My biggest wish is that there’s an easy way to contribute images to wikimedia and to link them easily with osm. As soon as that’s possible, we’ll map the world much quicker and more reliable. Someone might take pictures of benches and another one will add the info if there’s a backrest from home.
Someone might take pictures of benches and another one will add the info if there’s a backrest from home.
What about mapcomplete.org/benches ? Granted, it does not upload to Wikimedia commons - but then again, Wikimedia commons isn’t the right place for thousands of (mediocre) pictures of mor or less identical benches. A picture there should be “qualitative” and either “educational” or “relevant”.
I have some more time. The tag literally reads “amenity=drinking_water”, meaning that one can get drinking water for personal use here. It does not imply the physical form of this, e.g. if it is a bubbler fountain or a water tap. In either case, the tagging for the wide variety of items isn’t very consistent…
amenity=drinking_water is a place where you can get drinking water. There is no requirement to be able to drink directly from the water jet. Even more, the ‘fountain=bottle_refill’ makes it clear that this is not possible.
I find myself checking out pretty often and just making myself feel bad about the state of the world, or killing half an hour on stupid games that I could 100% live without. This is probably pretty common, and I’m wondering what other people have found as a way to do more productive things with their phones in the downtime.
It’s been some years that I am not able to log in to my Google account, because I stopped using it for a very long time any Google product, and now even providing my password, they say they can not know if it is me or now…...
Well, in a way, they do provide accurate geolocalisation for indoor environments based on wifi networks. And it is right that having internet/bluethooth access also (more or less) reveals your location; but that doesn’t make it ethical.
Does anyone know why the Humanitarian OSM Team’s (HOT) old 2014 project to map Gaza has been archived, and no new ones have been opened in recent weeks?...
We normally don’t map situations that change fast, nor do we map regions with an active war (e.g. Gaza and Ukraine).
Even if we did, we’d have to wait for aerial imagery and satellite imagery showing the latest situation. So, I get that you want to help but it might be better to wait until the whole situation de-escalates.
Is there a way to overlay property lot lines (aka land ownership maps) on the map of preferably a mobile FOSS application? I like OSM And and I know there are ways to make certain obscure things work. OnX Hunt has this feature but I don’t want to use the application
Should indeed be doable, but please: do not upload this data into the “real” OpenStreetMap.org. We don’t do parcel data (it is not verifiable on the ground), and imports are something that should be done with care.
However, you can use the tools. Use JOSM to prepare the data and convert it to a .osm-format on your local computer. Then use the OBF-creator to make an OBF file which you can drop at the right location on your phone. The map creator is right here :osmand.net/docs/versions/map-creator
Not at the moment. It takes a lot of mapping and a lot of work to get this correct.
You can however try to create your own routeplanner using OsmAnd, but you’ll need to be familiar with OsmAnd, XML, some programming and OpenStreetMap. (I created the Ski routeplanner a few years back this way)
In Belgium, we are running a slow campaign where we are importing the official building dataset. Most mappers import a bit of the buildings and do a general update as well. (BTW: we have permission to use this data and did a thorough discussion with the local community, so the import guidelines are followed)
Running around with StreetComplete, the app sometimes tells me to leave a note instead, which I do. Short time later, I receive an email that another person has resolved my note. That’s nice, but wouldn’t it be better to do it all on my own?...
You can see, edit and close notes on Mapcomplete.org/notes . You can also edit the map and add new points with MapComplete as well, within many thematic maps.
For the longest time I used Organic Maps and it was fine but it was very very bare bones. I gave OsmAnd a shot again which I did not like before as I found it very confusing and holy shit I was wrong. OsmAnd is amazing and is customizable to the brim. I love it
I recently discovered that you can get Microsoft Edge for Linux (🤢🤮) and am curious… does anyone here use Edge for Linux, or have you ever? What was your reasoning for using it?...
I am currently collecting tips for easy entry into mapping. One of the top recommendations is of course StreetComplete, which is available for Android....
If someone wanted to add data, they would be more likely to deal with a slightly unfamiliar UI.
No. Many people are interested in adding bits of map data, but are scared by confusing UI. That is pretty much the point of mapcomplete. For example, some emergency response rooms in Belgium have added AEDs precisely because it is simple to use. They won’t bother to deal with JOSM or even iD!
For maps: either OsmAnd or Organic Maps. The first one is a beast but needs to be tamed, the latter one is more user friendly. They are both based on !openstreetmap
Additionally, you can use mapcomplete.org to improve the maps (or the online editor in openstreetmap.org)
I want to know how many contributions the number 1 contributor (and other contributors as well) in my country has but I can’t seem to find it anywhere.
I’m sitting here, wondering how long it’ll take until we have finally managed to complete the bloody farmland areas while there are highly developed countries where they barely have buildings or POIs…...
It is gonna take a long time. We had a contributor (lodde1949) who drew pretty much all (!) the landuse of Flanders over the course of several years. We suspect he was an older person who did this like 8 days an hour, until he suddenly stopped. In any case, they never responded to our messages, so we have no idea who this person actually is (or was).
The inspiration largely came from StreetComplete and MapContrib. StreetComplete has a really nice, slick UI. MapContrib allows to setup a thematic map easily, which focuses on one thing.
I had been toying with the idea of being able to quickly setup thematic maps before, but a nice project (with some funding) came along, being able to start the project.
It is relatively easy to create a theme yourself - it boils down to creating a .json-file and sideloading this into MapComplete. The entire process is explained here
Once it is finished, the next step is to send it back to me (preferably via a Pull Request) to get it into the “official” mapComplete. This offers some benefits, mostly that it can be discovered by others, that it’ll be translated and that documentation can be automatically generated (for example: tagInfo shows which projects use a certain tag, those are auto-generated)
I’m currently building an easy-to-use ‘MapComplete-Studio’, so hopefully, it’ll be even easier in a few weeks time!
(I typed out an answer before, but it seems like it wasn’t posted)
do you believe in OSM as a project?
Yes, definitively. It is widely used and known, many successful companies are alive based on the data and it is getting known.
What do you think its long term goal should be or even is?
To collect and publish geodata about the world - or at least about all somewhat-permanent objects that are located on this world. And we are succeeding at that pretty much!
Completely replace something like Google Maps?
It depends on what you precisely mean with “Google Maps”. Google Maps is, first and foremost, an advertisement vector, disguised as a map. For many consumers, it is a map service which has lots of information about shops (including reviews and pictures) + navigation with traffic information.
So, some OSM-based apps might replace some of the services Google Maps offers, but many things (reviews, traffic information and pictures) are clearly out of scope for OSM (but can be filled in by Mangrove.reviews, mapillary or geovisio).
Having everyone use it as the main platform for looking at a map?
This is not the goal of OSM and should not be it. Have every map-app being based on OSM-data would be nice though. It’ll bring other problems though, such as fighting spam and fake shops…
I sometimes wonder if OSS projects should have aims that ambitious.
Eh, it depends on how the OSS-project is structured. Is there an organisation behind it that lives from it and can make money of it, to fund it? Is it a hobby project? The aims and ambitions are to be decided by the project maintainers and all people involved. Many OSS-projects and volunteer organisations can be thought of as being a do-ocracy. Hackerspaces are a good example of that, and a good intro to the concept can be found here: hackerspace.design
I run MapComplete a bit the same. I do the stuff that I either want to make or where I can get funding for in some way (thanks NlNet!). If someone passes by with a feature request, my reply often is that I don’t have time, but feel free to make it yourself.
I can’t imagine a world in which people would all be using open and free standards, and I think it’s because I’ve become so accustomed to the commercial aspect of developing software as things currently stand. What I think I might be asking for is actually your overview and opinion on OSM as a project and what we could expect of it, going forward.
In my opinion, Open Source grows at a slower pace, but is more sustainable (or the project dies and gets forgotten). On the other hand, there are - for some pieces of software - incentives by the closed-source projects - to switch people over, to keep the money flowing, so it is an uphill battle.
This argument is definitively true, but I come to this OSM-community for news about OSM and for help about OSM, not for general map discussions - that is explicitly the scope of this community.
Lemmy is big enough to have a general maps- and geo-community, go on an create it!
Is there a good Android app for using offline OpenStreetMap maps? My primary goal is to have maps that work when I have no connectivity. I’d like to download the entire US (or perhaps another country if I am traveling) and be able to navigate hiking trails where no cell service exists.
Any automation attempts for getting compatiable OpenAddress data into OpenStreet maps? (wiki.openstreetmap.org)
what are you looking for in the upcoming year(s) for osm?
My biggest wish is that there’s an easy way to contribute images to wikimedia and to link them easily with osm. As soon as that’s possible, we’ll map the world much quicker and more reliable. Someone might take pictures of benches and another one will add the info if there’s a backrest from home.
i hope there will be an applike osm photos in the near future (github.com)
What do you all do on your phones that isn't doom-scrolling or mindless mini games?
I find myself checking out pretty often and just making myself feel bad about the state of the world, or killing half an hour on stupid games that I could 100% live without. This is probably pretty common, and I’m wondering what other people have found as a way to do more productive things with their phones in the downtime.
That many people need old Ubuntu installations? (lemmy.ml)
I’ve been seeding many Foss things for years but for some reason, people keep downloading Ubuntu versions that are more than 3 years old....
What are your favourite communities on Lemmy so far?
Google blocks you if they do not know about you (lemmy.ml)
It’s been some years that I am not able to log in to my Google account, because I stopped using it for a very long time any Google product, and now even providing my password, they say they can not know if it is me or now…...
Humanitarian OSM Team - #Gaza Strip
Does anyone know why the Humanitarian OSM Team’s (HOT) old 2014 project to map Gaza has been archived, and no new ones have been opened in recent weeks?...
Visualize Lot Lines (OSM And)
Is there a way to overlay property lot lines (aka land ownership maps) on the map of preferably a mobile FOSS application? I like OSM And and I know there are ways to make certain obscure things work. OnX Hunt has this feature but I don’t want to use the application
accessible environment
hello!...
Chronology of OSM buildings - As of today there are 580 654 821 buildings in OpenStreetMap (taginfo.openstreetmap.org)
How many of them did you create?
has resolved one of your map notes – how to do it yourself? (s3.metapixl.com)
Running around with StreetComplete, the app sometimes tells me to leave a note instead, which I do. Short time later, I receive an email that another person has resolved my note. That’s nice, but wouldn’t it be better to do it all on my own?...
Microsoft might want to be making Windows 12 a subscription OS, suggests leak (www.neowin.net)
Should we be mapping paved shoulders for cyclists?
cross-posted from: lemmy.ca/post/6483361...
Unpopular Opinion: OsmAnd >>>> Organic Maps
For the longest time I used Organic Maps and it was fine but it was very very bare bones. I gave OsmAnd a shot again which I did not like before as I found it very confusing and holy shit I was wrong. OsmAnd is amazing and is customizable to the brim. I love it
Microsoft Edge, anyone?
I recently discovered that you can get Microsoft Edge for Linux (🤢🤮) and am curious… does anyone here use Edge for Linux, or have you ever? What was your reasoning for using it?...
Temporary (mid-term) closure for forest-fire not allowed?
Hey guys....
Whats your favorite free open source software that everyone should try?
Lemmy seems like the right place to ask this. Personally I’ve really enjoyed Gurgle, which is a FOSS Wordle clone app.
Swiss Federal government starts pilot test on Mastodon (i.imgur.com)
cross-posted from: feddit.ch/post/1019586...
📲 Is there a good alternative to StreetComplete for iOS users? Tips for getting started with mapping (Every Door, MapComplete, ...?)
I am currently collecting tips for easy entry into mapping. One of the top recommendations is of course StreetComplete, which is available for Android....
Inspired by a similar meme about applied math, I present: applied physics (lemmy.dbzer0.com)
How do you deal with shops that have more than one category?
Say, a book store with a café. Or a place that is a café by day and a wine bar by night.
open source app
can anyone recommend a good list of open source apps please ? like one of everything , youtube , translator, dictionary , office , maps , all sorts
Where van I find who the top contributors in my country are?
I want to know how many contributions the number 1 contributor (and other contributors as well) in my country has but I can’t seem to find it anywhere.
farmland vs buildings
I’m sitting here, wondering how long it’ll take until we have finally managed to complete the bloody farmland areas while there are highly developed countries where they barely have buildings or POIs…...
I'm the dev of MapComplete, currently stuck on a train. AMA
Hi!...
Which proprietary software do you prefer over their open-source alternatives, and why?
OsmAnd maps is great (osmand.net)
A decade after a disastrous launch, is Apple Maps finally good? (www.theguardian.com)
Archived version: archive.ph/hguLn...
Is there a good Android app?
Is there a good Android app for using offline OpenStreetMap maps? My primary goal is to have maps that work when I have no connectivity. I’d like to download the entire US (or perhaps another country if I am traveling) and be able to navigate hiking trails where no cell service exists.
Magic Earth: Privacy friendly maps with turn-by-turn navigation, OpenStreetMap, Crowd-Sourced Traffic, 3D maps, Satellite maps, Offline maps and Transit. (www.magicearth.com)