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I wish more people would do this, but sometimes it's a tough sell. I once tried to encourage a bunch of people who were banging their heads bloody trying to co
by CharlesColeman 8y ago
I wish more people would do this, but sometimes it's a tough sell. I once tried to encourage a bunch of people who were banging their heads bloody trying to contribute to Facebook's places database to switch to editing OpenStreetMap instead. Most didn't want to switch -- they were convinced that their miserable experience improving Facebook was more impactful because it was a more popular product that they knew they used.
I with OSM would come out with a consumer-focused map product. I think that would go a long way towards attracting more contributors, since most people get started to scratch an itch in a product they use.
- londons_explore 8y agoOSM is used underlying a lot of commercial apps and services. Most people don't realise that though, so they think their edits correcting roads will only get seen by a handful of open source geeks.
- alasdair_ 8y agoAgreed. For example Pokemon GO uses it - which is why there was a large influx of new users, prompting the following guidelines page: https://blog.openstreetmap.org/2016/12/30/tips-pokemon-go/ https://blog.openstreetmap.org/2016/12/30/tips-pokemon-go/
- trystero 8y agoMAPS.ME (https://maps.me/ https://maps.me/) is the closest we have to a "consumer-focused map product" in the OpenStretMap ecosystem. Try it!