On May 12, CoMaps is turning one year old and, to celebrate with our community, we'll hold a little virtual birthday party to which everyone is invited that day at 19:00 UTC!

We'll share a bit of how CoMaps as a community, project and app has been doing, but mostly want to give some space to get to know each other!

Find all the details here: https://codeberg.org/comaps/comaps/wiki/First-anniversary-celebrations

We are currently looking for more volunteer iOS developers. Could that be YOU? 🙂

To make sure the iOS version of CoMaps does not fall too much behind the Android version, we need more iOS contributors.

Which is why we'd love to onboard more iOS devs! If you're interested in contributing on that front, get in touch on Zulip, we're always eager to help people get started in contributing! Find us here: https://codeberg.org/comaps/comaps/src/branch/main/docs/CONTRIBUTING.md#team-messaging

Since 1999, February 21 is UNESCO's International Mother Language Day, promoting multilingualism! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Mother_Language_Day

As a global community, and thanks to the efforts of more than 200 translators, CoMaps is already available in more than 50 languages. Why not celebrate Mother Language Day by adding some translations and grow that number? https://translate.codeberg.org/projects/comaps/

Today, Data Privacy Day is celebrated in many countries. It's a great opportunity to take action and get back control over your personal data!

If you're looking to get off Google Maps, exporting your bookmarks/favorites from Google Maps can make a good start. Thanks to @rudo and his converter, you can easily convert your saved locations from there into a file format that you can import to CoMaps!

https://rudokemper.com/google-maps-places-to-comaps/

#DataPrivacyDay

Our first #OpenStreetMap interview of the year is up on the blog.

This time it was our pleasure to speak with some of the makers of CoMaps @CoMaps

https://blog.opencagedata.com/post/openstreetmap-interview-comaps

Did you already find any Christmas trees in CoMaps? During the Christmas season, the app displays public Christmas trees that are mapped in #OpenStreetMap (in maps from version 2025.11.19 onwards).

Need some help to find them? Check out https://umap.openstreetmap.fr/en/map/christmas-trees_1329183 to see where you can find some!

The ones around you are not mapped yet? We plan on having another release before Christmas. If you map them now, they will be included in the last pre-Christmas release!

Thanks to all of you, we have over 1,000 stars 🌠 on @Codeberg, a mostly volunteer-driven code forge that shares our commitment to community & Free/Libre/Open Source Software. Their efforts make the way we develop CoMaps possible.

Did you know: Codeberg is run by a non-profit association that sustains itself via memberships & donations. If that sounds as cool to you as it does to us: Consider donating or becoming a member! https://join.codeberg.org/

We’re thrilled that 179 amazing people have donated to support CoMaps! This is helping bring this project to life.

As a community-driven project we use systems about communities and openness - Open Collective and LiberaPay.

As donations grow, we’ll be able to hire engineers and accelerate the development of new features.

Together, we can make CoMaps a powerful tool for everyone.

https://opencollective.com/comaps
https://liberapay.com/CoMaps

#TechForGood #OpenCollective #LiberaPay #community