[-] [email protected] 13 points 1 month ago

I disagree. They both serve a different part of the market. OsmAnd is a heavy tool with thousands of features, Organic Maps is a lightweight tool for more general users. Both approaches have (dis)advantages.

[-] [email protected] 13 points 1 month ago

No, it is not. OSM is a database of geodata. The rules are clear: what is in there, must be (semi)permanent and observable. A fire staircase meets those requirements.

If you (or a dataconsumer) doesn't care about this data, they can simply take a copy and delete from that copy what they don't need.

[-] [email protected] 12 points 2 months ago

Yes, but actually, no. For a ton of projects, Github is an important resource. It is the main collaboration tool through the issue trackers, offers hosting and continuous integration. If it fell of the earth today, a lot of projects would scramble and have a lot of lost (meta)data.

If they were to announce that they would shut down in three months time, those same projects would scramble as well to migrate - which is also a bit chaotic, but less so.

And: many projects are switching away right now. I moved mapcomplete to a selfhosted forgejo instance since a few months ('cause I don't trust github no more), Organic Maps moved just now cause they got a (temporary) ban. One of their contributors was apperantly from a US-sanctioned country (more info about them here: https://en.osm.town/@[email protected]).

[-] [email protected] 12 points 2 months ago

Will this work in Europe?

[-] [email protected] 15 points 1 year ago

In Chiba city, it is described as "The sky above the port"

[-] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago

Putt-putt, pajama sam a.d freddy fish are great!

[-] [email protected] 14 points 2 years ago

You forgot "Use AI"

[-] [email protected] 12 points 2 years ago

What is important to you ;)

There are many interesting datasets in OpenStreetMap which I try to make visible and editable with MapComplete.

Of course, general information (should as shop info) is what matters the most to most people, but it really depends on the usecase.

[-] [email protected] 11 points 2 years ago

Maybe checkout https://yosmhm.neis-one.org and http://hdyc.neis-one.org/ for cool maps. The first one is a heatmap of all your changes.

[-] [email protected] 15 points 2 years ago

Ooohh!! Please, post a bit in the lemmy community as well.

[-] [email protected] 10 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Hi! Wrong sub? No worries, our ~~subreddit~~community ([email protected]) is right here as well!

Did you also know that Apple Maps and Bing Maps use OSM data too in some areas, for some types of categories? Bing even has cloned an OSM-editing program.

Furthermore, you can use https://mapcomplete.osm.be to add shops or other POI. (Obligatory shill as I'm the main dev of that one ;) )

pietervdvn

[-] [email protected] 11 points 2 years ago

Sorry, you lost this bet. It's not mastodon they copied, but Instagram: https://www.emergetools.com/deep-dives/threads

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

Hi!

OpenStreetMap is a map that anyone can edit and anyone can freely reuse. It has a huge ecosystem, and can thus be a bit confusing to edit or to work with.

I thought that having a weekly thread to ask all beginner questions would be nice for everyone interested, so - go for it!

If you know the answer to a question, please answer (so that I don't have to answer everything).

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submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

Hi all!

Welcome to the OSM-community on Lemmy. With this post, we'd like to introduce us, tell us what you expect from this place and what it should/might become.

BTW: we are still open to add more moderators! Make an introduction post here, mentioning why you want to moderate and showing some of your mapping work. (If you don't want to share your OSM-username, you can also PM that to one of the mods)

So, I'm @pietervdvn (https://osm.org/user/Pieter%20Vander%20Vennet ; he/him), I'm the main dev of https://mapcomplete.osm.be . I'm involved with OSM most of the time and quite happy that there is momentum to move away from Reddit to an open-source, federated platform. ;) Personally, I already have a lot on my plate so I do not have enough team to moderate this place, so I'd like to get a team here quickly and start this place so that I can retire here.

https://lemmy.ml/u/Ben_on_Lemmy was the original founder of this community - but lost interest as nobody joined a few years back. But the tides have turned! One thorough search for the password of his account later and he's back!

At last, https://lemmy.ml/u/SyJ just joined the moderation team as well - even though I don't know a whole lot about them.

So:

  • Do you have any questions for us?
  • What do you expect from the moderation team?
  • What do you expect from !openstreetmap?
  • What should this place look like in about one year time?
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submitted 2 years ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

Hi all,

I have been made moderator for this community after I requested this.

However, I'm but a human too - and I already have enough to do, so I would like to spread the load as much as possible - not to mention that I'll be on holidays soon.

In other words, I'm searching for some more people to man the ship!

To apply as moderator here, I'd like to be sure that you are well-embedded in the OSM-community and have the necessary skills. As lemmy is a mostly english-speaking community, you must have decent english skills.

Furthermore, some communication skills and discretion is necessary too. At last, a bit of time to regularly check the community here is necessary as well (I'm lacking the last thing a bit). Furhtermore, you'll obviously need an account in the threadiverse. If you have an account (on another server), that should work. (I think one can moderate over server boundaries). If you don't have an account yet, it might be a good idea to make one on lemmy.ml as that is the one hosting the community.

As many people discovered lemmy just recently, the useraccount here probably won't have a lot of credit here. As such, you can:

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

Hi,

I'm very active within OpenStreetMap. As many refugees from Reddit, I'm taking shelter here and found the OSM-community.

Hover, there is only one moderator there, which seems to be inactive for >3 years. Is there a process to make me moderator of that community? I'll make sure to create a moderation team there as well.

For reference: https://openstreetmap.org/user/Pieter%20Vander%20Vennet https://en.osm.town/@pietervdvn

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

Hi all,

A new version of MapComplete is in the works, using MapLibre and lots of Svelte.

It marks a big refactoring and a new, nice visual style. I'd be honoured if you all were to test it and eventually point out the last bugs you find.

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