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I suspect Every Door will become one of the top 3 editors for OSM in the near future. I've been using it a lot since State of the Map 2022 for data capture. Th

I suspect Every Door will become one of the top 3 editors for OSM in the near future. I've been using it a lot since State of the Map 2022 for data capture. There are some many low hanging fruit to capture that its really efficient to improve coverage with minimal effort. It does of course help to know the data model and tag guidance well for the amenities / data you are capturing. But there are opportunities for novice mappers too.

ygra 4y ago
It helps that Every Door builds on the presets of iD, which are localized well and can often easily be found with searching, even by novice users. For me it has replaced OSM Go! as the app of choice for quickly adding details or changing a few things when outside. For very novice mappers that don't want/need to add new elements, StreetComplete is probably still the best way to start out, at least if you're on Android.
Hnrobert42 4y ago
I am in a walkabout through the Balkans and Central Europe. I’ve been using Maps.Me, which is great. I would love to contribute places and corrections. Do you think Every Door is a good way to do that? Is this [1] wiki the right place to look for the data model/tag guidance you are talking about? 1- https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Beginners%27_guide https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Beginners%27_guide
- habi 4y ago
  > I’ve been using Maps.Me, which is great. I heavily suggest to switch to https://organicmaps.app/ https://organicmaps.app/, which is a maintained fork of Maps.me, without user tracking and the whole wallet shenanigans.
- morsch 4y ago
  More specifically, here's how to enter a bench into OSM: https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:amenity%3Dbench https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:amenity%3Dbench You can just enter an amenity:bench poi, but it's useful to include additional information in tags. StreetComplete, for example, has a quest that adds the backrest information. Osmand lets you add pois, but offers little guidance which tags are appropriate for which kind of poi. Every door seems a bit more helpful in that regard.
  - habi 4y ago
    EverDoor uses https://github.com/openstreetmap/id-tagging-schema https://github.com/openstreetmap/id-tagging-schema to facilitate mapping, meaning some suitable tags to the main tag are automatically suggested.
  - dQw4w9WgXcQ 4y ago
    I'm glad there are people in this world concerned with tagging not just benches but also their backrest information.
    - Zverik 4y ago
      I should add that when you add or edit a bench in Every Door, it shows the backrest and the material attributes at the top. So hundreds of benches in my area have these mapped :)
- Zverik 4y ago
  Absolutely! I agree with another user that you should switch to Organic Maps, but if you want to do more mapping, Every Door helps with that. It uses iD editor presets, so you can contribute even without knowing OSM tagging, although that would help.

ygra 4y ago

It helps that Every Door builds on the presets of iD, which are localized well and can often easily be found with searching, even by novice users. For me it has replaced OSM Go! as the app of choice for quickly adding details or changing a few things when outside. For very novice mappers that don't want/need to add new elements, StreetComplete is probably still the best way to start out, at least if you're on Android.

Hnrobert42 4y ago

I am in a walkabout through the Balkans and Central Europe. I’ve been using Maps.Me, which is great. I would love to contribute places and corrections. Do you think Every Door is a good way to do that? Is this [1] wiki the right place to look for the data model/tag guidance you are talking about? 1- https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Beginners%27_guide https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Beginners%27_guide

habi 4y ago
> I’ve been using Maps.Me, which is great. I heavily suggest to switch to https://organicmaps.app/ https://organicmaps.app/, which is a maintained fork of Maps.me, without user tracking and the whole wallet shenanigans.
morsch 4y ago
More specifically, here's how to enter a bench into OSM: https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:amenity%3Dbench https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:amenity%3Dbench You can just enter an amenity:bench poi, but it's useful to include additional information in tags. StreetComplete, for example, has a quest that adds the backrest information. Osmand lets you add pois, but offers little guidance which tags are appropriate for which kind of poi. Every door seems a bit more helpful in that regard.
- habi 4y ago
  EverDoor uses https://github.com/openstreetmap/id-tagging-schema https://github.com/openstreetmap/id-tagging-schema to facilitate mapping, meaning some suitable tags to the main tag are automatically suggested.
- dQw4w9WgXcQ 4y ago
  I'm glad there are people in this world concerned with tagging not just benches but also their backrest information.
  - Zverik 4y ago
    I should add that when you add or edit a bench in Every Door, it shows the backrest and the material attributes at the top. So hundreds of benches in my area have these mapped :)
Zverik 4y ago
Absolutely! I agree with another user that you should switch to Organic Maps, but if you want to do more mapping, Every Door helps with that. It uses iD editor presets, so you can contribute even without knowing OSM tagging, although that would help.