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Looking at an undocumented #OpenStreetMap key "dedication" : taginfo.openstreetmap.org/keys

This seems to be used exactly as I would expect: to explicitly state who (or what) a place of worship is dedicated to as in "St Paul" for St Paul's Cathedral.

Use cases: making churches with shared dedications easier to find; churches better known by other names, so dedication not obvious (King's College Chapel); obscure dedications, particularly for churches in Wales (St Tudwal, this morning) 1/2

taginfo.openstreetmap.orgdedication | Keys | OpenStreetMap Taginfo

When I make a search for a place located in Madagascar, and no exact result comes up:

#OpenStreetMap: “We’re sorry, we did not find a place named that. Here’s a list of places with similar names though, just in case.”

#GoogleMaps: “Here’s one random different place with a name that might not even be remotely similar. If it’s not what you wanted, then fuck you.”

Have you ever needed street widths on #openstreetmap but found that the width data on #osm is very much incomplete and if present, often in non standardized notation?
I ran into this problem recently and published a #python package that deals with this problem: osm guesstimator.

github.com/PizzaTreeIsland/osm

Guesstimate properties like street width in incomplete osm data - PizzaTreeIsland/osm_guesstimator
GitHubGitHub - PizzaTreeIsland/osm_guesstimator: Guesstimate properties like street width in incomplete osm dataGuesstimate properties like street width in incomplete osm data - PizzaTreeIsland/osm_guesstimator

Alright, #openstreetmap people: what's the best way of doing lightweight, coarse, local reverse geocoding using OSM data?

I just need admin area and "x km west of <place>", not street-level. Ideally I'd like translations/prominence from Wikidata. I don't need realtime updates and I don't want a full osm2pgsql database if I can help it.

Is this a thing that exists?

👉 weeklyosm.eu/archives/17824 👈
Issue 769 of #weeklyOSM is out. 🌏
涵蓋 #開放街圖 #osm 世界大小事的新一期 weeklyOSM 已經發佈 🚀
Lisez les dernières nouvelles de l'univers #openstreetmap 🗺️
Viele Neuigkeiten aus der #osm Welt 📰
新一期的OSM周刊已经发布 🌏
Se ha publicado un nuevo número del semanarioOSM 🌐
最新の週刊OSMが発行されました。⛩️
주간OSM 최신호가 나왔습니다 💬
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33 people made 579 changes yesterday to #OpenStreetMap using mapcomplete.org

LennertS added 27 points, answered 106 questions, uploaded 13 images and moved a point with the thematic maps benches, bicycle_parkings and maps
user_5589 answered 3 questions, uploaded 38 images and detected 14 plant species with plantnet.org with the thematic map trees
@joost_schouppe added 26 points, answered 11 questions and uploaded 10 images with the thematic map artwork