptably sloppy and can't be allowed to infect translations.

The joys of literal translations in exonym tags in #OpenStreetMap. I'm not a native Spanish speaker, but I am doubtful that there is any context in which it makes sense to label Unter den Linden as "Bulevar Bajo los Tilos". But it's been t… ★ 5 RE: https://mas.to/@trenvista/116732539719248409 Renfe getting involved in night trains. Not, of course, in Spain. ★ 9 This analysis by El País of property prices in Spain caught my eye thanks to the reference to #OpenStreetMap in the methodology section at the very end. The analysis is based on cells with 500m sides, which naturally don't have real names.… ★ 13 According to press reports today, there won't be any services on the Málaga to Antequera high speed line until late April at the earliest, and even then with speed restrictions. Separately, the Antequera to Algeciras line is also closed at… ★ 1

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From Dublin, Ireland Living in Málaga, Spain I joined the Fediverse originally because I was curious about the #openstreetmap instance, then found lots of interesting things about my other interests such as #photography, #hiking, and travelling by #train. All these interests are also reflected in my photos on Flickr and Pixelfed. I had a personal website/blog way back in the 00s, and will definitely certainly 100% get around to reviving it some day soon. Soonish.

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