Hallo, wir möchten die deutsche OSM-Community herzlich einladen, Freemap Slovakia auf Mastodon zu folgen: https://en.osm.town/@FreemapSlovakia
Ihr seid jederzeit willkommen - wir freuen uns darauf, unsere Neuigkeiten und Entwicklungen rund um OpenStreetMap mit euch zu teilen. Vielen Dank und bis bald. --------- Hello, we would like to warmly invite the German OSM community to follow Freemap Slovakia on Mastodon: https://en.osm.town/@FreemapSlovakia You are very welcome - we look forward to sharing our updates and developments around OpenStreetMap with you. Thank you and see you there. On Thu, Jan 8, 2026 at 9:36 AM Martin Ždila <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello, > > I’d like to briefly introduce Freemap, an OpenStreetMap-based project > developed and operated by Freemap Slovakia, the Slovak local chapter of the > OpenStreetMap Foundation. > > The project started more than a decade ago as a community effort to > provide a high-quality outdoor map for hiking and cycling in Slovakia, > built entirely on OSM data. Over time, it evolved into a full-featured web > mapping application and today covers most of Europe with a consistent > outdoor-focused cartographic style. > > What may be interesting for the OSM community: > > - > > Outdoor-oriented map rendering (hiking, cycling, ski touring, etc.) > - > > Strong emphasis on terrain: hillshading and contours, recently > improved using newer global elevation datasets where higher-resolution > local data is not available > - > > High zoom detail (up to z20) with careful cartographic generalization > - > > Minutely map updates, reflecting OSM changes very quickly > - > > Multi-language user interface > - > > OSM login support > > Web tools useful for both users and mappers: > > - > > GPX track viewing and export > - > > Route planning > - > > Measurement and drawing tools > - > > User-saved maps (drawings, notes, custom content) > - > > Support for custom user map layers (TMS, WMS, and similar services) > - > > Live tracking > - > > Map exports (PDF, SVG, PNG, GeoJSON) > - > > Community photo gallery built from user-contributed photographs linked > to map features > > All components of the project are fully open source: > > - > > the web application > - > > server backend > - > > outdoor map renderer and cartographic styles > - > > and various supporting tools > > Source code is publicly available at: > https://github.com/FreemapSlovakia > > The project is actively developed and continuously improved. Contributions > and volunteering are very welcome, whether in development, map styling, > testing, documentation, or community feedback. > > The application is available at: > https://www.freemap.eu > > Overview for AI / tools: > https://www.freemap.sk/LLMs.txt > <https://www.freemap.sk/LLMs.txt?utm_source=chatgpt.com> > > Feedback from other local OSM communities is very welcome, especially > regarding data quality, rendering, or features relevant to outdoor mapping > in your region. > > Best regards, > Martin > Freemap Slovakia / OpenStreetMap Slovakia > -- Ing. Martin Ždila <http://www.openstreetmap.org/user/*Martin*> OZ Freemap Slovakia tel:+421-908-363-848 mailto:[email protected] http://www.freemap.sk/ _______________________________________________ Talk-de mailing list [email protected] https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-de
