PoliMappers/Adventures

See new year quests on PoliMappers Adventures 2018!

PoliMappers Adventures 2017 mapping event logo.

What are the PoliMappers’ Adventures ?

PoliMappers is going to publish on its social media channels ( polimappers and  @PoliMappers ) a simple challenge everyday for the entire month of December 2017, with the purpose of contributing to OpenStreetMap while having fun. The idea is inspired by the traditional Error creating thumbnail: Advent calendar.

How to participate ?

1. Follow us on our social media channels.
2. Read the instructions for the mapping mission of the day.
3. Important : add #polimappersadventures in your changeset comment when you modify the OpenStreetMap database.
   (If you are a member of PoliMappers, please also add the hashtags #youthmappers #polimappers #polimappers10.)

Quests

Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
November 26 – 🌓 ❄	November 27 ❄	November 28 ❄	November 29 ❄	November 30 ❄	December 1 – 🕋 🎗️ The first quest is about learning something new about OpenStreetMap on Learn OSM. If you want to try to map something you learned today, add #polimappersadventures to the comment of your changesets !	December 2 – ☯️ It’s always time to map, even from your phone ! Download and use StreetComplete for Android or Go Maps on Apple Store.
December 3 – 🌕 ♿ Now it’s time to start to map ! In particular, you have to find a bench somewhere and to map it using the tag : amenity=bench.	December 4 Today quest is dealing with benches too ! This time you have to search for a bench in the OpenStreetMap environment and add the tag : backrest=*.	December 5 – 🤝 Now let’s map picnic tables ! Let’s go outdoor and map one of them ! You can find more information on this tag : leisure=picnic_table.	December 6 Having mapped benches and picnic tables, now find one of them in OpenStreetMap and adding the tag about the material they are made of ! Use the tag : material=*.	December 7 – ✈️ Now map a trash bin, but only those for unsorted waste ! Use the tag : amenity=waste_basket.	December 8 – ☸️ Let’s take care of the environment ! So find a bin for waste recycing this time and map it on OpenStreetMap ! Use the tag : amenity=recycling.	December 9 – 🕯️ Take photos with Mapillary! Download it on your smartphone and use them with iD editor to map features on OpenStreetMap !
December 10 – 🌗 ⛓️ If you have never used your bike to take photos with Mapillary, it's time to do it ! Map a bicycle parking using the tag : amenity=bicycle_parking.	December 11 – ⛰️ Go into details with bicycle parkings ! Find one of them on OpenStreetMap and add the additional tags documented in : bicycle_parking=*.	December 12 – 🕎 🕊️ Add the tags documented in : capacity=* to a parking which can be for bikes, cars or motorcycles !	December 13 Find a building or an entrance and to add the house number and the name of the street in which it is ! Use the tags documented in : addr=*.	December 14 Map the positions of pedestrian crossings (or crosswalks) on streets, specify exactly the tag : highway=crossing.	December 15 Find a mapped crossing on OpenStreetMap environment and to specify its type using the tags documented in : crossing=*.	December 16 Give humanitarian help ! Log in with your OpenStreetMap account and contribute to a HOT project !
December 17 Add tags documented in : surface=* to a road, a step or an area.	December 18 – 🌑 🚣 Map a drinking fountain in OpenStreetMap and use the tag : amenity=drinking_water.	December 19 – 🎅 Map some public toilets in OpenStreetMap and use the tag : amenity=toilets.	December 20 – 🤝 Find in the OpenStreetMap environment a place like a shop, a transport stop, or a toilet and to add the tags documented in : wheelchair=*.	December 21 – ⛄ Map a vending machine in OpenStreetMap and use the tag : amenity=vending_machine.	December 22 Do you know “uMap” ? It’s an open software to create your costum map on top of OpenStreetMap. Share your result with a friend !	December 23 OpenStreetMap may help save lives in case of emergency ! Find a fire extinguisher and map it using the tag : emergency=fire_extinguisher.
December 24 – 🎄 Found one elevator visiting your relatives or shops for festivities, so map it using the tag : highway=elevator.	December 25 – 🎅 The Christmas quest is about trees (and not only evergreen conifer), find one of them and map it on OSM using this tag : natural=tree.	December 26 – 🌓 Add shops on OSM and many informations about the activity as opening hours and payment methods ! Use the tags documented in : shop=*.	December 27 High buildings are notable to navigate on 3D maps and may limit the usability of your GPS when navigating in dense cities ! Find a building and to specify its number of levels using this tag : building:levels=*.	December 28 Log in with your OpenStreetMap account and contribute to a HOT project ! Add #polimappersadventures to the comment of your changesets !	December 29 Mapping on OSM would not be so successful if there was no access to training and documentation ! This time you should translate a page or upload an existing translation on this OpenStreetMap wiki to help other contributors.	December 30 Fix and close an issue/note made by other users in the OSM environment. You can find them by activating the notes layer at zoom level 9 or higher on the OSM map.
December 31 – 🎊 Write a post on your OSM Diary about your experience with us ! Show your love for OpenStreetMap, Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT), OpenStreetMap Italia and PoliMappers and be creative. Your post may include a photo of you or your changesets !	January 1 – ✨ ⛓️ Thank you so much and happy new year 2018 of contributions to OpenStreetMap !	January 2 – 🌕 ❄	January 3 ❄	January 4 ❄	January 5 ❄	January 6 – 👑 ❄

FAQ

Do I have to participate in all the activities ?

It is not mandatory to participate everyday. ;-)

Are there other ways to contribute ?

The wiki is not complete and some pages in English are not available in other languages. Below is a list of useful pages to be translated:

• leisure=picnic_table
• material=*
• amenity=bicycle_parking
• capacity=*
• highway=crossing
• crossing=*
• amenity=drinking_water
• amenity=toilets
• amenity=vending_machine
• uMap
• emergency=*
• emergency=fire_extinguisher
• highway=elevator
• natural=tree
• building:levels=*