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[–] pietervdvn@lemmy.ml 136 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (6 children)

All of you are invited on !openstreetmap@lemmy.ml

Also checkout the many editing tools, such as https://mapcomplete.org, https://streetcomplete.app,...

[–] pietervdvn@lemmy.ml 4 points 10 months ago (2 children)
[–] pietervdvn@lemmy.ml 4 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

WHAT? HOW DARE YOU INSULT OPENSTREETMAP, THE MOST USED DIGITAL MAP!

(In all seriousness, I wouldn't be surprised that OSM is actually used the most, especially because it creeps into many other maps. But of course, this usage is spread over many apps and not a single ~~advertising~~ map product, where GMaps is undoubtly the biggest one)

[–] pietervdvn@lemmy.ml 2 points 10 months ago

Because they render the map offline (and have a slow render engine)

[–] pietervdvn@lemmy.ml 3 points 10 months ago (5 children)

Looks like V2. That one shows the grid for not-yet-rendered areas

[–] pietervdvn@lemmy.ml 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Should be possible. With reviews however, one needs a central curator to weed out the spam reviews...

whether they buy out the project

Which is why an open license is important: it allows to fork if needed.

[–] pietervdvn@lemmy.ml 3 points 11 months ago

This is actually a really interesting case. On one hand, there is typically a specialized company involved creating those maps. On the other hand, the mall which requested them is, by law, required to create them and to put them at visible places in the mall (thus "publishing" them). According to the European Database Law, they would thus not be eligible for copyright and should be considered public domain!

However, I wouldn't build a multi-million company on it...

[–] pietervdvn@lemmy.ml 4 points 11 months ago (1 children)

You can also add those (and many more) with https://mapcomplete.org . This is a different app (or rather) a website, which was inspired by streetcomplete

[–] pietervdvn@lemmy.ml 1 points 11 months ago

MapComplete is indeed limited to creating new points, but it can modify attributes of existing ways. I'm assuming that most navigable waterways are drawn, but not all necessary attributes are known, where MC could help.

And: tackle it one layer at a time :)

[–] pietervdvn@lemmy.ml 1 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Wow, very good first attempt! I'm reviewing the layers you made (esp. fuel station and sanitary dump station) and they seem very well done!

I've spotted a few small mistakes, but nothing fundamental.

It would IMHO be even more interesting to have a layer about the canals themselfs, to indicate what types of boats (e.g. small boats, kayaks, ...) are legally allowed to and physically possible to go over a certain waterway; that would be great!

[–] pietervdvn@lemmy.ml 1 points 11 months ago

Check OpenStreetMap (e.g. using MapComplete.org) if the data there is correct. If it is, update Organic Maps or the maps in Organic Maps. (I'm more of an OsmAnd person, so don't know how that is done)

 

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

 

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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