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 😁
I’m addicted to Streetcomplete. I’m 20.000+ edits in. I make about 100 with ease on my commute to work.
You are a hero
I installed it. Judging by the mass of blank info, I guess I’m the only person around here using it lol. 😳
I became nr 10 or so in my country just by adding nearly everything SC can ask in … a 10 block radius around my house.😁
I am never getting lost in my own neighborhood again!! (Me irl)
It needs an iOS app
iOS apps generally require a $100 yearly fee to post to the app store and if they submitted a waiver as a nonprofit apple would probably take years to accept it.
Also apple has a tendency to quietly kill and/or stall small apps that pose a threat to features they incorporate into their os from what I’ve heard.
Ugh yeah the small 4-person worker cooperative I’m part of has been trying to get Apple to let us enroll in their developer program for literally weeks now. Every time we clear some other nonsense requirement, there’s a new one right behind it; and we haven’t even gotten to the “pay $100 for the privilege of undergoing this process” part yet.
I can’t believe Apple ever managed to build an application ecosystem around their products when they are so unfriendly to developers.
What? If you’re going to pay for it you just sign up and pay… If you don’t have your company registered before attempting that that’s on you. And if you’re really desperate you could just use a personal developer account which you can set up in like 1 minute. Not sure how this is an issue for you.
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@gonzoknowsdotcom1 @Schlemmy Maybe not as much fun as StreetComplete, but checkout the Every Door app: https://every-door.app/
vote and comment here https://github.com/streetcomplete/StreetComplete/discussions/5230
Check out Go Map!!, it’s also open source and has a similar feature to StreetComplete with its quests, at least from what I’ve heard about how StreetComplete works.
@gonzoknowsdotcom1 This app doesn’t seem quite as entertaining as #StreetComplete, but it is also available for #iOS: #EveryDoor
“#OpenStreetMap editor for POIs and entrances.”
every-door.app/
Furthermore, it is also very easy to edit #OSM data with #OrganicMaps: organicmaps.app/de/
@Schlemmy
@caos @Schlemmy @gonzoknowsdotcom1 #EveryDoor is great, I use it alongside #StreetComplete as it has more attributes that can be set. First StreetComplete until no tasks are left, then EveryDoor for more details.
once you complete every quest on your commute, what do you do?
parallel streets ✅
and then?
You change your job to another location :)
Not parallel streets.
that turns the commute into a promenade
That’s exactly what happened. Fortunately I have 4 different offices and I can work from ‘home’ anywhere so sometimes I go work at a friend’s place instead of working at my place.
There’s always more to tag. It’s crazy. But I started talking walks during my break.
One thing that I haven’t got to is tagging street width and that you can do by using your phones’ camera for measuring.
https://apt.izzysoft.de/fdroid/index/apk/de.westnordost.streetmeasure
In order to use this app, you will need to have the proprietary Google Play Services for AR app installed on your device as well.🤐
edit: this is for StreetMeasure
_What are the system requirements of this app?
StreetComplete requires Android 5.0, and a screen size of at least 4.3" is recommend. Apart from that, any reasonably modern phone (at least 2GB RAM, around 500MB of free space) should support it. It doesn’t require Google Play Services_
Edit: You were aiming at Streetcomplete, I see now. This is in their FAQ:
According to our tests, it does work without Google Play Services being installed, but, as said before, the device needs to be compatible.
https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/StreetComplete/FAQ
i’m using streetComplete without google. It’s streetMeasure that requires Google Play Sevices
Apparently, per their own FAQ, it is possible to use it without Google Play Services.
_What are the system requirements of this app?
StreetComplete requires Android 5.0, and a screen size of at least 4.3" is recommend. Apart from that, any reasonably modern phone (at least 2GB RAM, around 500MB of free space) should support it. It doesn’t require Google Play Services_
Cool! Never seen this before. Just downloaded and signed up.