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I recently switch https://onthegomap.com https://onthegomap.com from google to OSM for walking paths between points. The trail quality is much better where I li

by zylepe 8y ago

I recently switch https://onthegomap.com https://onthegomap.com from google to OSM for walking paths between points. The trail quality is much better where I live (Massachusetts) but I have been getting a lot of complaints from people all over the world that it no longer has their trails. I wonder what the lowest friction way to get my users to help contribute trails to OSM would be?

seba_dos1 8y ago
A built-in editor that's specifically targeted to what interests them. There's an app called OpenVegeMap which shows you vegetarian and vegan restaurants nearby. It also allows you to add and edit this information. Found a nice vegan bistro? You're just two clicks away from adding a missing tag about it to OSM. Just this and nothing else.
- zylepe 8y ago
  Great idea, signing up for an OSM account is a pretty high barrier though. Is OSM is ok with anonymous edits through 3rd party apps?
  - maxerickson 8y ago
    No. The person doing the edits should be directly contactable through the OSM messaging system.
  - rmc 8y ago
    As Max Erickson says, they need their own OSM account. You can write your own editor, which submits changes to the OSM API. Users can authorise your editor to edit in their name via OAuth. Once someone has auth'ed your app, they can stay entirely within your app. But be careful that you don't lead your editors to think this isn't a global database that others use, or other OSMers will be annoyed.,
  - sabas_ge 8y ago
    You can act as proxy like WheelMap does (upload the edits on behalf of the users), but you must then be reachable when some edit is wrong.
- rmc 8y ago
  StreetComplete is an Android app for answering simple questions about things in OSM. https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/StreetComplete https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/StreetComplete
maxerickson 8y ago
Have an opt in for sharing their gps traces and maybe get them to take and share georeferenced pictures of trail signs.

by zylepe 8y ago

seba_dos1 8y ago

A built-in editor that's specifically targeted to what interests them. There's an app called OpenVegeMap which shows you vegetarian and vegan restaurants nearby. It also allows you to add and edit this information. Found a nice vegan bistro? You're just two clicks away from adding a missing tag about it to OSM. Just this and nothing else.

zylepe 8y ago
Great idea, signing up for an OSM account is a pretty high barrier though. Is OSM is ok with anonymous edits through 3rd party apps?
- maxerickson 8y ago
  No. The person doing the edits should be directly contactable through the OSM messaging system.
- rmc 8y ago
  As Max Erickson says, they need their own OSM account. You can write your own editor, which submits changes to the OSM API. Users can authorise your editor to edit in their name via OAuth. Once someone has auth'ed your app, they can stay entirely within your app. But be careful that you don't lead your editors to think this isn't a global database that others use, or other OSMers will be annoyed.,
- sabas_ge 8y ago
  You can act as proxy like WheelMap does (upload the edits on behalf of the users), but you must then be reachable when some edit is wrong.
rmc 8y ago
StreetComplete is an Android app for answering simple questions about things in OSM. https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/StreetComplete https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/StreetComplete

maxerickson 8y ago

Have an opt in for sharing their gps traces and maybe get them to take and share georeferenced pictures of trail signs.