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Re: Switch to OpenStreetMap

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Post by nelgaard »

pastage wrote: post #78
moksly wrote: post #34

Has bug-correcting editing improved over the years? We use OSM quite a bit in the public sector because they aren’t snooping. Three years ago one of our internal routing systems broke because someone had reported the street leading up to our administration center as a one-way street in the wrong direction. This meant our 7000 employees couldn’t get compensation for any work related driving, and we couldn’t submit the…

That seems like copyright problem, which is really important.

Yes, maybe moksly gave a link to a non-free system. Given that it is their workplace they could just have commented "local knowledge" or referred to images they had put on e.g., Mapillary.

Re: Switch to OpenStreetMap

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Post by stereo »

nathancahill wrote: post #137
toomuchtodo wrote: post #122

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Would it be possible to have the European Union Force update OSM directly?

I have a meeting with them tomorrow to ask them, but I'm not hopeful. The current setup is fairly low-tech on their end.

Good luck for your meeting! They might have at least georeferenced source files, no? You might have an easier time convincing them to work with you if you point out that this is the best and easiest way of getting the location of the mine fields into many people's phones and pockets.

Re: Switch to OpenStreetMap

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Post by durkie »

have_faith wrote: post #41

I recently looked into using OSM for a side project and after going down a rabbit hole of researching 3rd party tools for generating (vector) tile sets and how to setup a tile server I eventually gave up (my mapping knowledge is limited to using Google Maps through their JS API). Can anyone point me in the direction of a more complete resource/tutorial that would help? Eager to get back on it at some point. I clicked…

How about something like Tegola? https://tegola.io/

Re: Switch to OpenStreetMap

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Post by Rudism »

ce4 wrote: post #110
Rudism wrote: post #30

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The biggest drawback for me (coming from someone who exclusively uses OsmAnd for nav) is the lack of geocoding. I can't just type in an address and get a reliable destination pin to navigate to, instead I have to paste the address into a website that will convert it to lat/long first and then use that to drop the pin. That's the main issue that prevents me from recommending OsmAnd to people like my wife who are happy…

If you click the search button in the map view you're shown a keyword input field and 3 different tabs below (recent hits (this is the default), category and address), the first two search in a "keyword" mode, only if you switch to the address bar, it'll conduct a distinct address search.

I've tried this previously, and it seemed to be able to narrow it down to a particular street, but not a specific address. In the case of my address (in TN, USA) the first item in the list of results is just my street and the pin drops almost half a mile from my actual house.

However, just looking at it again now I see there's an "Online Search" button if you scroll to the very bottom of all the search results which seems to properly geocode the exact address. I'll have to play with it more to judge how accurate it is, but that's a convenience I wasn't aware of before.

Re: Switch to OpenStreetMap

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Post by nelgaard »

chrisseaton wrote: post #13
nathancahill wrote: post #3

Timely. Just started a project to document Bosnia and Hercegovina's remaining minefields on OSM. The build system consumes PDFs from the European Union Force as they are updated, georeferences them and pushes the features to OSM. Many tile sets on live maps are updated within the week!

> Just started a project to document Bosnia and Hercegovina's remaining minefields on OSM. That's brave - one bug and you could have people walking into a minefield that you've told them was somewhere else.

People using it should know that it cannot be 100% complete.

When using OpenSea map or any other nautical chart I understand that just because some rocks, wrecks, etc are marked there is no guarantee, that there cannot be more.

He is not marked area as "cleared of mines"

I worry more about e.g. defibrillators. They might break or be removed af being put on OSM, and we do not want people running the wrong way when time is short.

Re: Switch to OpenStreetMap

#158

Post by dorian-graph »

neves wrote: post #27

How can I, as sole map user, can help Open Street Map to thrive?

I've made a bunch of contributions and they've almost all been very minor things. They're either information around where I live (which could be even a shop's opening hours), or when travelling, I add data that was missing (e.g. a bus stop). I just added a new-ish local burger joint across the way from me.

Re: Switch to OpenStreetMap

#159

Post by seshagiric »

grecy wrote: post #45

For anyone that doesn't know, it's trivial to load OSM onto a Garmin GPS and use is for turn-by-turn navigation, for free. I've used it in over 40 countries (including Africa, Europe, North America) and it is staggeringly complete and accurate. From the mega capital cities to the tiniest village, it has every single dirt track, school, hospital, gas station, roundabout, intersection, etc. etc. I can count on one hand…

Is there a way to do it for a Auto head unit? I would love to try using OSM in my car.

Re: Switch to OpenStreetMap

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Post by [deleted] »

stereo wrote: post #152
nathancahill wrote: post #137

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I have a meeting with them tomorrow to ask them, but I'm not hopeful. The current setup is fairly low-tech on their end.

Good luck for your meeting! They might have at least georeferenced source files, no? You might have an easier time convincing them to work with you if you point out that this is the best and easiest way of getting the location of the mine fields into many people's phones and pockets.

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