Communication Working Group/Overview 2020 Jan to Aug

CWG activities, 2020 January to August

Promotional material ~ 3414 stickers distributed

Promotional material programme

• 950 stickers brought to FOSSGIS 2020 Conference, Germany (run by a Local Chapter)
• Posted envelopes of stickers to people in: Portugal, USA (× 2), Poland, India, GermanyFebruary
• 600 stickers sent to Latvia for SOTM Baltics 2020
• 600 stickers sent to Rennes
• 600 stickers sent to Czech Rep.
• Posted envelopes of stickers to people in: USA (× 2), Spain, Italy, Latvia
• 45 stickers distributed at the Karlsruhe Hack Weekend February 2020January
• 600 stickers sent to the Philippines
• Posted 6 to someone in USA
• Posted 10 to someone in India

9 Featured images of the week showcased on the OSM wiki

Please see: Featured images of the week

• Jan - Mar 2020
• Apr - Jun 2020

~ 21 Blogposts published

on blog.openstreetmap.org
of which 4 written by CWG (the rest proofread/enriched).

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~ 28 Tweets/toots

Tweets are auto-published on Mastodon (Register at en.osm.town).

OSMcards?

Ilya is a CWG member, don't know if he considers the osmcards as something he did being a CWG member. For more information about osmcards, watch his State of the Map 2020 talk: Send me a postcard!

16 Images created/edited for blogposts/twitter

For attribution of specific components of the images, please see the blogposts.

• https://blog.openstreetmap.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/OSM_SWOT_notebook_202001.jpg
• https://blog.openstreetmap.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Microgrants_committee_call3-1.jpg
• https://blog.openstreetmap.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/weeklyOSM500-1024x683.jpg
• https://blog.openstreetmap.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/osm_women4-1024x622.jpg
• https://blog.openstreetmap.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Composite_of_layers_on_osm.org_-1024x430.jpg
• https://blog.openstreetmap.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/SotM2020_online_laptop-1024x683.jpeg
• https://blog.openstreetmap.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/SotM_2020_posters_banner-NL.jpg Translated text
• https://blog.openstreetmap.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/SotM_2020_posters_banner-GL-1.jpg Translated text
• https://blog.openstreetmap.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/SotM2020_call_for_posters_PT-BR-1.jpg Translated text
• https://blog.openstreetmap.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/SotM_2020_posters_banner-ES-1.jpg Translated text
• https://blog.openstreetmap.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/SotM_2020_posters_banner-PL.jpg Translated text
• https://blog.openstreetmap.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/GraphHopper_routing-1024x517.jpg
• https://blog.openstreetmap.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/OSMstats_2020-05-15-2-624x216.jpeg
• https://blog.openstreetmap.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/OSM_Changesets-_filtered_by_mapimpacto-624x312.jpeg
• https://blog.openstreetmap.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/SotM2020blogpost2-1024x612.jpeg
• https://twitter.com/openstreetmap/status/1218636864283955200/photo/1

Communication with journalist

Resulting in OSM mentioned in this article: Paths of desire: lockdown has lent a new twist to the trails we leave behind.

Translation related

Galician -not provided as a language by Wordpress- was added to the blog languages

5 blog posts already translated

69 translations provided in total for 17 blog posts

• Share your thoughts on OSM’s strengths, weaknesses, and opportunities and threats that OSM faces. EN, 4 translations:
  • FR Partagez vos réflexions sur les forces, les faiblesses, les opportunités et les menaces d’OSM auxquelles l’OSM est confronté.
  • HR Podijelite svoje misli o snazi, slabostima, mogućnostima i prijetnjama s kojima je OSM suočen
  • NL Deel uw mening over de sterke en zwakke punten van OSM en de kansen en bedreigingen waarmee OSM wordt geconfronteerd!
  • PT-BR Compartilhe seus pensamentos sobre os pontos fortes, fracos e oportunidades e ameaças do OSM que o OSM enfrenta
• Applications for State of the Map 2020 scholarships are now open! EN, 1 translation
  • NL Aanvraag voor “State of the Map 2020” -beurzen zijn vanaf nu mogelijk!
• Congratulations to weeklyOSM for publishing its 500th newsletter! EN, 3 translations
  • DE Glückwunsch an WeeklyOSM zur 500. Ausgabe!
  • ES ¡Felicitaciones a semanarioOSM por publicar su boletín 500!
  • PL Gratulacje dla weeklyOSM za opublikowanie 500 newslettera!
• OpenStreetMap and International Women’s Day EN, 1 translation
  • ES OpenStreetMap y el Día Internacional de la Mujer
• Call for more featured tile layers on openstreetmap.org EN, 3 translations
  • ES Llamado a más capas de teselas destacadas en openstreetmap.org
  • FR Appel à plus de couches de tuiles sur openstreetmap.org
  • PL Poszukujemy bardziej wyspecjalizowanych warstw do umieszczenia na openstreetmap.org
• SotM 2020 will be a virtual conference EN, 6 translations
  • DE SotM 2020 dieses Jahr virtuell
  • ES SotM 2020 será una conferencia virtual
  • FR Le SotM 2020 va être virtuel
  • JA SotM 2020はオンライン開催となります
  • NL SoTM (Staat van de kaart) 2020, wordt een virtuele conferentie
  • PL Konferencja SotM 2020 odbędzie się w formie wirtualnej
• Request for feedback on proposal for OSMF membership based on sizeable contribution to the project EN, 2 translations
  • ES Solicitud de retroalimentación sobre la propuesta para la membresía FOSM basada en una contribución significativa al proyecto
  • PL Prośba o opinię na temat propozycji przyznawania członkostwa w OSMF na podstawie pokaźnego wkładu w projekt
• Thanks to our new tile cache and domain name sponsors EN, 2 translations
  • ES Gracias a nuestros nuevos patrocinadores de caché de teselas y nombre de dominio
  • PL Podziękowania dla nowych sponsorów domen i serwerów cache
• Announcing the OSM Foundation’s Call for Microgrant Applications EN, 7 translations
  • AL Shpallja e Thirrjes së Fondacionit OSM për Aplikime rreth Granteve të Vogla
  • ES Anuncio de Llamado de la Fundación OSM a Postulaciones de Microdonaciones
  • FR Annonce de l’appel à candidatures de micro-subventions de la Fondation OSM
  • IT Comunicazione di apertura delle applicazioni per microgrant della OSM Foundation
  • NL Aankondiging van de oproep voor mogelijke betoelaging – subsidiëring voor de uitwerking van projecten van de OSM Stichting.
  • PL Ogłaszamy otwarcie okresu składania wniosków o Mikrogranty Fundacji OSM
  • PT-BR Anúncio da Convocação da Fundação OSM para Pedido de Microcrédito
• State of the Map 2020 – Call for Posters EN, 6 translations
  • ES State of the Map 2020 – Convocatoria de Pósters
  • FR État de la carte 2020 – Appel à affiches – pancarte
  • GL State of the Map 2020 – Convocatoria para o envío de pósteres
  • NL Stand van zaken van de kaart 2020 – Oproep voor het ontwerpen van affiche of poster.
  • PL State of the Map 2020 – Zaproszenie do przesyłania plakatów
  • PT-BR State of the Map 2020 – Convocação para envio de pôsteres
• OSMF and GraphHopper joint press release: GraphHopper Routing Engine 1.0 Released EN, 6 translations
  • ES Comunicado de prensa conjunto OSMF y GraphHopper: publicado GraphHopper Routing Engine 1.0
  • FR Communiqué de presse conjoint OSMF et GraphHopper: publication de GraphHopper Moteur de routage 1.0
  • GL Comunicado de prensa conxunto de OSMF e GraphHopper: lanzamento de GraphHopper Routing Engine 1.0
  • NL Gemeenschappelijk persbericht van OSMF en GraphHopper: GraphHopper Routingmotor 1.0 vrijgegeven
  • PL Wspólny komunikat prasowy OSMF i GraphHopper: GraphHopper Routing Engine 1.0 już dostępny
  • PT-BR Comunicado de imprensa conjunto OSMF e GraphHopper: Lançamento da GraphHopper Routing Engine 1.0
• Toward resolution of controversies related to iD EN, 5 translations
  • ES Hacia la resolución de controversias relacionadas con iD
  • FR A la recherche de solutions concernant les discussions et désaccords dans ID
  • GL Cara á resolución das controversias relacionadas con iD
  • NL De weg naar het oplossen van controverses in verband met ID ( identificatie, labelling)
  • PL W dążeniu do rozwiązania kontrowersji związanych z iD
• SotM 2020 is here, more ways to get involved! EN, 4 translations
  • ES SotM 2020 está aquí, más maneras de involucrarte!
  • FR SotM 2020 est là, plus de façons de s’impliquer!
  • JA SotM 2020が始まります, 参加方法が増えました
  • PL State of the Map 2020 już wkrótce, więcej okazji do pomocy!
• New licence for the “standard style” tiles from openstreetmap.org EN, 8 translations
  • FR Nouvelle licence pour les tuiles «style standard» de openstreetmap.org
  • GL Unha nova licenza para as teselas do estilo estándar de openstreetmap.org
  • IT Una nuova licenza per lo stile standard delle tile di OpenStreetMap.org
  • JA openstreetmap.orgにおける”標準スタイル”タイルの新ライセンス
  • NL Nieuwe licentie voor de “standaard stijl” tegels van openstreetmap.org
  • PL Nowa licencja na kafelki warstwy „Podstawowa” na openstreetmap.org
  • PT-BR Nova licença para os mosaicos de “estilo padrão” do openstreetmap.org
  • UK Нова ліцензія на тайли “Стандартного стилю” з openstreetmap.org
• A new record for daily mappers and new users! EN, 3 translations
  • IT Un nuovo record per mappatori giornalieri e nuovi utenti!
  • PL Nowy dzienny rekord maperów oraz nowych użytkowników!
  • UK Новий рекорд за кількістю нових та активних маперів!
• OSMF Microgrants Program: Congratulations to Selected Projects EN, 1 translation
  • PL Program Mikrograntów Fundacji OSM: gratulacje dla wybranych projektów
• ÖPNVKarte, a new featured layer on www.openstreetmap.org EN, 7 translations
  • ES ÖPNVKarte, una nueva capa destacada en www.openstreetmap.org
  • FR ÖPNVKarte, une nouvelle couche mise en évidence sur www.openstreetmap.org
  • GL ÖPNVKarte, unha nova capa destacada en www.openstreetmap.org
  • NL ÖPNVKarte, een nieuwe kaartlaag op www.openstreetmap.org
  • PL ÖPNVKarte, nowa warstwa na www.openstreetmap.org
  • PT-BR ÖPNVKarte, uma nova camada em destaque em www.openstreetmap.org
  • UK ÖPNVKarte, новий шар на www.openstreetmap.org

3 webpages translated in multiple languages

• SWOT EN, 6 translations
  • NL https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/NL:OSM_SWOT
  • ES https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/ES:FODA_de_OSM
  • FR https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/FR:OSM_SWOT
  • JA https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/JA:OSM_SWOT
  • GL https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Gl:DAFO_de_OSM
  • PT-BR https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Pt:OSM_SWOT
• OSMF mission statement EN, 2 translations
  • NL Verantwoordelijkheidsverklaring
  • FR Énoncé de mission
• Microgrants 2020 application form EN, 4 translations
  • FR https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/FR:Microgrants/Microgrants_2020
  • GL https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Gl:Microgrants/Microgrants_2020
  • ES https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/ES:Microgrants/Microgrants_2020
  • PL https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Pl:Microgrants/Microgrants_2020

3 sticker translations

• https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/File:2020-02-attribution-fixer-sticker-IT-proposed.svg IT
• https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Sticker_design_-ES-_Me_encanta_OpenStreetMap.svg ES
• https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Sticker_design_-NL-_Ik_hou_van_OpenStreetMap.svg NL

15 Volunteers who provided translations during Jan-Aug 2020

List possibly incomplete.

• AL Redon Skikuli and Boris Budini
• DE Christine Karch and Tobias Knerr
• ES Eric Armijo
• FR Georges Kuster and Marcel Bagani
• GL Miguel Guisantes Alonso
• IT Alessandro Sarretta
• JA Nyampire
• NL Georges Kuster
• PL Mateusz Bartczak
• PT-BR Eduardo Addad de Oliveira and Estela Sakihara
• UK Andrey Golovin

News distribution

• Blogposts are tweeted, and tweets are auto-published on Mastodon
• Blogposts are also announced on language-specific channels on Telegram and recently on announce@openstreetmap.org (low volume mailing list - register here) & forum.