Report 2022 – Wikimedia Italia(Italian Local Chapter OpenStreetMap)

In this report it is possible to find a summary of some of the activities organized, financed or supported
by Wikimedia Italia during 2022 as the OpenStreetMap Local Chapter.
You can find the activities in detail (in italian language), archived in the associations wiki:
https://wiki.wikimedia.it/wiki/OpenStreetMap/Attivit%C3%A0/Archivio- Integrated methodologies for mapping "Murgeo park" Aspiring UNESCO globalgeopark.
The project proposal "Integrated methodologies for mapping the "Murgeo park" Aspiring
UNESCO global geopark" submitted by the YouthMappers@Uniba group included several phases ofdata collection through the OpenStreetMap platform using different methodologies, fromfield mapping through Fieldpapers, to the use of high-resolution images taken byremotely piloted aircraft, to classical remote mapping on OSM platform.
The area of interest falls within the so-called "Murgeo Park," an aspiring UNESCO global geopark.
Oneof the main objectives was to make new geospatial data usable by tourists andinhabitants of local communities, to enhance the area and promote its 'geo-awareness'. In
particular, several students from the Department of Earth Sciences andGeoenvironmental of the University of Bari, trying to explain how the potential of these toolsof open mapping can be an integral part of land development.
The final product (the orthomosaic) was used in the remote mapping initiated during a special
mapathon, which was attended by 10 people.
Also as part of the project the website of the YouthMappers@Uniba was also created.

https://wiki.wikimedia.it/wiki/Primo_bando_2022_per_progetti_dei_volontari/
Metodologie_integrate_per_le_mappatura_del_%22Murgeo_park%22_Aspirante_geoparco_globale_UNESCO- Birthday OpenStreetMap Italy
A meeting for the sixth anniversary of the Italian chapter of OpenStreetMap was held on January 30,
2022 on Wikimedia Italy's BigBlueButton platform.
Various groups from the Italian community presented their experiences and activities (WMI - OSM
coordinators , UN Mappers , OSM Piemonte , Youthmappers Bari , PoliMappers , Map For Future ,cOSMopoIT) and there was an official announcement for the organization of FOSS4G and SotM 2022
that were held in Florence.
To conclude, a mapathon (collective digital mapping) was done using the Italian Tasking Manager,
developed by Wikimedia Italy.
The event was attended by 80 people including those who contributed to the Italian local chapter
birthday and those who followed the live broadcast.
https://wiki.wikimedia.it/wiki/OpenStreetMap/Attivit%C3%A0/
Compleanno_OpenStreetMap_Italia_2022- State of The Map 2022
State of the Map (SotM) is the annual gathering of the global OpenStreetMap community, in 2022 theevent was held in Florence from August 19-21 at the University of Florence, Centro DidatticoMorgagni following the FOSS4G 2022 international conference where Wikimedia Italia was a partner.
The organization of SotM at the local level was led by Wikimedia Italia (the local Italian chapter ofOpenStreetMap) working closely with members of the Italian OpenStreetMap community with thesupport of the OpenStreetMap Foundation Working Group dedicated to the organization of SotM.
12 local team members were supportin the event, 10 people from the OpenStreetMap Foundation SotM
Working Group, 6 Wikimedia Italia staff members, 2 Wikimedia Italia volunteers, 10 HOT(Humanitarian OSM Team) volunteers as well as 11 OSMer volunteers from around the world.
Over the 3 days, 406 people participated in attendance and 197 online via the Venueless platform.

The fifth edition of the academic track was an all-time record with over 40 abstracts presented, 9 talks+ 10 lighting talks and 72 pages of articles with 20 papers published on zenode:
https://zenodo.org/record/7004791
As in previous editions, the Poster Contest was held, 31 posters proposed by the community wereprintedandexhibited

throughout

theevent.

Theposters

areavailableat:

https://2022.stateofthemap.org/posters/
A total of 19 sponsors contributed to the event.
Four types of participation grants were offered by the international organization (Travel GrantProgram).
SotM's Travel Grant Program was open from April 22 to May 6 through Wikimedia Italia's limesurvey
instance. 201 applications came in from which the organizing committee made a ranking, choosing 40people (1 person from Italy, 7 from Europe, 20 from other countries, and 12 remotely).
On the occasion of State of the Map 2022, Wikimedia Italia also provided scholarships to support thecosts of participation in the event. Applications remained open from May 9 to 29 through Wikimedia
Italia’s limesurvey instance.
The 5-member committee selected 14 active contributors on the OpenStreetMap project of which 12
participated in the event for a total expense of 4395.37 EUR
Wikimedia Italia entered into an agreement with GFOSS.it where it committed to cover the costs (up toa maximum of 5000 EUR) of the venue (The University of Florence) for the FOSS4G workshop daysand for SotM.
The association provided the OSM project manager, Anisa Kuci for community coordination andbureaucratic aspects for the organization of the event, led by Wikimedia Italia as the Local Chapter ofOSMF, and the presence of volunteers and staff members during the SotM days.
It also granted the use of the infrastructure to manage the forms dedicated to travel grant programs andparticipation grants.
The association covered the expenses for 5 local team members for a total of 1534.09 EUR.
Wikimedia Italia acted as a guarantor as the leader of the local organization through 62 invitation letterssigned by the president acting as a contact for all embassies in the countries where visas were required.
Wikimedia Italy had a booth available for the duration of State of the Map. At the booth SotM
participants were offered contribution activities on Wikidata: those who added geographic coordinates
to their country's Wikidata elements related to cultural institutions or other geographic objects received

a numbered ticket (95 were detached) and participated in a drawing for prizes, consisting of microfiber
towels with the SotM 2022 logo. There were 2 draws per day, for a total of 6 draws. Other swag wasproduced and distributed at the booth like: OpenStreetMap pencils, different kinds of stickers and pins.
SotM 2022: https://wiki.wikimedia.it/wiki/OpenStreetMap/Attivit%C3%A0/State_of_the_Map_2022
Wikimedia Italia’s grants to attend SotM:
https://wiki.wikimedia.it/wiki/Programma_borse_di_partecipazione_per_State_of_the_Map_2022- Support and partnership of FOSS4G 2022
FOSS4G 2022 was held in Florence Aug. 22-28 at Firenze Fiera Congress & Exhibition Center, theMorgagni Learning Center of the University of Florence and the Fortezza da Basso, Arsenale Pavilion.
FOSS4G stands for Free and Open Source Software for Geospatial.
After the path made in 2021 ended with the approval of Florence's candidacy to host FOSS4G 2022
Wikimedia Italia participated in the conference as an official partner.
The partnership was defined with an agreement between the association and GFOSS.it as the leadorganizer of FOSS4G 2022 where Wikimedia Italia committed to cover the costs (up to a maximum of5000 EUR) of the venue (The University of Florence) for the FOSS4G workshop days and for SotM.
The association provided OSM project manager Anisa Kuci and OSM 2022 national coordinator
Lorenzo Stucchi to select and manage 43 volunteers. They also supported the Travel Grant Program (towhich 185 people applied) that helped 25 people from 23 different nations (10 from Africa, 7 fromEurope, 4 from Asia, and 4 from America) attend the event.
In addition, Wikimedia Italia granted the use of it’s infrastructure to manage the forms dedicated to theTravel Grant Program and the call for volunteers.
FOSS4G 2022 was attended by 1044 people in attendance and 259 online who were able to attend 326
presentations on the general track, 76 presentations on the academic track, and 44 workshops.
https://wiki.wikimedia.it/wiki/OpenStreetMap/Attivit%C3%A0/FOSS4G_2022_Firenze- OSMCha feature development
After some discussions started in OSM channels for the integration of OSMCha features, as indicatedin the public discussions on the OSMcha github page, the OSMCha developers were contacted toimplement the changes requested by the Italian community, namely the development of a new feature
to allow users to filter any changeset using an OSM key:value tag.
The requested change made it possible to add among the filters for changesets also the filter based onthe tags changed in the changeset. The newly created filter allows users to enter any key and value pair(key and value) and show changesets that have modified those tags. OSMCha sent a document with aproject proposal, cost, and timeline, which was discussed with members of the Italian community who
showed interest in pursuing the initiative and gave their willingness to check the quality of the workthat was done by giving their feedback and testing the tool at various stages of development.
This development could help resolve errors that occur now, such as OSMCha's incorrect assignment ofchangesets in the case of changes made with StreetComplete.
https://wiki.wikimedia.it/wiki/OpenStreetMap/Attivit%C3%A0/Sviluppo_funzionalit%C3%A0_OSMCha- OSM Italy website
A website has been created that aims to support the Italian mapping community with some essential
services such as a base map and some different styles of data visualization. The site is a container ofsome of the tools already present and available to the Italian OpenStreetMap community.
The work of creating the site was divided into two phases:- the creation of a world map style based on OpenStreetMap data
- the creation of the site
For the first phase, two map styles were created, one hiking and one in Italian.
For the second phase, after the work already done in 2021, where GISdevio and Wikimedia Italia
provided content definition, the activities were completed in 2022, the site can be found athttps://www.osmit.it/
This is an ongoing activity and will be completed during 2023.
https://wiki.wikimedia.it/wiki/OpenStreetMap/Creazione_sito_OpenStreetMap_Italia

- OSM Tasking Manager & OSM extracts for Italy
Tasking Manager is an interface through which individual contributors can work in teams to produce
mappings that feed into the OpenStreetMap project of the OpenStreetMap Foundation. The Tasking
Manager makes it possible to coordinate mapping activities in areas most vulnerable to disasters so thataid actions can be better directed in emergency situations.
OSM extracts: are files that contain OpenStreetMap data for individual continents, countries, andmetropolitan areas. The combination of Tasking Manager and OSM Extracts is very useful inemergencies. In fact, during the day and/or in the evening, volunteer OSMers can remotely map aspecific area of the Italian territory, while the following morning the teams engaged in the field to help
the population can easily download the updated data. As for Local Extracts, it is possible to download
the data in OSMs from all over Italy, by region, province or municipality in various formats (GPKG OGC GeoPackage, PBF - Protocolbuffer Binary Format, OSMAND OBF - OsmAnd Binary MapsFormat) depending on the scale.
The volunteers of the committee formed for the development of the Tasking Manager and ExtractsOpenStreetMap Italy were responsible for identifying the specifications necessary for the improvementof these services, they indicated the following actions as necessary for a more appropriate functioningof the tools.
The main activities were:- Updates of the Tasking Manager instance ( https://osmit-tm4.wmcloud.org ) in the Docker format tothe latest stable version released by the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT) in the repository(https://github.com/hotosm/tasking-manager). A total of 2 updates were planned, the first between
October and November 2021 and the second by February 2022.
- Customization of the Tasking Manager interface graphics within the limits of the possibilities offeredby the source code. It is ensured that the customization does not have to be recreated with each update.
- Bugfix/evolution of the "OpenStreetMap Italy Extracts" ( https://osmit-estratti.wmcloud.org ) toinclude the following changes: addition of a reference to the instant of creation (timestamp) in the nameof the extracts file generated on the server; fix of the bug that does not allow municipalities within theFriuli-Venezia

Giuliaregiontobedisplayedcorrectly

https://github.com/GISdevio/estratti_OSM_Italia/issues/13 ).
- Bugfix to the Tasking Manager instance and the "OpenStreetMap Italy Extracts."(reportedin- Evolution of the "OpenStreetMap Italy Extracts" by extracting the house numbers for eachmunicipality, province and region and making a dashboard to show the temporal progress of thequantities of house numbers present. The dashboard provides only a summary table of the quantity ofhouse numbers present for each municipality, province and region and a visualization (e.g. plot orhistogram) that will show the temporal detail for each municipality, province and region.
- Implementation of an analytics system to monitor the number of accesses and the level of use of theplatform, for example, to understand which thematic extracts are downloaded most frequently, and/or
in which format, and/or for which municipality/province/region. The system is implemented using theopen source tool Matomo Analytics ( https://matomo.org).
https://wiki.wikimedia.it/wiki/OpenStreetMap/Attivit%C3%A0/Tasking_Manager_e_Estratti_OSM- OpenstreetMap trainings for CNGEI scouts
The collaboration with CNGEI scouts began with the idea of doing dedicated OSM trainings held by
one or two experienced OSMers, with the goal of preparing scouts to then do mapping.
On March 12-13, 2022, a training event was held in Vicenza by the reginal OpenStreetMap coordinator
where 9 scouts participated along with two scout leaders. On Saturday afternoon OpenStreetMap waspresented and each scout proceeded to create their OSM account. After completing the guided exercise,remote mapping through this project was given a trial run. At the conclusion of the first day, mappingof the area housing the workshop was done. The next day after an analysis of the area made the night
before, streetlights (theme "safe evening routes"), recycling bins, crosswalks and bus stops (theme"useful information for citizenship") were mapped on Field Papers and information was entered onOSM.
https://wiki.wikimedia.it/wiki/OpenStreetMap/Attivit%C3%A0/
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