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Unmapped USA - Mastodon Bot (lemdro.id)

submitted 7 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I thought I’d share this Mastodon bot - @SmallTownUSA - here as I’ve found it great fun.

Posting towns in the USA with a population less than 1000 that are undermapped on OpenStreetMap.org

I quite enjoy mapping areas that have nothing or very little mapped. This bot kind of helps with that. Although, I’d love another one for my home country and current country of residence.

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (2 children)

I've made some good progress mapping out Sebeka in Minnesota over the past couple months :D
https://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=15/46.6301/-95.0900
I'd love to finish mapping all the buildings but it starts to feel like a chore :s

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago

If I get a chance I’ll try help out there as well.

but it starts to feel like a chore :s

I find that this happens with me when I start trying to add too much detail from the start. I’ll get overwhelmed at how much there still is and then it feels like a chore.

I’ve started just adding building outlines and then once that’s done I’ll go add some more detail to a couple places.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

Here's a screenshot from before: screenshot of Sebeka before my mapping efforts

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

Wow that's excellent progress! Keep up the good work :)

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago (1 children)

This is so freaking cool thanks for sharing! Would be cool if the author auto kept a gallery of before and after for each place to show how much it is improving places.

Also, I gotta say it must be crazy for someone to live in one of these little towns that's barely on the map and then one day they open whatever map app and boom everything is there! They probably just shake their head and say "technology..."

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago

I LOVE looking at before/after screenshots. Especially when there was nothing there before or very little and then someone comes and adds a whole bunch of stuff.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago

When I travel I always map