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You can and you should contribute - Open Street Map (lemmy.blahaj.zone)

submitted 2 years ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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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 😁

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

I'm addicted to Streetcomplete. I'm 20.000+ edits in. I make about 100 with ease on my commute to work.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

Oh heck yea! My neighborhood is better mapped on OSM than Google Maps even now! Very fulfilling to see.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Does anyone know of OSM street view equivalents like KartaView allow for campus street view? It seems like it's only available for roads you can access with a car.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

If you're asking about more imagery coverage, Mapillary has a lot. The wiki has a list of street-level imagery articles.

OpenStreetMap is more about the map database, so any imagery association tends to be loose, and is more for use as a useable source for ground truth.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

Wow, cartography is a whole thing I have never really taken a look at. This is super cool, thanks for the share! I don't like that Mapillary is owned by Facebook/Meta :/

I will take a look at the resources you have sent though!