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You can and you should contribute - Open Street Map (lemmy.blahaj.zone)
submitted 1 year ago by CoachDom@lemmy.blahaj.zone to c/opensource@lemmy.ml
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Today I found out that it's actually a lot easier to contribute to Open Street Map than I thought. There are some serious gaps in house addresses in my area and I was painstakingly using the built in browser editor in the browser.

But, you can use a FOSS app (available on fdroid) called StreetComplete that makes it a lot easier to help out filling in the gaps in your local map data.

It's really fun - kind of like Pokémon Go but you are actually making an impact 😁

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[-] urshanabi@lemmygrad.ml 4 points 1 year ago

Does anyone know of OSM street view equivalents like KartaView allow for campus street view? It seems like it's only available for roads you can access with a car.

[-] goldfndr@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

If you're asking about more imagery coverage, Mapillary has a lot. The wiki has a list of street-level imagery articles.

OpenStreetMap is more about the map database, so any imagery association tends to be loose, and is more for use as a useable source for ground truth.

[-] urshanabi@lemmygrad.ml 2 points 1 year ago

Wow, cartography is a whole thing I have never really taken a look at. This is super cool, thanks for the share! I don't like that Mapillary is owned by Facebook/Meta :/

I will take a look at the resources you have sent though!

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