Organised Editing/Activities/TomTom

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About TomTom

TomTom has been making edits in OpenStreetMap through Organised Editing since 2021. More information about the company can be found on this page.

Project Creation

When we create new organized editing projects, we consider several factors:

  • Is there a similar project or activity already in existence that might duplicate or conflict with what we are considering?
  • Are there appropriate sources, such as recent clear imagery, available for the relevant region?
  • Is the project a reasonable size with tasks logically grouped?
  • Do the tasks align with local capturing rules?

Prior to creating tasks for our editing projects, we analyze the OSM data to pinpoint possible gaps, inconsistencies, or other potential issues. For some projects, we use sampling to manually validate a selection of tasks within a new project to help maintain accuracy and quality.

Editing Requirements

Our organised editors are careful to ensure that their edits are accurate and compliant with all relevant OSM guidelines.

  • Sources such as recent aerial or street level imagery or other community recommended local sources are checked to ensure accuracy of edits, and only edits that are clearly supported by these sources are uploaded to OSM.
  • The OSM wiki is checked to ensure an edit follows both general guidelines and local conventions.
  • Each changeset references the sources used and is accompanied by a comment that explains the edit made in clear, simple language following OSM changeset guidelines.
  • When members of the community comment on our changesets, someone on our team (usually the original editor) responds in a timely manner.

Editing Projects

Below is an overview of all editing projects launched in OSM by TomTom. Apart from that, TomTom regularly contributes to other MapRoulette challenges, Tasking Manager projects and Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT) projects.

Map Data Improvements

To improve the map quality, we propose to make edits by sharing and editing several types of projects (see Types of Activity) for most countries in the world (see Geographical Scope) using both MapRoulette and Tasking Manager tools.

If the community deems a challenge more suitable to be solved without organised help, we will leave it for local users interested in completing the tasks.

Geographical Scope

Data improvements are made in the following countries. Occasionally, editing challenges may be targeted at specific states, districts or metropolitan areas.

Algeria, Angola, Argentina, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Bahamas, Barbados, Belarus, Belgium, Belize, Benin, Bermuda, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Brazil, British Virgin Islands, Brunei, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Canada, Cape Verde, Cayman Islands, Central African Republic, Chad, Chile, Colombia, Comoros, Costa Rica, Côte d'Ivoire, Croatia, Curaçao, Cyprus, Czechia, Denmark, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Djibouti, Dominica, Dominican Republic, East Timor, Ecuador, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Estonia, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Fiji, Finland, France, Gabon, Gambia, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Greenland, Ghana, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Honduras, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kiribati, Kosovo, Kuwait, Laos, Latvia, Lesotho, Liberia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Malta, Martinique, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexico, Moldova, Mongolia, Montenegro, Montserrat, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Nepal, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Norway, North Macedonia, Oman, Palau, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal , Qatar, Republic of the Congo, Réunion,Romania , Rwanda, Saint Barthélemy, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Martin, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, São Tomé and Príncipe, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Serbia, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Singapore , Sint Maarten, Slovakia, Slovenia , Solomon Islands, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Sri Lanka, Suriname, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Türkiye, Uganda, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Venezuela, Vietnam, Zambia, Zimbabwe.

Types of Activity

MapRoulette Challenges

We are using MapRoulette to share challenges focused on capturing missing features; modifying already existing ones or fixing data errors as listed below. We in part get inspired by Atlas checks, overpass queries and osmose output. The types of activities depend on the country (see Geographical Scope).

  • Add Highways
  • Connect Isolated Highways
  • Add Surface to Highway
  • Add Land Use
  • Add Buildings
  • Fix Building and Highway Intersections
  • Fix Highway and Water Intersections
  • Add Water Features
  • Fix Inconsistent Bridge and Tunnel Tagging
  • Fix Inconsistent Highway Intersections
  • Add Access Tag
  • Inconsistencies in Exits and Signposts
  • Route Numbers Inconsistencies
  • Fix Incorrect Highway Junctions
  • Fix Intersecting Buildings
  • Fix Incorrect Junctions on Roundabouts
  • Check Small Area Features
  • Add/Check Crossing Between Railway and Highway
  • Fix Building and Water Intersections
  • Fix Spiky Buildings
  • Fix Isolated Pedestrians’ network
  • Fix Pedestrians’ Areas network
  • Updating Junctions and Improving Highway Network
  • Advanced Map Editing: Correct Too Short Highways
  • Advanced Map Editing: Fix building self-intersections
  • Advanced Map Editing: Validate and Fix Water Objects
  • Fix objects without tags
  • Update deprecated landuse=reservoir tags  
  • Fix trams’ railways and highways
  • Update Speed Limits

Tasking Managers Projects

Since 2023, TomTom has been using Tasking Manager tool (e.g. OpenStreetMap US Tasking Manager) to launch projects consisting of grids with task squares to be mapped. The scope of those edits includes roads, buildings and other features.

TomTom Map Feedback  

Since 2023 TomTom is validating map feedback from end users for potential updates to OSM which is explained in further detail on the following page: Organised Editing/Activities/TomTom Map Feedback  

Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT)

TomTom participates in HOTOSM’s Disaster and Humanitarian response as a way to be aware of response activities, communicate support capacity, and promote engagement and participation within TomTom in areas of priority and need.

Automated Edits  

Our activity includes mechanical updates where appropriate and in such a way that avoids any risk of data regression. For this purpose, TomTom is using the TTmechanicalupdates bot account. All automated actions are announced in the respective communication channels while reasoning and algorithms are documented in detail on corresponding pages prior to update execution. Details about mechanical updates done by TomTom can be found here: Automated edits/TTmechanicalupdates.

Virtual Projects

Virtual Projects offer a flexible way to organize diverse challenges into ad-hoc project groupings. In the future, we may create Virtual Projects to take advantage of this, based on dedicated feature improvements, error resolution, or any other reasons leading to enhanced OSM data.

  • Unusual and missing buildings challenges

We gather challenges related to missing and unusual buildings – their size and shape are doubtful, hence we see value in solving related issues and improving rendering and display experience of buildings in OSM data.

Cultural and Sporting Events

This collaborative mapping project, introduced by TomTom, aims to ensure the correctness and completeness of OpenStreetMap data worldwide for countries hosting international, national and regional cultural and sports events.

For your reference and review: if you want to participate in this project, you can find it here

Tools

JOSM and iD Editor. Standard tools within the editor and public information.

Data Sources

Our team always starts with searching for the latest local sources, however, if up-to-date local imagery is not available, we may make use of other sources. See examples below:  

  • Esri World Imagery
  • Bing Maps Aerial
  • Other ESRI World Clarity (Beta)
  • Mapbox Imagery
Local Sources
Austria basemap.at Orthofoto

Geoimage.at MaxRes Steiermark Orthophoto Tiris: orthophoto infrared Tiris: orthophoto imagico.de: Eastern Alps autumn colors 2019

Switzerland swisstopo SWISSIMAGE
France BDOrtho IGN

Ortho HR IGN Ortho HR IGN 2019

Hungary FÖMI orthophoto 2007-2010
Italy PCN 2012 - Italy

orthofoto Imagery PCN 2006 - Italy

Norway Norway Orthophoto

Norway Orthophoto (more recent, less zoom) Kartverket Kartverket Matrikkelen

Argentina National Geographic Institute Orthophotos (WMS) - valle_del_rio_negro_2014_2.5

National Geographic Institute Orthophotos Mosaic

Brazil Jaraguá do Sul Orthomosaic 2020
South Africa South Africa CD:NGI Aerial
Sweden Trafikverket Road Network(Overlay)
The Netherlands PDOK aerial imagery Beeldmateriaal.nl 7,5cm (WMS) latest

PDOK aerial imagery Beeldmateriaal.nl 7,5cm (WMS) imagico.de: North Sea Coast spring 2018

Germany Saxony latest aerial imagery

Saxony latest aerial imagery infrared Saxony unprocessed aerial imagery NRW Orthophoto North Rhine-Westphalia aerial photograph            Bavaria (80 cm) Geoportal Berlin / Berlin Zoom / DOP 2017 Geoportal TrueDOP20RGB (2020) North Rhine-Westphalia ALKIS and aerial photos

Finland MML Orthophoto

NLS.fi Topographic Database ( Not found in imagery section ) Helsinki region orthophoto

Slovakia Orthophoto mosaic Slovakia
Slovenia GURS: Slovenia orthophoto 25cm (DOF025)
New Zealand LINZ NZ Aerial Imagery
Croatia dgu.hr: Croatia 2019-2020 aerial imagery
Uruguay IDE.uy Ortophotos 2019
Lithuania ORT10LT (Lithuania)
Latvia Latvia - LVM GEO orthophoto

Latvia - Orthophoto (2016–2018), 1:5000

USA VBMP Most Recent Imagery

USGS Imagery NYSDOP Orthoimagery IndianaMap Orthoimagery 2017 MassGIS 2019 Orthos

Belgium Available for few cities:

Brüssel - URBIS(Most recent Imagery) Flanders - AIV Flanders most recent arial imagery Wallonia - SPW most recent aerial imagery

Czech Republic ScanEx IRS

For some OSM map edits TomTom editors will use proprietary sources for support. This will typically be the case in situations where there is not sufficient evidence using the available sources in OSM editors themselves. The proprietary sources will be ground-level imagery and GPS traces, both collected by TomTom's mobile mapping vans. On occasion, we will also use sources collected from a field survey by one of TomTom's sourcing specialists who have visited the location and collected data to support the required map updates. We will gladly share screenshots of those sources for viewing by anyone interested.

Editing Team

Apart from a small dedicated editing team, many other TomTom team members do personal mapping in OpenStreetMap as a hobby. They are not listed here. In addition, some of the mappers listed here do not edit exclusively for TomTom; some of their edits will be in pursuit of their own mapping interests.

Active Users
username role
sbaido project manager
Syed_N coordinator
Mapiate coordinator
changio coordinator
Hajar-El project manager
vtrtsxlegend coordinator
SupanchatMetta coordinator
Natasha963 coordinator
Lolek123 coodinator
DomiAr project manager
SK@_TT coordinator
ahirek project manager
TTCHLOE coordinator
Bert_vm editor
Tabzi editor* / team lead
Tomek_Koz project administrator
KasiaaBaa project administrator
Priscilla_Zachée editor
Ziad_abdalhamed editor
MMersch_TT editor
Cotelabarca editor
DarioS_TT editor
Sebasawk editor*
dazzlep editor*
Geo_Cop editor* / team lead
Peace_Stroke editor
Ra_colate editor*
Swihail editor*
BR_pebble editor*
NumisK editor*
Crick_RN editor*
melody_Tej editor
Ky_AT editor*
optimistic9 editor*
007Transformer editor*
syazici editor
BerkU_ editor
Captain_America_802 editor
NewEngland_CountryGirl editor
TT_Chili_King editor
Training_Queen editor
darylcav editor
David_TT editor
aramis_TT editor
whitepanda editor*
Szumisia editor
Archi_Ma editor*
Savinja editor*
Flamen_Sru editor*
ajmat editor*
rajdhani editor*
Wildsharky editor*
Dora_baltea editor
Byenin editor*
Murrumbidgee editor*
Metauro editor*
Kaduna editor*
Brentar editor*
Gorger editor*
Palary editor*
World_Winner editor*
Madi-Red editor*
MG_TT editor
dwarfs_rule editor
ShadowSeeker_TT editor
Tomasz_D editor
EZ_TT editor
WayWise editor
Wayfinder9 editor
Fighter_Hulk editor
Dwight-Schrute editor
Nitz1981 editor

* next to the user role indicates those editors who are full time.

Inactive Users
Username Role
courtiney coordinator
MarjanVan coordinator
Zal_KR editor*
YataGeo editor*
Vid_pet editor*
Tinetto editor*
Thri_geek editor*
The_hazards editor*
Ten_Brian editor*
Te_Gully editor*
Tangy_Joy editor*
Swet_Slam editor*
Stanza_AT editor*
Spare_AK editor*
SNL_photo editor*
Shutter_bug editor*
Shaw_Sank editor*
Shan_Dan editor*
Sham_style editor*
Rakka_Ma editor*
Pow_AR editor*
Potter_Gang editor*
Jenn_Bh editor*
Jan_Kola editor*
House_island editor*
HodophileA editor*
Saa_dani editor*
Meh_aR editor*
Doddi_ule editor*
Med_Pat editor*
Mini_music editor*
Jy_Phule editor*
Gan_toon editor*
geographK editor*
DeltA_Shok editor*
Moto_JB editor*
C_nav editor*
Cat_Ritha editor*
Greenboina editor*
Com_Rak editor*
Rish_T editor*
San_Path editor*
Samannud editor*
Photo_MC editor*
Mo_Nem editor*
Mendesian editor*
Robe_mad editor*
Rider_gang editor*
Rap_SM editor*
Lav_SN editor*
KRIYA_Z editor*
KP_Tech editor*
Kar_Cinn editor*
GS_vogue editor*
JP_flower editor*
Jo_decor editor*
Goonj_Wad editor*
Geo_Juk editor*
Giza_Up editor*
Floella editor*
Faizy_MD editor*
Map-Chap99 team lead
Geo_Marshal team lead
Zooph_dhu editor*
Mini_Craft editor*
HanHeader editor*
Hill_Risso editor*
Vas_gear editor*
Vin_Primer editor*
PicJun editor*
Al-dente editor*
Man-San editor*
EverDice editor*
SwaRover editor*
Lash_Flare editor*
Holly_Sup editor*
Digi_Tip editor*
Cine_flick editor*
Green_Rally editor*
Sralla_geo editor*
Green_Panther editor*
Ho_Rider editor*
Rosh_ty editor*
Eesha_com editor*
Can_Yon editor*
Map_Viz editor*
Nad_Alley editor*
Gatsby_S editor*
Sat_spike editor*
Ton_SB editor*
Da_Capo editor*
trailblazernuri editor*
Neophile editor*
GallivanterST editor*
RaGAlla editor*
KS_movie_fan editor*
Vish_Lune editor*
Su_Bonk editor*
Neo_Nug editor*
Ruby_Jay editor*
Makh_Anu editor*
Vintha_de editor*
Kala-Re editor*
Vin_Scoop editor*
Po_Kunfu editor*
Div_Darla editor*
Gan_Frame editor*
Kan_Niha editor*
Mu-Jook editor*
Rap_Tesh editor*
Tik_Ridha editor*
Aqeel_Bob editor*
Dot_Med editor*
Man_Haruss editor*
Mimi_Cam editor*
Mit_Rate editor*
San_Sha editor*
Sa-Glide editor*
Numis_Vath editor*
Meta_Human editor*
Galle_Tan editor*
Geo_Marla editor*
Kalindi editor*
Hugoton editor*
Addi_son editor*
Khy_ber editor*
Schnee_berg editor*
Green_wood editor*
Sondel editor*
Ezhimala editor*
D_ellen editor*
Rtanj editor*
Bell_Jan editor*
Tan_Pan editor*
Nee_Nand editor*
Nik_geographer editor*
Ja_Van editor*
Ha_Kee editor*
Jay_Pan editor*
Alex_Manga editor*
Ger_Sat editor*
Pog_Ud editor*
Mir_Anu editor*
Ju_PInt editor*
Ren_Rap editor*
SNan_Da editor*
Man_Shri editor*
Thal_pal editor*
Bon_gadget editor*
Kas_Glass editor*
MarioKP editor*
Tat_NK editor*
Hen_devil editor*
TravetteR editor*
Feenash editor*
MintK editor*
Bir_kir editor*
Karmelovelove editor
Rohoa editor
tomawik editor
mapa_sko editor
OSMiornica editor
Boci3k1 editor
SP_fondue editor*
Travel_NM editor*
Smile_arch editor*
Dora_game editor*
Red_Fiction editor*
phaltankar editor*
Dolo_mite editor*
geo_pilot team lead
Dhanapot editor*
Chil_creep editor*
Bubble_Doo editor*
Blog_dash editor*
Bee_Shitha editor*
Batik_Van editor*
Band_tea editor*
A_dige editor*
mapper_happy editor*
Dockslip1 editor*
Arvari editor*
Red_Slam team lead
Melomania_V editor*
So_Prano editor*
Farm_Yusha editor*
Amar_QT editor*
Sri_Jaaz editor*
Char_Vad editor*
Nar_ach editor*
Jebel_Hafeet editor*
Mount_Guntur editor*
Kallar_N editor*
Mul_hacen editor*
Saint_Vincent editor*
Shel_Sri editor*
Qua_tum editor*
Nath_Art editor*
Chap_oga editor*
Gee_plant editor*
Man_art editor*
Mallta_sk editor*
Pianoj editor*
BoraP editor*
Fashluk editor*
Art_NS editor*
Dollman editor*
Ballyad editor*
Explore_R editor*
karoAK editor*
Me_hyn editor*
antique_K editor*
Bean_B editor*
Shre_WD editor*
Dun_Der editor*
Pan_Nug editor*
Vim_Him editor*
Gud_Slam editor*
Bod_Ger editor*
Min_Jiang editor*
Belig editor*
Pelusium editor*
Achelous editor*
Gongola editor*
Sangro editor*
MappingMore editor*
Grintovec editor*
Sammamish editor*
Fil_Vim editor*
Vubhar editor*
Tegelberg editor*
St_Drive editor*

Hashtags

Current practice is to use the #tomtom hashtag on edits. Edits based on user feedback additionally have the hashtag #tt_mapfeedback.

#tt is a hashtag that has been used for TomTom’s edits in the past.

TomTom is actively organizing mapping events. All edits made during those events are distinguished by the hashtag #tt_events.

Community Consultation

We contact the community about all organised editing projects using the preferred communication channel.  

Timeframe

We started making data improvements to OSM through organised editing in 2021. We plan to continue making these improvements on an ongoing basis for the foreseeable future.

Measuring our Success and Performance

We perform quality checks to ensure that the changesets made by our editors are accurate, add value to the map, and meet community guidelines. For each quality check, a live editor double checks the following elements of the changeset under review:

  • Did the editor follow the instructions in the challenge and task description?
  • Does the completed changeset fit the scope of the project/challenge/task?
  • Did the editor use the correct task status?
  • Did the editor correctly use the appropriate hashtags?
  • Is the edited map data accurate, according to the applicable source material?
  • Does the changeset follow all country-specific capturing methods on the OSM wiki pages?
  • Are the changeset comments clear and accurate?  
  • Was there any community feedback, and, if so, was it implemented correctly?

These quality checks are performed in the following cases:

  • 100% of changesets made by new editors are checked until at least 95% of that editor’s changesets pass the quality checks without any issues.
  • 100% of changesets that are part of a new project are checked until at least 95% of that project’s changesets pass the quality checks without any issues.

Whenever a quality check uncovers an issue with a changeset, that changeset is returned to the original editor to be reworked. Once the editor resubmits the changeset, a new quality check occurs. This process repeats until the changeset passes the quality check without issues.

Training/Instructions

New editors are directed to existing OSM training materials, such as the OSM Wiki and the Help panel of the iD editor. Our team also holds regular editing parties where less experienced editors receive help and guidance from their more experienced peers.

Post-Event Clean Up

As referenced above, under Measuring Our Success and Performance, we regularly perform quality checks on our changesets. Whenever a quality check uncovers an issue with a changeset, that changeset is returned to the original editor to be reworked. Once the editor resubmits the changeset, a new quality check occurs. This process repeats until the changeset passes the quality check without issues. To ensure that no issues are missed, each changeset that successfully passes its quality check is then passed on to a second reviewer for an additional check.

Contact

If you have remarks about a specific edit of ours, please drop a comment in the changeset, and we will do our best to respond thoughtfully. Or, you can also:  

  • Reach out to osm@tomtom.com with any questions
  • Join the conversation in the local community channels