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And if you are on android, there’s a super simple and easy, lightly gamified, app to help improve their data: https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/StreetComplete

And if you are on android, there’s a super simple and easy, lightly gamified, app to help improve their data: https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/StreetComplete https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/StreetComplete

tim_hutton 4y ago
This is an excellent app, it works very well. Thanks for linking.
- Semaphor 4y ago
  I’ve been using it to update the > 4 years out-of-date streets around my apartment, it really makes it super easy just when walking somewhere.
jbaber 4y ago
My kids loved using this on long walks in the neighborhood. Until we'd heavily trodden some paths and the only questions were about road surfaces and streetlamps :)
- Aachen 4y ago
  Street lighting is useful though! My partner wanted to go running but when it gets dark early it would be after dark, and there wasn't a good map of which roads are lit. I since filled in the data and OsmAnd can display it (map settings -> details -> street lighting), but it took a while to get stuff filled in and my partner has since stopped running x). It may help other people plan such trips, or tell people where they can feel more safe while walking after nightfall. The data is virtually nonexistent in most places, at least until StreetComplete started asking for it, but I imagine that many will find it a useful addition if it starts being rendered or used in route calculations now that it's available here and there. (Which then leads to more people seeing the use and contributing that data, which again makes it more useful.) Finding your way in an unfamiliar place in pitch blackness is a lot harder regardless of safety.
smusamashah 4y ago
There is also Every Door which i find less annoying. Street complete puts lots of noise on the map. I don't know the answer to my selected questions all the time. Every door lets you fill in whatever you can. https://every-door.app/ https://every-door.app/
- Semaphor 4y ago
  While that is nice, it’s a lot more cluttered. That may be useful when you specifically go out to do mapping, but Street Complete is far easier to do on the side while going somewhere for different reasons. edit: I will keep both though ;)
- blargpls 4y ago
  If you have a problem with specific quest types, you can disable them in the settings. If you feel like the question / answer should be improved, check the StreetComplete issue tracker for existing issues / discussions and if there isn't any matching, create a new one.
andyjohnson0 4y ago
Thanks for mentioning this! I've installed it and it looks like an interesting app.
0xFF0123 4y ago
Thanks for a great recommendation!

tim_hutton 4y ago

This is an excellent app, it works very well. Thanks for linking.

Semaphor 4y ago
I’ve been using it to update the > 4 years out-of-date streets around my apartment, it really makes it super easy just when walking somewhere.

jbaber 4y ago

My kids loved using this on long walks in the neighborhood. Until we'd heavily trodden some paths and the only questions were about road surfaces and streetlamps :)

Aachen 4y ago
Street lighting is useful though! My partner wanted to go running but when it gets dark early it would be after dark, and there wasn't a good map of which roads are lit. I since filled in the data and OsmAnd can display it (map settings -> details -> street lighting), but it took a while to get stuff filled in and my partner has since stopped running x). It may help other people plan such trips, or tell people where they can feel more safe while walking after nightfall. The data is virtually nonexistent in most places, at least until StreetComplete started asking for it, but I imagine that many will find it a useful addition if it starts being rendered or used in route calculations now that it's available here and there. (Which then leads to more people seeing the use and contributing that data, which again makes it more useful.) Finding your way in an unfamiliar place in pitch blackness is a lot harder regardless of safety.

smusamashah 4y ago

There is also Every Door which i find less annoying. Street complete puts lots of noise on the map. I don't know the answer to my selected questions all the time. Every door lets you fill in whatever you can. https://every-door.app/ https://every-door.app/

Semaphor 4y ago
While that is nice, it’s a lot more cluttered. That may be useful when you specifically go out to do mapping, but Street Complete is far easier to do on the side while going somewhere for different reasons. edit: I will keep both though ;)
blargpls 4y ago
If you have a problem with specific quest types, you can disable them in the settings. If you feel like the question / answer should be improved, check the StreetComplete issue tracker for existing issues / discussions and if there isn't any matching, create a new one.

andyjohnson0 4y ago

Thanks for mentioning this! I've installed it and it looks like an interesting app.

0xFF0123 4y ago

Thanks for a great recommendation!