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Custom Maps Help


I've been playing around with Google Maps lately to create custom maps.

I don't like google but have no experience with any other apps and have never tried mapping of any sort before.

I'm trying to create a map layer(s) that has historic sites, stone circles, woodland, cemeteries, UNESCO sites etc. So if I'm traveling I can stop and see them.

I've created my own Google Map using lists of sites from Wikipedia. This has gone ok but leads to a lot of data cleansing and the functionality isn't great.

I've seen this website but it isn't as complete as the Wikipedia text lists ive imported: hmdb.org/

I'm completely new to this and have no experience. Are there any good resources out there for me to use or contribute to?

I'd like to de-google as much as possible.

P.S. do I need to enable developer mode or root my phone to install open street map now?

Thanks!



Scheduled downtime of GNOME Services - 8th of October 2024 at 6 AM - 10 AM UTC




Gnome mutter 47.rc tagged


cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/19327308

Notable changes
- Add experimental color management protocol support
- Use libadwaita for server-side decorations on GNOME (on Xorg and Xwayland apps)
- Let scaling-aware Xwayland clients scale themselves
- Add initial PipeWire explicit sync support


Finally an xkcd comic about OSM 👀


cross-posted from: discuss.tchncs.de/post/2107679…

xkcd #2977: Three Kinds of Research

alt text:

The secret fourth kind is 'we applied a standard theory to their map of every tree and got some suspicious results.'

explainxkcd.com/2977/

#2977
in reply to Tyoda

Unfortunately most of the species tagged trees are mass imported and not mapped by a real mapper.

I try often to map species or genus but there is no good mobile app for this task yet.

in reply to redd

mapcomplete.org/trees is mobile friendly and supports the species tag. With plantnet, it even uses AI to automatically detect it!



Two questions


Hi !Friendica Support,
I've only been able to upload 1 photo at a time to Friendica. Is bulk upload available?

The thumbnail that is shown with a link is confusing at best because it is blurred. Is there any way to unblur it?

Thank you!

in reply to Tio

Thanks @Tio. As far as I know, I have no control over, or foreknowledge of, what is used as the thumbnail.
@Tio
in reply to Dirk

Yes you do not. So it is up to them to put up a proper image.


Nič, čo vybočuje z normálnosti, nebudeme podporovať, vyhlásil Lukáš Machala


Nazýva sa to normalizácia. Isto niekde našli manuál KSČ z päťdesiatych rokov a aplikujú ho.