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[-] nutsack@lemmy.world 128 points 1 year ago

the biggest problem I have with switching is that Google Maps is a business directory. open street maps is empty where i live. it works okay for navigation, but not so much for finding a coffee.

[-] then_three_more@lemmy.world 48 points 1 year ago
[-] rolling_resistance@lemmy.world 17 points 1 year ago

It says “page not found”, maybe because I'm not in EU.

[-] EveningPancakes@lemm.ee 8 points 1 year ago

I'm in the US, also says page not found for me.

[-] olicvb@lemmy.ca 27 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Yea looks like they were linking to this: Street Complete

[-] then_three_more@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Very strange. It doesn't work. I shared directly from the f-droid client droid-ify

https://f-droid.org/en/packages/de.westnordost.streetcomplete/index.html

[-] Lifter@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 1 year ago
[-] delirious_owl@discuss.online 3 points 1 year ago
[-] then_three_more@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Oh weird. That's shared from droid-ify which is an f-droid client.

Here's the proper link https://f-droid.org/en/packages/de.westnordost.streetcomplete/index.html

[-] snrkl@lemmy.sdf.org 48 points 1 year ago

there are ways to make it easier; it's been gamified:

https://github.com/streetcomplete/StreetComplete

Available on FDROID.

When my partner stops to play pokemon go, I complete some Open Street Map info quests...

[-] controlphreak@lemmy.ml 13 points 1 year ago

Street Complete is a great app for quests regarding existing features, but also consider the feature might not exist at all yet in OSM.

Map Complete is great for adding new features. It also asks a bunch of optional simple questions about the feature which gets converted into the relevant OSM tags. It's browser based but you can just add a shortcut to your home screen to have it quickly accessible.

[-] ctag@lemmy.sdf.org 4 points 1 year ago

I didn't know about map complete, thanks!

[-] InsertUser@en.osm.town 4 points 1 year ago

@controlphreak @snrkl
Now that StreetComplete has overlay layers for places and things you can add most of the thing you'd want to add in person.

[-] Contentedness@lemmy.nz 3 points 1 year ago

I've just installed this now, thanks for the tip!

So many quests right on my street!

[-] teolan@lemmy.world 33 points 1 year ago

You can contribute them!

There's a pretty barebones editor in Organic Maps, but you can also check out Street Complete and Every door (more advanced and less user friendly, though insanely efficient)

[-] Lifter@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 1 year ago

I use Vespucci, it's advanced but still pretty easy if you just want to do basic editing. https://vespucci.io/

P.s. how do you link to an app on fdroid?

[-] IHateReddit@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago
[-] Lifter@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 1 year ago

Thanks. I wish the link could be created from the f-droid automatically. I'm too lazy to try to paste the parts together

[-] bitwolf@lemmy.one 6 points 1 year ago

I felt the same however Organic Maps did have many businesses. And with Street Complete I can correct any errors when I visit.

It may simply be my area, but I so recommend organic maps over Osmand for business and POI lookups

[-] rolling_resistance@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

I keep businesses in my area up-to-date, doesn't take much time at all.

[-] barsquid@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

That kind of contribution seems like a lower level of effort than making changes to source code.

[-] teolan@lemmy.world 15 points 1 year ago

And there are apps that make it very very easy and fun. Check out street complete.

[-] Mwa@lemm.ee 5 points 1 year ago

i think openstreetmaps only works in big countries honestly

[-] joostjakob@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

What does the size of the country have to do with it? Which good big and bad small countries are you talking about?

[-] Mwa@lemm.ee 4 points 1 year ago

Most people don't use openstreetmaps on these small countries like with low/medium population it feels like apple maps on there

[-] MadBob@feddit.nl 4 points 1 year ago

Can you give an example? Because I've just looked at Luxembourg, Nepal, and Aruba, and they're all littered with named buildings and landmarks. Pyongyang even has a fair bit filled in.

[-] Mwa@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

didnt rlly try it but might try tbh but idk since i see people here where i live use google maps

edit: tried it and it really is quite outdated my house does not show up and idk if waze is even privacy respecting

[-] delirious_owl@discuss.online 2 points 1 year ago

All it takes is you to fix this. Its even easier in a small country

[-] Mwa@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago
[-] InsertUser@en.osm.town 0 points 1 year ago

@Mwa @joostjakob

Apple Maps uses OpenStreetMap data on n some countries.

[-] Mwa@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

ohh makes sense

[-] gimmemahlulz@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 1 year ago

Yeah trying to find anything on any of the competing apps is basically impossible. I mean ffs OSMand literally couldn't do address lookup!

[-] themachine@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

I just recently learned this.

For OsmAnd, go to search, then the categories tab, and then hit "Online Search".

Voila, address lookup.

[-] vatlark@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

I have found Organic Map's search to be far better than OSMand. OSMand has far more features though.

You'll need to first download the relevant section of the map downloaded to be able to search it, though.

[-] erenkoylu@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

You can add the POIs and fill the gaps!

[-] Carighan@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

And then in the web app, you need to do this complicated hold-LMB-then-select-from-list to select something, making just browsing really difficult.

Or is there a better way of doing that? I lack a good way to just browse Openstreetmap.

[-] erenkoylu@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

openstreetmap.org is a mappers website, not a map users website. It works great for mappers, but is horrible for people who want to use the map to find their way around.

I think the openstreetmap ecosystem really needs a better website for map users.

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