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Mapbox (mapbox.com) offers commercial mapping services. Many of them use OpenStreetMap data and involve large open-source efforts. Mapbox is a main contributor to the Mapnik renderer project, it helped create the new web editor iD and it created Tilemill, the software used to design the OpenStreetMap map style. Mapbox employs a data team actively improving the map.

Tools and products

OSM Tools

  • OSM QA Tiles Daily OpenStreetMap planet dump as vector tiles. Available as a country and historical extracts
  • OSM Comments Find un-replied changeset comments and notes of a user
  • OSMCha A custom instance of OSM Changeset Analyzer to find and query changesets by certain properties
  • OSM Diary A live feed of the latest diary posts from the data team at Mapbox
  • OSM navigation map A map to explore Mapillary images to add navigation data to OSM like turn restrictions and oneways. Deprecated.

OSM Changesets

  • OSM changeset map Visualize a changeset on an interactive GL map like achavi
  • Machine learning to detect bad changesets using gabbar
  • Full geometry details for all involved objects in a changeset (Note as at August 2018 this service appears to have stopped updating)
    • New changesets are pushed to https://s3.amazonaws.com/mapbox/real-changesets/production/<changeset-id>.json

OSM-Wikidata Tools

Geospatial Tools

  • turfjs Modular geospatial analytical engine using JavaScript
  • minjur Convert .osm data to .geojson
  • tippecanoe Convert .geojson data to .mbtiles vector tiles
  • tile-reduce Run analysis on vector tiles at scale using JavaScript
  • osmlint Validate OSM data using tile-reduce
  • osm-compare Compare two versions of an OSM feature

Other Resources

Mapping Guides

Maps

They also provide various tilesets that can be used by customers:

  • Mapbox Streets - a general-purpose tileset
  • Mapbox Outdoors - an outdoor focused tileset with trails and high-resolution terrain data
  • OSM Bright - a starter style for creating your own OpenStreetMap design
  • Terrain-RGB Tiles - Raster tiles encoded with height data in RGB channels

External Links

Mapbox Data Team

The Mapbox Data Team continuously improves OpenStreetMap by fixing errors and adding data using open data sources. All active mapping tasks are ticketed and documented in our mapping repository.

Current mapping projects

Current Data Team members

Here are the OpenStreetMap user accounts on the Mapbox data team. For any questions, please get in touch with the team member listed or Maning Sambale or Arun Ganesh. These are only the usernames of people systematically updating OpenStreetMap as part of their job at Mapbox. There are many other Mapbox team members mapping on OpenStreetMap as a hobby - they are not listed here. The list of data team OSM user accounts was also maintained as an npm module until 2017.

Name OSM Username
Maning Sambale manings
Volha Koval Olla_Ko
Tatsiana Koval Takogin
Uladzislau Kanapliou Vladislav Konoplev
Andrei Sapsaliou abrek_obama
Ivan Sasunkevich YaStratospheric
Anton Volkau dirtyidol
Marharyta Tachyla rittoch
Aliaksandra Budylina Alex-a
Hanna Kulikova annakulikowa
Alesia Lahunouskaya alice-hawthorne
Pilip Sushkevich Velox
Artsiom Putsiata pzzvz
Ina Sumskaya InnaSumskaya
Kseniya Nekrasava Kseniya_Nekrasava
Anton Markau Anton Markau
Dzianis Sheka dzianis_sheka
Mikita Parakhovnik NikitaSalt
Dzmitry Bladyka zkzwk
Yauheniya Karnaukhava jmty8
Yuliya Razukevichus mirikaaa
Yuliya Alkhimionak Yulya Alkhimionak
Ilya Azarov di5order
Ihar Kryvanos Ihar Kryvanos
Kseniya Parakhovnik KseniyaParakhovnik
Volha Lialiuika Lialiuika
Artsiom Savitski OSEHb
Yauheni Bulyha Evjentiy
Katsiaryna Stsiapurka EkaterinaStepurko
Veslava Melnichuk Veslava
Victoria Nosovich Vika_Nosovich
Pavel Klimovich pasha_klm
Aleh Kukharchyk OlegKukharchik
Vitali Klimko VitKlim
Artsiom Suravitski ArtеmSurovitsky
Maryia Loika marialoyko
Pavel Chyzhonak Pavel Chyzhonak
Raman Aleinik Roman Oleynik
Alina Mialeshka wwunjo
Andrei Varonin Drewarner
Viyaleta Neuzorava vinevzorova
Yauheni Abmiotka Edman92
Yauheni Tabolich laflovver
Natallia Zhouner Natasha_Zhovner
Mayia Kastsenka Maya Smile
Maksim Kolasau kolasau
Nastya Kalesnikava NastassiaKalesnikava
Yauheni Barashko ZhenyaBarashko
Sofiya Pauliukavets _dsm
Ilya Ivanov illia ivanou
Dzmitry Kalita Dmithry
Dziyana Dziamchuk DianaDemchuk
Artsiom Lohinau someart13
Liliya Kviatkova KVI0n
Nadzeya Ryndzina Rindinadya
Iryna Alkhimionak IreneAlkh
Kiryl Yudayeu kirsing
Kseniya Samstyka Ksushas
Nadzeya Bunevich Nadia Bunevich
Hleb Smaliakou Boogaloo Gee
Dzmitry Kerko Dzmitry K
Marharita Spireva Sparrow93
Valeria Yukovich Valeria Yukovich
Nadya Filimonava Nadzeya_
Aleksey Gorelikov Aleksey Gorelikov
Kostya Zaitsau KostyaZAyAc
Anton Valodzin Anton Valodzin
Raman Kazadoi RamanKazadoi
Mariya Kuklis MaryiaKuklis1111
Volha Papko Olya Popko
Siarzhuk Savianok siarhei_savianok
Yahor Dabatoukin egordobatovkin
Artsem Siman ArtsemSiman
Aliaksei Varanovich AliakseiVaranovich
Anastasiya Sharamet NastyaSheremet
Dzmitry Nikulin Dzmitry Nikulin
Anton Klebanovich Anton_Klebanovich
Anastasiya Shafarenka Shaforenko_Anastasiya
Katsiaryna Butskevich Ekaterina Butskevich
Yana Laurik Yana Lauryk
Karyna Lis KarinaLis
Marina Makarava Maryna Makarava
Valiantsina Mikachova mikachova
Hanna Linkevich hannalink
Aliaksandr Kholad aliaksandr555612
Maksim Sazanovich Maksim Sazanovich
Anton Shein Antony Shein
Aliaksandr Svirydau AliaksandrSvirydau
Volha Kryvanos volha_kryvanos
Uladzislau Yakuta uladzislau_yakuta
Maksim Hradaboyeu Maksim Hradaboyeu
Dzmitry Malakhau Dzmitry Malakhau
Vitali Lagoida MaqIMap
Anton Kasheuski Anton Kasheuski
Ina Kastsiuk InaK2716
Uladzislau Yakauleu vladislav471yakovlev
Hleb Tkach Gleb647
Dzianis Shpironak dz_shpironak
Iveta Vasilkova Iveta_vas
Katsiaryna Bazhankova Katsiaryna Bazhankova
Lyosha Boldyrau aliaksei_boldyrau
Nikita Kundelev Nikita Kundelev
Oleg Aliakseyenka Aleh Aliakseyenka
Valeryia Yakauchyk Valeryia_Yak
Vlad Tarasevich Tar_V
Yulia Gorodetskaya yulia_gorodetskaya
Аleksei Ramankevich ALRam
Andrey Kozyrev AskingAndrea
Olga Kavalevskaya Olga_Kovalevskaya
Victoria Supranovich Viika
Viacheslau Duksht dksht
Danila Hutouski Hutouski
Ilya Zaprudski IlyaZaprudski
Alesia Bandarenka LBond93
Catherine Sarokina Catherine Sarokina
Anastasiya Varabyeva nice2meetu
Andrei Talstapiatau Andy_Tol
Natallia Hancharyk Наташа Гончарик
Volha Zelenko zelenol
Kristina Mirsalimova Salimtina
Anastasia Gorelikova cr24-86
Yauheni Starychonak PoetNeverSleep1994
Dzianis Sheronau Densher13
Maria Levonyuk Marildv
Alexey Ostroukh Aliaksei Astraukh
Hleb Shkurko Gleb Shkurko
Zhanna Baravenskaya ZhannaB
Nastassia Pahodzina Nastassia90
Ilya Miller Ilya Millerr
Tatsiana Krauchanka tatsiana-krauchanka
Mikita Furs Mikitaqz
Aliaksandr Beliayeu Swax000
Viktoryia Surmach Viktoryia11
Yury Valau Jurygr
Dzyiana Hutkouskaya Diana31
Viktoryia Hlushakova Viktoriaglu998
Mikhail Boiarkin Misha Boiarkin
Uladzislau Autushka VLaaDzislau
Artsiom Baikach Artsiom29
Ihar Butsia Ihar Butsia
Vadzim Dubavets Vady_Dubovets
Vera Dudarava Vera_D
Alina Grishanovitch Alina_Grishanovitch
Kiryl Slabko M1zy
Arseniy Abramenka Arscen
Marta Kirylava MartaKir
Artsiom Mamchyts Mamchyts
Dzmitry Melnik Dzmitry Melnik
Andrei Patsiyuk andrei_ptk
Uladzislau Sheliamekh Vladislav_Shelemekh
Andrei Talpinski AndreiTalpinski
Anastasiya Tsikhanava Anastasiya_tsikhanava
Ilya Vaniukevich Cape8
Siarhei Vidzibor Siarhei Vidzibor
Yauheni Yanushkevich yauheni yanushkevich
Yaraslau Yatskouski Yaraslau Yatskouski
Viktoryia Kakhniuk vikakohnyuk
Tamara Vyshynskaya tamara_v
Yuliya Kaliadziuk yuliya_kaliadziuk
Dzmitry Kozel dzmitry_kozel
Dzmitry Mikhasko Dzmitry Mikhasko
Dzmitry Ramanovich Romanovich Dzmitry
Dzmitry Kozel dzmitry_kozel
Dzianis Dzemidovich Dzianis_Dzemidovich
Sonya Trakala Sonya_Trakala
Dayana Nikifarava NDI96
Ihar Tsiuryn Aslambeck
Nikita Vyun Nikita Vyun
Kiryl Bochan Kiryl Bochan
Pavel Aliakseyenka Pavel Aliakseyenka
Aliaksandr Talkachou AlexandrTolkachov
Teressa Branouskaya Tessabrs
Aliaksandr Petukhou Aliaksandr Petukhou
Evgeny Nakhai Evgeny Nakhai
Nikita Aldokhin Nikita Aldokhin
Yuliya Pashkouskaya Yuliya_Pashkouskaya
Sergey Mahon SergeyM52
Maria Lukhverchyk Mary Lukhverchyk
Victoria Timofeeva Victoria Timofeeva
Victoria Tarankova Victoria Tarankova

Team members active in OpenStreetMap

These are the user accounts of team members who are not a part of the data teams but are active in OpenStreetMap and projects related to the same.

Name OSM Username
Tom Lee Tom Lee
Alex Barth lxbarth
Arun Ganesh PlaneMad
Lukas Martinelli lukasmartinelli
AJ Ashton ajashton
Daniel Patterson mapboxdan
Shiv Ramachandran shvrm
Pratik Yadav pratikyadav
Oindrila Gupta oini
Bharata Srinivasa BharataHS
Marena Brikhurst marenab

Previous Team Members

Here is the list of previous data team members who currently are not a part of Mapbox.

Data Team Guidelines

In addition to the rules that apply to everyone in the community, here are the guidelines the Mapbox team reiterates and adds for themselves:

  1. We listen to the community. We are looking for your feedback on how to make a better map. Get any time in touch with any of our team members. For general feedback message Maning Sambale or Arun Ganesh
  2. Quality is paramount. We hold ourselves to the highest mapping standards as documented on the OpenStreetMap Wiki or as established as common practice in the community.
  3. Local knowledge first. Where in any doubt, the locally surveyed information prevails over remote updates.
  4. We disclose all ongoing mapping efforts on the Mapbox mapping repository.
  5. All full-time data team members will be listed here on this OpenStreetMap Wiki page and identified on their user profiles.
  6. Where possible we use public tools for coordinating work, allowing anyone in the community to participate.

Related posts

Consultancies working on Mapbox projects

Mapbox sometimes works with consultancies on a short-term basis for certain projects. We ensure they abide by the OpenStreetMap guidelines for mapping that our team follows. Here is the list of consultancies and the projects associated with them.

Name of the consultancy Projects they are working on Status (Active/Paused/Completed)
GIS-UA 1. Mapping service roads in parking lots

2. Mapping turn restrictions

Paused

Feedback

Please send any general feedback on Mapbox's work on OpenStreetMap to Maning Sambale or Arun Ganesh