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.
The slightly more hardcore version of r/place.
r/place but is really a place in a map
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.
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.
Really useful and fun to use. Unfortunately I’m nearly done with all tasks in my region.
An alternative for iOS is “Go Map!!”.
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!
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.
Such a neat app!
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
@original_reader great app! I love the idea of OpenStreetMap and like contributing, and this makes it super easy. Thanks for posting.
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 I let someone know a street name was outdated that way.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.
Thanks for sharing! This should be fun to contribute to while riding my electric unicycle.
SCEE is described as StreetComplete for advanced users. Does anyone have experience with this?
It’s exactly as it says. SCEE comes without handholding which means should know what you do.
It’s better to follow a guide on mapping and osm in general and after that you can use it without holding back.
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Yeah, it’s made more for refining and confirming details than for adding entirely new objects.
When I want to add something that’s not on the map yet, I either add a note in StreetComplete and come back to it later on my computer, or I add it using Vespucci. (I’ve been known to add items using Vespucci, then reload the data on StreetComplete so I can fill in details that aren’t in the presets and that I can’t remember how to tag manually!)
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.
I asked the developer Tobias Zwick the exact same question. His reply (in german, can anyone summarize it in english?):
gemeint ist damit vor Allem jawg.io, das ist der komerzielle Anbieter/Clouddienst über den die Basiskarte ausgespielt wird. Diese Karte basiert zwar zu 100% auf OpenStreetMap-Daten, aber der Service selbst ist nicht frei. Die OpenStreetMap Foundation bietet selbst keinen Vektor-Kachel-Dienst an, auch nicht für OpenStreetMap Editoren etc.
Zusätzlich dazu würde die App zurzeit auch ohne jawg.io das NonFreeNet-Flag bekommen, aber das liegt vor Allem daran, dass F-Droid zurzeit die Benutzung jeglichen in der App hardkodierten Netzwerkdienst, ob Open Source oder nicht, als NonFreeNet flaggt. Also zum Beispiel auch für die Nutzung von api.openstreetmap.org 🤔
Die F-Droid Leute diskutieren aber (seit langem) darüber, für nicht in der App änderbare Netzwerkdienste ein neues Anti-Feature Flag einführen, soetwas wie SiloedNet oder so, um die Definition von NonFreeNet nicht derart zu verwässern.Denn, ja… zurzeit ist finde ich NonFreeNet ziemlich nichtssagend. Ein Wikipedia-Reader zum Beispiel bekommt den Flag auch.
I thought it was awesome he took the time to answer in such detail and startet support him on liberapay: Tobias Zwick
Somewhat shortened translation:
This mainly refers to jawg.io, the commercial cloud service that serves the basic map. The map itself is 100% OSM data, but the service isn’t free. OSM themselves don’t offer a vector tile server, not even for editors.
Also, F-Droid gives every app with a hard-coded network dependency the NonFreeNet flag, including e.g. api.openstreetmap.org.
They’re discussing a new anti-feature like SiloedNet for such cases, because at the moment NonFreeNet is pretty useless, e.g. a Wikipedia reader gets that flag too.
Perfect, thank you!
