Hi! I made North Up Daily, a free browser puzzle using OpenStreetMap data.

Each map is split into 16 rotated tiles, with place names hidden. Turn the tiles until streets, rivers and coastlines line up and north points up. Solving it reveals the location, but you don't need to recognise the place to solve it.

Everyone gets the same daily puzzle, and there is unlimited practice if you want another round. No account or download needed; it works on desktop and mobile.

Play: https://northupdaily.com/

The maps use OpenStreetMap data rendered with OpenFreeMap. Thanks to everyone who contributes to OSM for making projects like this possible.

I'd be curious which maps you find easier: dense street grids, or places with rivers and coastlines?

As you might know, we at Top-O-Map run the tile backend for OpenTopoMap since January, and we now have something new. We got another server and on it we render the OpenTopoMap with higher resolution. 2 times the resolution, 4 times the pixels to be precise.

In addition the database is updated daily.

You can have a look at it over at: OnlineTopoMap

Let me know what you think.

Hi everyone, I have a question about MapTiler.

I’ve developed a non-commercial map website and integrated MapTiler maps into it. I noticed that the free plan includes 100,000 times of loads per month, but I’m not quite sure what exactly counts as a map load.

I’ve only clicked around on my website a few times, yet the number of requests has already reached 2,000. Does this mean the 100,000 monthly limit might not be enough if more people start using my website?

If so, are there any good alternatives to MapTiler that offer a more generous free tier, especially for a non-commercial project?

I’d really appreciate any advice or recommendations. Thanks!

I moved to the UK from Canada, and the number of war memorials here and around Europe really stood out to me. Every village seems to have one. I thought it would be good to have an app to keep track of them and maybe raise their profile, so I’ve built HonourMap. Most of the data comes from OSM (memorials, war cemeteries, battlefields and Stolpersteine), merged with Wikidata, and the map tiles are from OpenFreeMap.

https://honourmap.vercel.app

I ran into a few things along the way. Loads of memorials have no name, so I name them after the nearest village. A lot of plaques have no inscription tag, so I can’t tell what there for. Outside Europe hardly any CWGC cemeteries have an operator tag.

It’s a website for now, but I’m hoping to turn it into phone apps eventually. I’d like to know whether it’s easy to find your way around, and whether you think it’s an interesting use of the data. If there’s anything you’d change or add, including tags I should be using, please tell me.

Cheers

Hi everyone!

I'm developing an outdoor mapping app called Teta Maps, using OpenStreetMap data for roads and trails.

One problem I've been thinking a lot about is missing footpaths, especially in less popular hiking areas.

I'm exploring a community contribution system where people can record actual GPS traces, suggest missing paths and help validate each other's observations before they appear on the map.

The difficult part is making this reliable. A single GPS trace doesn't necessarily mean there's a real public trail, and satellite imagery isn't always enough to distinguish a path either.

I'd be interested to hear how OSM contributors think such a system should work, especially regarding verification and keeping the resulting data useful to the wider mapping community.

Here's the project: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.tetasports.maps

Any thoughts or criticism are welcome!