Do you only contribute what is useful for your own use cases, or whatever you can improve the map with?

  • SomeAmateur@sh.itjust.works
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    3 months ago

    I use iD editor almost every time. It’s simple to use and I can use it on nearly any computer I have access to. usually put on a podcast for 30min-1h and map while I listen.

    On my phone I have Vespucci installed. It’s a lot slower going compared to PC but it can scratch the itch when I’m bored out and about. I use OSMand for actually using the map data.

    Street Complete is slick and makes it easy to add a ton of stuff but that is geared towards polishing up the unknown details of stuff that is already mapped. I’d rather finish adding unmapped roads and sidewalks than telling OSM what materials they’re made of.

    I like to map land use. I spent some time on a volunteer fire department and working with their K9 Search and Rescue team on real calls and training. Land nav and good mapping is super important to them so I put some extra effort to make it as useful as possible.

    It mildly annoys me when mappers add big sections of natual wood but completely ignore the big swampy wetland or other obvious things within that area like ponds. I think some people map it just so it looks nice but a little detail matters when you’re there in person and have to get around.

  • sic_semper_tyrannis@lemmy.today
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    3 months ago

    I like JOSM. It’s complicated but I started with easy things and slowly grew my knowledge of the software. Now it’s quite easy to hop on for a few minutes at a time to an hour or two adding whole neighborhoods.

  • ingalls@lemmy.today
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    3 months ago

    OSM browser editor and Go Map!!! on my iPhone. I mostly do what interests me (bike parking, pedestrian/bike trails, etc.) but sometimes I work on more general stuff.

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      3 months ago

      I use that one for finding stuff, but I had no idea you could also add places with it! The interface actually seems pretty decent!

      • 𝘋𝘪𝘳𝘬@lemmy.ml
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        3 months ago

        Keep in mind that Organic Maps is mainly a navigation tool. Their data source is up to a month outdated and things you map with it could be already mapped in the source but not updated in OM.

  • aarroyoc
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    3 months ago

    Usually iD, but sometimes Vespucci and JOSM (I use it when I have som GPS data alongside).

  • bbbhltz@beehaw.org
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    3 months ago

    I use or have used, depending on the situation, JOSM, OsmAnd~, Ever Door, StreetComplete and Vespucci.

    If I’m out and about and have a second I will contribute whatever I can, even if it isn’t useful to me. I have not, however, stepped up my game and started mapping trees or fire hydrants.

    • Tyoda@lemm.eeOP
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      3 months ago

      Fire Hydrants are really well mapped in my city for some reason!

      I tried to correct the trees in a small park, but when I was finished with half of it I looked on the other side and went “That’s way too many trees” so it’s kind of just sitting there half-good now… But yeah, that info being mapped is not of much use to me…

      Thanks for the answer!