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Happy Birthday OpenStreetMap

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Re: Happy Birthday OpenStreetMap

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Post by unnervingduck »

matsemann wrote: post #22
unnervingduck wrote: post #19

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I've been thinking of recording imagery too with an action camera, using a phone for that purpose hasn't been too good in my experience because it's shaky, especially on forest trails. Also what do you think of KartaView? I'm not sure whether to trust the Meta owned Mapillary, even though the current data has an open license.

I use a gopro max, a 360 camera. Not the best quality since it's 5.6k pixels shared in all directions, but quite nice. A 360 video gives "true" streetview navigation compared to uploading pictures. My problem with KartaView is that there is no new images in my city since ~2019, and very little is covered. So no one here uses it. While someone needs to start, I guess, it wont be me. The municipality where I live has h…

Thanks, that makes sense. In my town the usage of either one is so marginal I don't think it matters which I use. And even if I decided to visit the nearest city and start from scratch with KartaView, more recent data wouldn't obviously hurt. And I've got time hah.

As I'm just a beginner I don't think a 360 camera is worth it just yet, they are quite expensive compared to regular ones. And I can imagine putting it on my helmet would get some attention from bypassers, unlike a normal camera mounted on the handlebar.

Re: Happy Birthday OpenStreetMap

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Post by Doctor_Fegg »

wink wrote: post #23

Probably offtopic, but is there a good way to use OSM for on-the-fly route finding on Android (pref bike)? I like to fiddle with stuff just like the next HN commenter, but last time I tried this with OsmAnd I quickly gave up, it's not in the same league as Google Maps, it's not even the same sport. What I want: "Open the app, search for a destination, hit a button and get shown a route from my current location". Did…

cycle.travel’s Android app is in beta testing at the moment - it should be ready at the end of the month, and that’s exactly its UI. (My app and I’ve been doing things with OSM for 18.75 of those 19 years!)

Re: Happy Birthday OpenStreetMap

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Post by capableweb »

KolmogorovComp wrote: post #30

Tangential, but does someone knows which data Apple map uses, and at which frequency it’s updated? It’s plainly outdated by some months for some streets of my city, but unable to report it directly via the app, so wondering if fixing OSM would have the same effect (I’ve not yet checked if the errors are also on OSM)

Seems there is a bunch of different sources, but mainly TomTom:

> The main provider of map data is TomTom, but data is also supplied by Automotive Navigation Data, Getchee, Hexagon AB, IGN, Increment P, Intermap Technologies, LeadDog, MDA Information Systems, OpenStreetMap, and Waze.

https://web.archive.org/web/20160118101039/http://gspe21.ls.... (Original: http://gspe21.ls.apple.com/html/attribution-8.html)

Re: Happy Birthday OpenStreetMap

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Post by nologic01 »

Along with Wikipedia and Linux maybe the top three projects of the open source movement. The most solid indicator that alternative, benign, do-no-evil visions for organizing our information landscapes not only exist, but are extremely effective.

Long live and prosper and may thousand more siblings follow in the paths OSM has opened up.

Re: Happy Birthday OpenStreetMap

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Post by ComodoHacker »

wink wrote: post #23

Probably offtopic, but is there a good way to use OSM for on-the-fly route finding on Android (pref bike)? I like to fiddle with stuff just like the next HN commenter, but last time I tried this with OsmAnd I quickly gave up, it's not in the same league as Google Maps, it's not even the same sport. What I want: "Open the app, search for a destination, hit a button and get shown a route from my current location". Did…

I do just that on a regular basis with OsmAnd+. It's not Google Maps, has its rough edges but does it's job, provided your area is well covered.

For me two main drawbacks are no traffic and slow route [re]calculation, because it happens on device.

Re: Happy Birthday OpenStreetMap

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Post by severine »

matheusmoreira wrote: post #35

Happy birthday. What's the easiest way to contribute data to it using my phone? I want to start mapping my city but I really have no idea how to do this. Any google maps style app that asks you questions about your surroundings?

Street Complete!

https://github.com/streetcomplete/StreetComplete

Re: Happy Birthday OpenStreetMap

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Post by kaba0 »

tetris11 wrote: post #6
twelve40 wrote: post #4

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even if it does, a bunch of accessible data you can develop with is a godsend. Even if it were a completely commercial service, i'd still be happy to have some competition over the couple of monopolies that are left in this space.

I'm just hoping it doesn't turn into the Wikimedia Foundation, yearly begging for substantial funds whilst its many thousands of diligent contributors continue to work under the impression that they're doing a public good, but instead are enriching someone else's product

This also comes up regularly and I believe it is completely mistaken: wikipedia does ask for more funds than necessary, which is actually a sane tactic when you can never know what will happen a year later and when you don’t have any other kind of income.

Also, how is it not public good, and how does it enriches someone else’s product? I’m fairly sure the world’d biggest encyclopedia that is freely available to anyone on the Earth can be considered a public good, can’t it?

Re: Happy Birthday OpenStreetMap

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Post by flusensieb »

matheusmoreira wrote: post #35

Happy birthday. What's the easiest way to contribute data to it using my phone? I want to start mapping my city but I really have no idea how to do this. Any google maps style app that asks you questions about your surroundings?

Not google maps style questions, but it's quite easy to add POIs using OsmAnd.

You need an OpenStreetMap-account, then long tap on the place, "actions", "Create POI" - enter the name and the type (restaurant, wastebin, whatever...) and save it.

If you're used to it and know the categories it takes maybe 30 seconds to do it everytime you visit a new restaurant or to add a new shop when you're waiting for the bus.

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