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.

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    Really useful and fun to use. Unfortunately I’m nearly done with all tasks in my region.

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    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.

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      1 year ago

      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.

      https://f-droid.org/en/docs/Anti-Features/#NonFreeNet

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      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

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        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.

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    SCEE is described as StreetComplete for advanced users. Does anyone have experience with this?

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      I use both versions actively, the main differences of SCEE compared to StreetComplete are the addtion of more obscure questions (for example building and roof colors, species/genus of trees), allowing direct editing of tags and disabling the gamification/statistics.

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      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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    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.

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      It’s super fun! I learned about this recently. This and geocaching really adds motivation for long walks.

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        even the mundane is enjoyable, today i went grocery shopping and just added the schedules of the stores I went in.

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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!)

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      I add stuff in OSMAnd. But StreetComplete is easier for, err, completing data on what’s already there.

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    Hijacking the thread:

    You are all welcome on !openstreetmap@lemmy.ml 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.

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    Thanks for sharing! This should be fun to contribute to while riding my electric unicycle.

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    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.

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    Cool, I’m looking forward to using this after I move to a new city next week. It will hopefully help with discovering the neighborhood and surrounding area

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      I have found convenience store within 5 minutes walking distance from my house thanks to StreetComplete. I had solved most of the tasks nearby, so I took a small detour on my way home and found this shop there that I had no idea existed. At that stage I was living in the area for years.