OpenStreepMap 2012 vs. 2022 • Hacker News Board

Re: OpenStreepMap 2012 vs. 2022

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Post by pwg » Fri, Sep 30, 2022, 3:10 PM UTC

benbristow wrote: post #37

OSM needs some form of gamification adding to it. Google Maps app is great, lets you gain points by adding information & photos & reviews etc. They even send you a free bespoke pair of socks or a badge if you're active enough. So fun to add photos and then see how many views they get (I posted one of a chippy in Scotland (for Americans that's Fish & Chip 'Thick French Fries' shop) which got over 1.4 million views - m…

> OSM needs some form of gamification adding to it.

Take a look at StreetComplete [1]. It is gamification of updates to OSM.

[1] https://f-droid.org/en/packages/de.westnordost.streetcomplet...

Re: OpenStreepMap 2012 vs. 2022

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Post by benbristow » Fri, Sep 30, 2022, 3:11 PM UTC

pwg wrote: post #41

benbristow wrote: post #37

OSM needs some form of gamification adding to it. Google Maps app is great, lets you gain points by adding information & photos & reviews etc. They even send you a free bespoke pair of socks or a badge if you're active enough. So fun to add photos and then see how many views they get (I posted one of a chippy in Scotland (for Americans that's Fish & Chip 'Thick French Fries' shop) which got over 1.4 million views - m…

> OSM needs some form of gamification adding to it. Take a look at StreetComplete [1]. It is gamification of updates to OSM. [1] https://f-droid.org/en/packages/de.westnordost.streetcomplet...

Android-only :(

Re: OpenStreepMap 2012 vs. 2022

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Post by uwagar » Fri, Sep 30, 2022, 3:14 PM UTC

how do i turn on english names for places that are labeled in local language?

Re: OpenStreepMap 2012 vs. 2022

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Post by [deleted] » Fri, Sep 30, 2022, 3:15 PM UTC

benbristow wrote: post #37

OSM needs some form of gamification adding to it. Google Maps app is great, lets you gain points by adding information & photos & reviews etc. They even send you a free bespoke pair of socks or a badge if you're active enough. So fun to add photos and then see how many views they get (I posted one of a chippy in Scotland (for Americans that's Fish & Chip 'Thick French Fries' shop) which got over 1.4 million views - m…

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Re: OpenStreepMap 2012 vs. 2022

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Post by marginalia_nu » Fri, Sep 30, 2022, 3:19 PM UTC

aaomidi wrote: post #25

tn890 wrote: post #24

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Since it's Russian owned, a lot of malicious actors have found .ru to be a safe heaven, this is more of a security thing than anything.

No, it’s security theater.

I've found that about 80% of the bullshit my search engine crawler finds is on Russian and Chinese IPs (especially the Alibaba Cloud).

Not that there isn't legitimate content, but there seems to be very little effort put toward policing the bad as long as it primarily targets a western demographic.

This is not by any means a new development.

Re: OpenStreepMap 2012 vs. 2022

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Post by alt227 » Fri, Sep 30, 2022, 3:24 PM UTC

benbristow wrote: post #37

OSM needs some form of gamification adding to it. Google Maps app is great, lets you gain points by adding information & photos & reviews etc. They even send you a free bespoke pair of socks or a badge if you're active enough. So fun to add photos and then see how many views they get (I posted one of a chippy in Scotland (for Americans that's Fish & Chip 'Thick French Fries' shop) which got over 1.4 million views - m…

This is the main thing I hate about google maps. I refuse to do free work for google in return for 'fun'.

Re: OpenStreepMap 2012 vs. 2022

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Post by GekkePrutser » Fri, Sep 30, 2022, 3:27 PM UTC

benbristow wrote: post #37

OSM needs some form of gamification adding to it. Google Maps app is great, lets you gain points by adding information & photos & reviews etc. They even send you a free bespoke pair of socks or a badge if you're active enough. So fun to add photos and then see how many views they get (I posted one of a chippy in Scotland (for Americans that's Fish & Chip 'Thick French Fries' shop) which got over 1.4 million views - m…

Most of the contributions to OSM are commercial now. Most of the big names except from Google have people working on improving the maps.

Re: OpenStreepMap 2012 vs. 2022

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Post by cavisne » Fri, Sep 30, 2022, 3:28 PM UTC

It’s interesting to look at the local edits on osm. In my area it’s mostly from Amazon and Lyft, based on proprietary imagery.

Re: OpenStreepMap 2012 vs. 2022

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Post by durkie » Fri, Sep 30, 2022, 3:29 PM UTC

mattficke wrote: post #14

hashtag-til wrote: post #4

I wonder how to go about to collaborate to the OSM ecosystem with code. Does anyone know what are the cool projects within OSM in C/C++? (i.e. not web stuff)

Take a look at Tippecanoe, which is under active development again[0]. The original developer, Erica Fischer (who is wonderful to work with), has a fork[1] where new work is happening. [0] https://felt.com/blog/erica-fischer-tippecanoe-at-felt [1] https://github.com/felt/tippecanoe

Woohoo! This is fantastic news

Re: OpenStreepMap 2012 vs. 2022

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Post by sorenjan » Fri, Sep 30, 2022, 3:30 PM UTC

N19PEDL2 wrote: post #22

idealmedtech wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

There's lots of mentions of Maps.ME, which is no longer open source. The spiritual successor is called Organic Maps

I use Maps.me as my main map and navigation app as I don't like that Google knows where I go, and I can say that it's a very good alternative to Google Maps. However I have to say that now I'm a little worried because it's Russian-owned. Happy to know that there's an open-source alternative.

OsmAnd