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Lets contribute to OpenStreetMaps! (www.openstreetmap.org)
submitted 1 week ago by Kualdir@feddit.nl to c/buyeuropean@feddit.uk
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We've all already talked about switching away from google/apple maps to something like openstreetmaps, mapy, tomtom amigo, etc. But all of these services use openstreetmaps (UK non-profit) as a source and they still miss a lot of local data even for bigger cities!

If you have some spare time, think about adding a bit of data to the map with your local knowledge. There's a lot of business data missing that is on google maps like websites, phone numbers and opening hours but also stuff like parking lots and whether they're publicly accessible and free or not. Adding these makes the competition of ALL services using OSM as a source better.

I also use the mobile app https://streetcomplete.app/ and https://every-door.app/ to add data while on my walks, these make my walks more engaging and I actually take longer ones + see new places because of it. Streetcomplete also has a focus on important and easy to collect data with their default filters, and you can choose what you want to contribute.

If you really want to get into the thick of it and contribute more than just simple data you can always check out https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/How_to_contribute and see in which of the many ways you can contribute!

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[โ€“] Cyber@feddit.uk 19 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

StreetComplete Rank #136 in my country #1589 Globally

Across 7 countries (yep, even on holiday)

I've also added our home & some neighbours onto the map, which is great as our address is a little awkward and gradually our deliveries have improved as the map data reaches the driver's satnavs

[โ€“] lemmydividebyzero@reddthat.com 1 points 6 days ago (1 children)

I'm rank 5k globally and rank 2k in my country.

That means, my country is probably rank 1 globally. Which country am I from?

[โ€“] Kualdir@feddit.nl 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

That's amazing! I've only been using it for a bit but from what I've done it seems getting in the top #5000 globally shouldn't take all too much effort as long as I keep it up. Hoping to reach your levels slowly but surely ;P

[โ€“] Cyber@feddit.uk 8 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Yeah, it's all about regular contributions... I was down (up?) to #120's a while back, but I've not been travelling recently, so it's slipping away.

But yeah, 341 active days... probably over a ~3 years?

What I tend to do now is, if I visit a nice cafe / restaurant / shop, I'll check if it's there and edit the opening times, etc... or even add the business if it didn't exist.

They're good to me, I'm good to them

[โ€“] Kualdir@feddit.nl 1 points 1 week ago

Damn that's a lot haha, nice!

I'm also going to try adding reviews on mapy on top of that since that's one of the main reasons I still use google maps.