You can and you should contribute - Open Street Map

Today I found out that it’s actually a lot easier to contribute to Open Street Map than I thought. There are some serious gaps in house addresses in my area and I was painstakingly using the built in browser editor in the browser.

But, you can use a FOSS app (available on fdroid) called StreetComplete that makes it a lot easier to help out filling in the gaps in your local map data.

It’s really fun - kind of like Pokémon Go but you are actually making an impact 😁

gonzoknowsdotcom1,

Vote and comment for an iOS app github.com/streetcomplete/StreetComplete/…/5230

2xsaiko,
@2xsaiko@discuss.tchncs.de avatar

Personally I think a great combo is mapping stuff out with the phone where you can survey the place and have GPS, and then sending those changes to a computer to polish in JOSM if needed (e.g. when you’re building new ways and want to make their geometry nicer) which is a lot more powerful editor and more comfortable than doing it on a touchscreen.

But whichever editor you prefer, I concur that mapping is very fun and also useful. :)

(And a lot more straight forward than trying to make a change in Apple or especially Google Maps…)

LinkOpensChest_wav,
@LinkOpensChest_wav@lemmy.one avatar

Solid recommendation! “Contribute missing data” sounds like a chore, but this app is super fun

Bartem,

I’m still missing this on iOS, we do have “go map!!” Which is great, but that’s a bit of a different kind of app for me.

PupBiru,
@PupBiru@kbin.social avatar

i use Every Door on ios… its UI is hideous, but very functional

in still pretty new to it all though so it might not be great… better than go map for edits though

sixfold,
@sixfold@lemmy.sdf.org avatar

Go map keeps crashing for me, does it for you?

sixfold,
@sixfold@lemmy.sdf.org avatar

I’ve been using Go Map! but it keeps crashing… Maybe I’ll try Streetcomplete if it’s on apple.

JackGreenEarth,

I use Organic maps, and it’s easy to add and edit places with.

Schlemmy,

MapComplete is more about tagging.

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