PeopleForBikes’ annual City Ratings measures the quality and connectivity of low-stress bike networks in thousands of communities around the world. Decision-makers and advocates use it to benchmark progress, identify network gaps, and prioritize investments.
Ready to take your mapping — and your City Ratings score accuracy — to the next level? Designed for participants comfortable working with spatial data, this advanced workshop explores Java OpenStreetMap Editor (JOSM), OpenStreetMap’s powerful desktop editing tool. Learn how to efficiently scale your mapping efforts by incorporating existing geospatial data to strengthen and refine your city’s bike network and increase the accuracy of your City Rating score.
This session will include a demonstration of how to use JOSM to upload your own spatial data, copy over features, and update tags. There will also be time to ask questions and troubleshoot issues as they arise.
You’ll leave this session knowing how to:
* Navigate a basic JOSM workflow
* Incorporate your city’s existing geospatial data into OpenStreetMap
* Push edits to OpenStreetMap
When? Tuesday February 24, 2026 at 11 AM
Where? Online via Zoom. Free registration here
Looking for a more introductory-level approach to updating OpenStreetMap data? Join Workshop 1, which will explore bike infrastructure mapping with iD, OpenStreetMap’s browser-based editing tool.
Workshop #1 – https://bikeeastbay.org/event/openstreetmap-101-introduction-to-bike-infrastructure-mapping/
This is not a Bike East Bay event. For questions or comments please contact the organizers.
