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habi
1y ago
But about 70% of all images are something like https://tile.openstreetmap.org/10/399/390.png , e.g. water...
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1y ago
> I’ve been preoccupied with some other data that neither Open Maps nor Google provides. As an avid OpenStreetMapper I honestly wonder what kind of data is missing in OpenStreetMap. Is that something sighted persons cannot grasp and thus
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Nixplay restricts photo hosting for their frames to 500 MB in the free plan
(nixplay.com)
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2y ago
No one can stop you to add https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:diet:vegetarian to restaurants that serve vegetarian food and https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:diet:vegan for vegan restau
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habi
2y ago
Especially in things related to human mobility (biking and hiking) OpenStreetMap is much better in my opinion. I suggest you give https://organicmaps.app/ , which conveniently also works offline, without roaming (once you
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habi
2y ago
Thanks Firefishy for working on it!
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habi
2y ago
You might be surprised that https://www.openhistoricalmap.org/ exists, the 'sister' project OpenStreetMap...
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habi
2y ago
Organic Maps is based on OpenStreetMap data. OpenStreetMap is "only" geographic data, and does not include reviews. Photos are sometimes available through third parties (Mapillary, Panoramax, Wikimedia) and can be tagged onto OSM
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habi
2y ago
In theory https://www.openhistoricalmap.org/ could do exactly this.
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habi
2y ago
> ugly OSM bumper sticker on their maps Displaying attribution for free worldwide geodata sounds quite good for me.
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2y ago
https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/1973756 has `name=Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh` and `name:en= Ho Chi Minh City`
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habi
2y ago
The export button in the right sidebar (third from the bottom) does exactly this, up to a certain size bounding box size.
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habi
2y ago
Of course, I forgot (because I have them turned off). Thanks for reminding me.
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habi
2y ago
Do NOT scrape OpenStreetmap, you can download the full dataset for yourself: https://planet.osm.org/ and search for what you want in it. If you want regional extracts, you can simply download them from Geofabrik at https:&
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2y ago
StreetComplete is a gameified approach to updating details on OpenStreetMap, and only available on Android (for the moment: https://github.com/orgs/streetcomplete/projects/1 ). A good companion to Go Map!! (wh
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habi
2y ago
I guess they also donate, but at least they contribute quite substantially: https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Organised_Editing/Activi...
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2y ago
Apple mentions OpenStreetMap quite prominently: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/maps/legal-en.... Also, the "Legal" link on https://beta.maps.apple.com/ goes to http
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habi
2y ago
As suggested in https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41016144 , OpenStreetMap is the thing for you; I suggest use the data with Organic Maps: https://organicmaps.app/ You can search for „drinking“ to find ma
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2y ago
- https://www.x-rayaudio.com/ - https://youtu.be/XMCCYnDvpJQ
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2y ago
OpenStreetMap does not provide native apps, but there are plenty of (navigation) apps that provide routing based on OpenStreetMap data, my favorites being https://www.magicearth.com/ for car navigation, https://
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habi
2y ago
Not subscription-only, but „ Street-level detail is available only to registered Strava athletes“ on https://www.strava.com/heatmap so you need an account.
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2y ago
> X-rays are mentioned 28 times in the Wikipedia link about CRTs, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cathode-ray_tube CTRL-F for "X-ray" gives me 1 result, "-ray" gives me 13 results ;) Absolutely agr
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2y ago
The difference is important in the case of a CRT screen, and less important in the case of cancer treatment with Therac-25. CRTs produce a (low-intensity) electron beam that has just high enough energy for exciting the phosphorous screen. T
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2y ago
CRTs were emitting an electron beam to draw images on a phosphorescent screen, not emitting X-rays: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cathode-ray_tube Blasting X-rays through a screen to the face of an observer would not h
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2y ago
Instead of maps.me I suggest to use https://organicmaps.app/ , the privacy-respecting fork, since maps.me was sold to a payment processor. OrganicMaps is a fork from the original founders.
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2y ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tomography : `The word tomography is derived from Ancient Greek τόμος tomos, "slice, section" and γράφω graphō, "to write" or, in this context as well, "to describe
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habi
2y ago
Sure, Americana is car-focused. Mapy.cz is also OSM based and more focused on pedestrians: https://en.mapy.cz/zakladni?source=osm&id=1056429822&ds=1&x=...
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2y ago
> Why put in all that effort when the map won't even show it though? Just select a different layer, the "Transport Map" renders bus routes: https://www.openstreetmap.org/#layers=T
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habi
2y ago
https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/OpenStreetMap_Americana comes top mind: See https://zelonewolf.github.io/openstreetmap-americana/
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habi
3y ago
https://www.openstreetmap.org/changeset/149163581
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