geteilt von: https://feddit.nl/post/33407329

We’ve all already talked about switching away from google/apple maps to something like openstreetmaps, mapy, tomtom amigo, etc. But all of these services use openstreetmaps (UK non-profit) as a source and they still miss a lot of local data even for bigger cities!

If you have some spare time, think about adding a bit of data to the map with your local knowledge. There’s a lot of business data missing that is on google maps like websites, phone numbers and opening hours but also stuff like parking lots and whether they’re publicly accessible and free or not. Adding these makes the competition of ALL services using OSM as a source better.

I also use the mobile app https://streetcomplete.app/ and https://every-door.app/ to add data while on my walks, these make my walks more engaging and I actually take longer ones + see new places because of it. Streetcomplete also has a focus on important and easy to collect data with their default filters, and you can choose what you want to contribute.

If you really want to get into the thick of it and contribute more than just simple data you can always check out https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/How_to_contribute and see in which of the many ways you can contribute!

  • selokichtli@lemmy.mlEnglish
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    1 year ago

    I’m a committed contributor in the OSM Notes area. As I see a lot of people here recommending StreetComplete, which is an awesome tool, let me tell you there are some weird notes coming from this app users trying to add notes to OSM which are not useful. For example, notes like “they don’t show their opening hours” when asked about opening hours of some POI. As you can see, these answers as notes do not add information to the POI at all. On the other hand, the app is mighty useful for beginners wanting to contribute.

    • balsoft@lemmy.mlEnglish
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      1 year ago

      For example, notes like “they don’t show their opening hours” when asked about opening hours of some POI. As you can see, these answers as notes do not add information to the POI at all.

      No, this is actually somewhat useful. At least you should add opening_hours:signed=no for cases like this. If the hours are not specified at all (as they are for some places), use opening_hours=unknown.

      The reason this is useful is so to specify that someone tried to figure out the opening hours, but there aren’t any, so at least for a while there’s no reason to check again.

    • HiddenLayer555@lemmy.mlEnglish
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      1 year ago

      For example, notes like “they don’t show their opening hours” when asked about opening hours

      Guessing this is probably someone less tech savvy who were asked this and they felt they had to answer even if they can’t give anything meaningful. I see this on reviews a lot where the website will ask buyers about a product and get a lot of I don’t knows.