2026-08-29 –, Guadeloupe Language: English
Pardon our dust as OpenStreetMap’s core software projects undergo some renovations! Now a year into the core software roadmap that we debuted in Manila and Dundee, we’ll review some highlights from the past year in the openstreetmap-website project (the Web frontend and API), followed by a preview of things to come in the next several months. We’ll go beyond our monthly summaries on the forum to offer a look into the day-to-day experience of contributing to these projects and how it has improved over the past year.
In addition to highlighting user-facing changes such as the MapLibre migration, we’ll go over more developer-centric topics and behind-the-scenes features, such as our efforts to overhaul GPS trace management, improve privacy protections for GDPR compliance, and provide additional tools for moderators and administrators combating abuse of the site. This is also an opportunity for you to offer in-person feedback to our Sovereign Tech–funded contributors as we dive into the final stretch of that investment.
What’s new in core software development?
Talk keywords:software, website
Affiliation:OpenStreetMap Foundation
Sponsors:Sovereign Tech Agency
Minh is a longtime mapper and community organizer for OpenStreetMap and OpenHistoricalMap, focusing on the United States. On a typical day, you can find him roaming the streets of Silicon Valley, looking for quirky things to add to both maps. He serves as the OpenStreetMap Foundation’s Core Software Development Facilitator, thanks to an investment from the Sovereign Tech Fund. He also volunteers as a member of the Software Dispute Resolution Panel, administrator of the OpenStreetMap Wiki, and advisor to OpenHistoricalMap.
Originally from Spain, currently in Northern Ireland, Pablo is a freelance Software Engineer specialising in web applications with Ruby. During his career, he has taken part in a long list of projects for companies ranging from small music startups to large banking concerns. Currently he is fulfilling his dream of working as a developer of Open Source Software, as a Core Software Developer for the OpenStreetMap Foundation