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by pietervdvn 4y ago
They do: https://2022.stateofthemap.org/#sponsors
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by pietervdvn 4y ago
Yes. They sponsored the last annual State of the Map-conference and already did some mapping work. They also released some analysis datasets which highlighted possible problems in OSM (with the intention to improve OSM)
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by pietervdvn 4y ago
This 'splitting up in layers' gets done by third-parties, such as geofabrik. Geodata is more complicated then just 'layering' everything. Also, making an entire ecosystem change is a huge effort
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by pietervdvn 4y ago
Feel free to try out mapcomplete.osm.be instead - you'll find some fun micromapping there as well!
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by pietervdvn 4y ago
No. OSM could _not_ have grown this big if we had layered everything. Far from it - the big power of OSM is the integration of all those 'layers'. Furhtermore, layering would needlessly complicate everything. Take a railway crossi
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by pietervdvn 4y ago
OpenStreetMap?
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A language picker with translated languages using wikidata(openstreetmap.org)
1 points by pietervdvn 5y ago|1 comments
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EtymologyMap: A map showing what a street is named after (OSM+wikidata)(mapcomplete.osm.be)
3 points by pietervdvn 5y ago|0 comments
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by pietervdvn 5y ago
Or alternatively, one can also use https://mapcomplete.osm.be/drinking_water and https://mapcomplete.osm.be/toilets to find and easily update them in OpenStreetMap
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by pietervdvn 5y ago
There is also this project, might be interesting to get in touch: https://hackaday.io/project/179890-india-navi
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by pietervdvn 6y ago
Volunteers add it to the OpenStreetMap database; although some are imported from earlier, similar projects. Btw, this website allows to add new camera's to OSM too
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Show HN: A website showing/updating surveillance cameras (OpenStreetMap-based)(pietervdvn.github.io)
5 points by pietervdvn 6y ago|2 comments
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by pietervdvn 6y ago
Hey Holgerd, Here in Belgium, OSM-BE we will be sitting together with the 'OnWheels'-app which does pretty much the same. They are talking about moving their database of POI, collected by their community into OSM and by improving