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submitted 2 months ago by als to c/openstreetmap@lemmy.ml

One shows only a few shops, often the ones that pay the most, the other shows the true number of different places in the area.

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[-] MangoPenguin 10 points 2 months ago

Sort of, OSM doesn't really have much to search for. For example if I search "gluten free lunch" google will search the reviews and menus, and is pretty decent at showing me options. OSM would not be able to return anything most likely.

[-] pietervdvn@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 months ago
[-] MangoPenguin 3 points 2 months ago

Looks neat, but most of the time just sits on 'loading data' and when I can get it to load, doesn't show anything for like 100 mile radius around me lol

[-] ame@breta.moe 5 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

@MangoPenguin @pietervdvn You're exactly the kind of person who can make a difference by adding this data!

I've found it a lot easier to map for my own dietary needs/preferences.
Just try to open up mapcomplete next time when you're in a restaurant and answer a few questions, it's really worth it!

[-] InsertUser@en.osm.town 4 points 2 months ago

@ame @MangoPenguin @pietervdvn
StreetComplete does have a couple of quests for this that default to disabled so you can turn them on if you're interested.

[-] MangoPenguin 2 points 2 months ago

For my area it wouldn't really be possible, there's maybe 1 place that regularly has gluten free stuff, but the rest need real-time data pulled from their facebook or something because it changes daily/weekly what they offer.

[-] pietervdvn@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 months ago

Then, please, add this single place :)

You might make the difference for someone else

[-] gigachad@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 months ago

True, but that's because the Google ecosystem is much more than Geo data. I agree typing that into OSM search won't have any effect, but with OSMand for example I can filter search results for glutenfree and it works (if the restaurants have that specific key). Less comfortable, but not impossible. Much more 'problematic' IMO is OSM missing the possibility to rate places and add photos of meals and menus.

[-] MangoPenguin 2 points 2 months ago

Yeah it would be nice to see a full menu and review system on top of an easy to use google maps replacement (both for mobile and web like google maps).

[-] cbed@en.osm.town 3 points 2 months ago

@MangoPenguin @Sidyctism2 Google ecosystem aside, this could be solved partially by just having more POIs with tags (cuisine=Thai;gluten_free) or such.

Google still isn't absolutely amazing at it, I regularly try to find dog friendly stuff via Google and fail, even though it searches reviews and the Q&A.

But metadata helps, always!

Overture POI could help with this too, not sure if gluten free but stuff like Halala and Vegetarian are restaurant categories for Overture POIs

[-] MangoPenguin 3 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

The problem with tags is they can go out of date so quickly and require someone to update them, whereas most restaurants publish a menu on their website or ordering site, and google can pull info from that.

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