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As a cyclist, is there an app I can install that simply has “start recording” and “stop recording” and lets me trim my off the start and end, so that I can cont

As a cyclist, is there an app I can install that simply has “start recording” and “stop recording” and lets me trim my off the start and end, so that I can contribute my cycling path data to OSM without having to curate it further? The set of people who would happily upload cycling data minus their precise start/endpoint is probably 1000x larger than the set of people who enjoy map curation in their free time, but I’m not sure what solution I can present to bicyclist friends that would let them contribute.

43920 7y ago
Just having a trace of your route probably isn't very useful in a lot of cases, since it's going to be mostly on roads that are already mapped. Instead, you'd probably want to map the actual paths, in which case you can view your GPS trace in the editor to map from without having to share it publicly. The Strava heatmap is also licensed for usage in OSM, and in a lot of areas it has pretty good coverage of bike paths already (https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Strava https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Strava).
- floatingatoll 7y ago
  How many bike paths have been added to OSM as a result of the Strava heatmap identifying them?
  - 43920 7y ago
    I don't think there's any exact numbers. You can search for changesets that have Strava listed as a source [1], but that doesn't mean the Strava data was actually used. [1] https://osmcha.org/?filters={"source"%3A[{"label"%3A"strava"%2C"value"%3A"strava"}] https://osmcha.org/?filters={"source"%3A[{"label"%3A"strava"...}
    - floatingatoll 7y ago
      Thanks! Note that the link doesn't seem to work at all for me :( But I'm happy to see that someone is drawing the connections from the data somehow.
      - 43920 7y ago
        There should be an extra } at the end of the link; HN seems to be interpreting it as a separate character for some reason.
tekknolagi 7y ago
I've got OSMTracker which I think might be what you're looking for.

43920 7y ago

Just having a trace of your route probably isn't very useful in a lot of cases, since it's going to be mostly on roads that are already mapped. Instead, you'd probably want to map the actual paths, in which case you can view your GPS trace in the editor to map from without having to share it publicly. The Strava heatmap is also licensed for usage in OSM, and in a lot of areas it has pretty good coverage of bike paths already (https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Strava https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Strava).

floatingatoll 7y ago
How many bike paths have been added to OSM as a result of the Strava heatmap identifying them?
- 43920 7y ago
  I don't think there's any exact numbers. You can search for changesets that have Strava listed as a source [1], but that doesn't mean the Strava data was actually used. [1] https://osmcha.org/?filters={"source"%3A[{"label"%3A"strava"%2C"value"%3A"strava"}] https://osmcha.org/?filters={"source"%3A[{"label"%3A"strava"...}
  - floatingatoll 7y ago
    Thanks! Note that the link doesn't seem to work at all for me :( But I'm happy to see that someone is drawing the connections from the data somehow.
    - 43920 7y ago
      There should be an extra } at the end of the link; HN seems to be interpreting it as a separate character for some reason.

tekknolagi 7y ago

I've got OSMTracker which I think might be what you're looking for.