Help to improve the OpenStreetMap with StreetComplete!
This app finds incomplete and extendable data in your vicinity and displays it on a map as markers. Each of those is solvable by answering a simple question to complete the info on site.
The info you enter is then directly added to the OpenStreetMap in your name, without the need to use another editor.
Thanks for sharing! This should be fun to contribute to while riding my electric unicycle.
Mapping with this app is a lot of fun! Sometimes I just go for a walk and open up StreetComplete to see if I can add some small contributions, like the opening hours of some nearby establishment or whether a given entity is still at the location.
You can also customize what kind of questions are shown so you can skip on things you may not like.
Why does fdroid say that it promotes or depends on non-free networkl service?
f-droid defines it as
Non-Free Network Services
This Anti-Feature is applied to apps that promote or depend entirely on a Non-Free network service which is impossible, or not easy to replace. Replacement requires changes to the app or service. This antifeature would not apply, if there is a simple configuration option that allows pointing the app to a running instance of an alternative, publicly available, self-hostable, free software server solution.
Here’s the list of apps with Non-Free Network Services.
Maybe the image hosting of the dev for notes
An alternative for iOS is “Go Map!!”.
Nice one!
Does this have the same “tell us more about this place please” functionality or does it just let you make edits?
It asks you about the road type, house numbers etc.
Thank you!
Also like that the iOS app privacy section says:
Data Not Collected The developer does not collect any data from this app
You don’t see that every day!
Unfortunately, it’s not available in my country :/
this app showed me how much i don’t know from my neighbourhood. It’s really fun.
it even allows you to put notes on things the app doesn’t give you an edit choice by default. I let someone know a street name was outdated that way.
It’s super fun! I learned about this recently. This and geocaching really adds motivation for long walks.
even the mundane is enjoyable, today i went grocery shopping and just added the schedules of the stores I went in.
Really useful and fun to use. Unfortunately I’m nearly done with all tasks in my region.
You can always add more (harder) tasks that are disabled by default. That’s what I do for regions where there aren’t enough tasks (that I’m interested in)
There’s always the the “advanced” version of StreetComplete: SCEE.
Just discovered it, great to, thank you!!
thank you sir for your hard work
The slightly more hardcore version of r/place.
r/place but is really a place in a map
Thank you for sharing this.
Oh wow OH WOW I WAS JUST THINKING ABOUT THIS!!! Yes!!!
I discovered the app a few weeks ago and man, am I thrilled. I totally grinded it out too. Above all, I find the function for measuring the width of the street very elegant
This is perfect! I’ve been meaning to get into contributing to OSM in my area, and this makes that very easy. I will be heading out once the rain stops to test this.
Hijacking the thread:
You are all welcome on [email protected] to discuss anyting OpenStreetMap-related
Also have a look to https://mapcomplete.osm.be - this one works on mobile and desktop and has many thematic maps (e.g. one for shops, one for cycling stuff, one for toilets) and you can improve the data there as well + add images.
Cool I loved it when Google Maps allowed contributing stuff. There are so many little annoyances where you get incorrect directions that could be fixed so easily by crowd sourcing, but are too small to fix otherwise.
Nice. I’ll participate whenever I have some time.
@original_reader great app! I love the idea of OpenStreetMap and like contributing, and this makes it super easy. Thanks for posting.
