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1. 31.▲
   by pietervdvn 4mo ago

   Thanks for the compliments :) Yeah, the complexity of the other tools is the pitch of MapComplete
2. 32.▲
   by pietervdvn 4mo ago

   Who is George? I'm probably missing some (cultural) reference
3. 33.▲
   by pietervdvn 4mo ago

   Excellent question! First: editing _attributes_ of geometries is totally possible, editing the _shape_ of geometries is not possible with MapComplete. If one allows to edit shapes (aka: geometries), this means that one can draw or move line
4. 34.▲
   by pietervdvn 4mo ago

   Thanks for the compliments :)
5. 35.▲
   by pietervdvn 4mo ago

   Checkout https://mapcomplete.org/cycle_infra and https://mapcomplete.org/cyclenodes.html Editing attributes of relations is possible. Adding or deleting objects to relations might become possible one day. E
6. 36.▲
   by pietervdvn 4mo ago

   To keep the user interface clean, I hide buttons when they are not relevant. If you are logged out, the 'move this feature' button is hidden. In other words, you need to log in with an OSM-account. Then, the 'move this featur
7. 37.▲
   by pietervdvn 4mo ago

   https://mapcomplete.org/etymology links objects (mostly streets, but also parks, schools, ...) to the Wikidata enitity of of what that street was _named_ after. If the link is already there, it shows the relevant Wikipedia
8. 38.▲
   by pietervdvn 4mo ago

   Hi! MapComplete dev here! One of the major differences is that, in StreetComplete, an object is hidden from the view once all quests are done. That makes StreetComplete a 'contribution-only' tool. (This changed in recent years, wh
9. 39.▲
   by pietervdvn 4mo ago

   Hi all! MapComplete creator here! If you have any questions, shoot!
10. 40.▲
    by pietervdvn 4mo ago

    I'd even count this as "having local access to the device", as that is what is needed to install such a cert
11. 41.▲
    by pietervdvn 4mo ago

    Please tell them that 'als Elon Musk zijn starlink uitzet, iedereen de weg kwijt is' incorrect is. GPS is managed by the USA gov and we have our Galileo-alternative
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    by pietervdvn 4mo ago

    VScode might be open source (to a degree), but the levers of control are on a different location. See https://ghuntley.com/fracture/ for an excellent blog on it.
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    by pietervdvn 4mo ago

    Belgian action group "Code Rood" (Code Red) is planning to occupy a data centre next week... https://code-rouge.be/
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    Show HN: A crowdsourced map of surveillance camera's based on OSM(mapcomplete.org)

    7 points by pietervdvn 5mo ago|0 comments
15. 45.▲
    by pietervdvn 5mo ago

    For everyone interested in this topic: with https://mapcomplete.org/surveillance , anyone can easily see and update surveillance camera's in OpenStreetMap
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    by pietervdvn 5mo ago

    The fossil fuel industry is both the most subsidized industry worldwide ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fossil_fuel_subsidies ) and the second most expensive source of energy (at least for electricity production). The on
17. 47.▲
    Unplug technofascism – Belgian activists are planning to occupy a datacenter(code-rouge.be)

    4 points by pietervdvn 5mo ago|1 comments
18. 48.▲
    by pietervdvn 5mo ago

    Code Red (nl: Code Rood, fr: Code Rouge) is a group of activists who did several occupations - previously fossil fuel industries and supply chains of illegal warfare and occupation. They are now aiming for "bigtech" as they cause
19. 49.▲
    by pietervdvn 5mo ago

    Or maybe we should just get rid of the "breaking DRM is illegal"-laws. See https://pluralistic.net/2026/01/01/39c3/
20. 50.▲
    by pietervdvn 5mo ago

    Yeah, same. It is hard; we start to need a collective boycott. We can all do our part, by using their products as little as possible, contribute to open alternatives (OpenStreetMap, Fediverse, Linux, Nextcloud...) and by stimulating our (no
21. 51.▲
    by pietervdvn 6mo ago

    Trippy... Looks as if half of the map tiles are not loading, except it is not a technical glitch
22. 52.▲
    by pietervdvn 6mo ago

    Yeah, OP is a bit in violation of the OSM trademark policy here... See https://osmfoundation.org/wiki/Trademark_Policy
23. 53.▲
    by pietervdvn 6mo ago

    I work on https://mapcomplete.org - that one pretty much integrates images (panoramax) and reviews (mangrove.reviews) and makes it easy to update data for anyone. I also go in-depth on some topics, e.g. on restaurants and toilet
24. 54.▲
    by pietervdvn 6mo ago

    Forgejo is slowly working on federation
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    by pietervdvn 6mo ago

    As an OpenStreetMap-contributor: you have to add attribution as per our license agreement: https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright CartoDB packages this data into tiles you can use, but that doesn't lift this requireme
26. 56.▲
    by pietervdvn 7mo ago

    Give https://mapcomplete.org/infrastructure a try
27. 57.▲
    by pietervdvn 7mo ago

    I don't like them as well. On this site, you can disable them with the checkbox on the top-right
28. 58.▲
    by pietervdvn 7mo ago

    Your idea has been implemented as datapods: https://www.capitalnumbers.com/blog/data-pod-decentralized-d... It seems dead though...
29. 59.▲
    by pietervdvn 8mo ago

    You can use https://mapcomplete.org/surveillance to delete the cameras from OSM
30. 60.▲
    by pietervdvn 8mo ago

    If you spot missing camera's - Flock or not - you can add them to OSM easily with https://mapcomplete.org/surveillance