OSM Latest Changes

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OSM Latest Changes
Latest-changes-screenshot.png
Author: rene78/latest-changes/graphs/contributors GitHub
License: Unlicense (free of charge)
Platform: Web
Status: Active
Version: (2024-05-22)
Language:
English
Website: https://rene78.github.io/latest-changes/
Source code: rene78/latest-changes GitHub
Programming languages: JavaScript, HTML, and CSS

Analyze the latest changes within a certain cartographic boundary on OpenStreetMap

Features
Feature Value
Map Display
Display map yes
Map data raster
Source online;cache
Rotate map no
3D view
?
Shows website
?
Shows phone number
?
Shows operation hours
?
Routing
Routing no
Create route manually
?
Calculate route
?
Create route via Waypoints
?
Routing profiles
?
Turn restrictions
?
Calculate route without Internet (Offline routing)
?
Routing providers
?
Avoid traffic
?
Traffic Provider
?
Navigating
Navigate no
Find location
?
Find nearby POIs
?
Navigate to point
?
Navigation with voice / Voice guidance
?
Keep on road
?
Lane guidance
?
Works without GPS
?
Navigate along predefined route
?
Tracking
Make track no
Customizable log interval
?
Track formats
?
Geotagging
?
Fast POI buttons
?
Upload GPX to OSM
?
Monitoring
Monitoring no
Show current track
?
Open existing track
?
Altitude diagram
?
Show POD value
?
Satellite view
?
Show live NMEA data
?
Show speed
?
Send current position
?
Editing
Add POIs
?
Edit / Delete POIs
?
Add way
?
Edit geometries
?
Edit arbitrary tags of existing OSM objects
?
Edit relations
?
View notes
?
Create notes
?
Edit notes
?
Work offline online;offline
Support imagery offset DB
?
Upload to OSM
?
Rendering
?
Accessibility
?

OSM Latest Changes is a web application that helps to check recent OSM changes within a certain cartographic boundary, for example your home town. It displays all changesets in a list and on a map. The elements can be selected on the map whereby a tag comparison table opens up that highlights all created, modified or deleted tags. Furthermore a "Vandalism Checker" helps to find suspicious edits.

How to use

  1. Open the Latest-Changes web app.
  2. Zoom to the area of interest and click the 'Get Changesets' button to see the changes of the last 7 days (or 1 day, 3 days, 1 month).
  3. Check and validate the changesets by...
    • ...filtering for suspicous changesets (hover over red traffic light to get infos)
    • ...selecting elements on the map to see tag modifications
  4. Bookmark the URL to regularly come back and monitor your area of interest.

Vandalism Checker

Information from Vandalism Checker for a certain changeset
Information from Vandalism Checker for a certain changeset

A simple tool that verifies the integrity of downloaded changesets. It calculates the total number of elements and tags added and deleted in each changeset. For changesets uploaded via the iD editor, the tool also factors in the sum of iD warnings resolved minus the iD warnings caused. If the net result for any changeset falls below a specified threshold (currently -3), a red traffic light alert is triggered to notify users about the suspicious changeset.

Examples

Type Case Sum Result
Element A user added one new supermarket and deleted two roads. -1

OSM Latest Changes Traffic light green.gif

Tag A user added three tags to a restaurant but deleted seven of a library. -4

OSM Latest Changes Traffic light red.gif

iD Warning A user fixed one iD warning but caused five new ones. -4

OSM Latest Changes Traffic light red.gif

History

It was first prototyped by two users[1][2] during the Chicago Hack weekend on the 26th-28th April 2013. This was conceived to be an enhancement to the OSM history tab with other notable users of the community working[3][4] on coming up with a solution for a history tab that visualizes local changesets in an easy to understand way.

A hacked version of this prototype has been created with aims into saving bandwith and rendering time. Furthermore it allows lower zoom levels. It will show changes made in the last 24h, 3 days, 7 days or 30 days.

As of July 2022 another updated version has been created, that offers added functionality, i.e. a tag comparison table, a vandalism checker and a filter functionality.[5]

Weblinks

3 versions of the application can be found on GitHub, with rene78's version being the latest and most feature-rich.

2022-now (rene78)

2013-2021 (tyrasd)

2013 (osmlab)

References

  1. ↑ lxbarth Github Profile
  2. ↑ tmcw Github Profile
  3. ↑ (OSM-talk) New History tab for openstreetmap.org (beta)
  4. ↑ January 2013 Archives by thread
  5. ↑ Blog post by rene78 introducing the updated version
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