Struggling to make the world a better place? Then how about improving the map of the world by participating in #openstreetmap ?
It's like #wikipedia just for maps. It provides a free and open-source alternative to Google Maps. I use it with #osmandapp for car navigation.
The easiest way to participate is probably with streetcomplete.app
No prior knowledge necessary.
The app guides you to complete missing map data by little quests. Careful though: it's very addictive.
So for some reason I'd like to know how long it takes to drive from Bayreuth to Cologne and I want to use alternatives to #GoogleMaps in #Germany.
#osmapp doesn't find Bayreuth even.
#MapCarta does better, but doesn't know Köln, the German name of Cologne. Think normal users, not nerds – they won't know the English names of these German cities that have English names, at least not of smaller ones.
#OpenStreetMap.de can do it.
However, openstreetmap.de does not have any sweet scraped meta data such as opening hours of places, or photos.
It's going to be a long way to a good Google Maps replacement.
When you upload a picture, this picture is blurred by the blurring service by the French #OpenStreetMap-community.
There was a small #outage today, causing uploaded images to stay in "the server is processing your images". This has now been resolved; images you've uploaded earlier today should now appear as normal.
Thank you for your patience!
#OpenStreetMap #wheelchair #accessibility The "grab rails" proposal is open for voting: wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Pr…
Please, add your vote!
#Mapycz (now #Mapycom) from #Seznam use #OpenStreetMap everywhere except their home country - Czech Republic, where they have their own proprietary maps.
There have been rumours in the #OSM community that they actually copy from OSM. Today I found proof that they really do.
I mapped a new park in #Brno just by surveying and taking notes last year. Later the park showed up on Mapy.com with exactly the same path layout. The new orthophoto is out and it revealed that I didn't get everything right and Seznam got it wrong too. Exactly the same mistakes.
Not cool, Seznam.
Po letech se na OSM CZ loucime s jabbim.cz z duvodu neudrzovani servru.
Nove najdete xmpp/jabber MUC na xmpp:osmcz@conference.jabjab.d…
Chat je propojen s discordem, irc, matrixem a telegramem.
Vice info openstreetmap.cz/komunita +
openstreetmap.cz/git/mahdi1234…
#OpenStreetMap hat ein ähnliches Problem wie #Mastodon / #Fediverse aus Sicht des naiven Users: Die Pluralität der Server.
Zwar gibt es OpenStreetMap.org als Anlaufstelle, aber dann gibt's zig Websites und Apps, die sogar besser sind, aber wie finde ich die jetzt?
Man weiß nicht, wohin.
Ich habe vergessen, eine Buchmarke zu setzen. Da gab's doch mal so eine Variante mit Metadaten-Ansicht links in so einer Sidebar, die war so mehr wie Google Maps.
Tag 22 im Fediverse - Schau was flattert da in mein E-Mail-Postfach.
Ich oute mich jetzt hier: Ich habe bislang ziemlich viel zu Google Maps beigetragen, weil ich ein großer Fan davon bin, meine Erkenntnisse, Fotos und Informationen mit anderen zu teilen. 🙈
Künftig möchte ich auch hier etwas neues ausprobieren. Gerade habe ich die App "StreetComplete" entdeckt, mit der ich wohl ziemlich einfach zu OpenStreetmap beitragen kann. Gibts im Playstore und auch bei F-Droid.
Ich schaue mal noch, wo ich Renzensionen, Fotos etc. jetzt hinpacke, bin noch am Einarbeiten in OpenStreetmap und freue mich auch auf vielleicht ganz andere Dienste, die da noch auf Ihre Entdeckung warten.
Habt Ihr spannende Tipps, wo ihr etwas beitragt?
nicht mehr ganz so #neuhier
#OpenStreetmap
#StreetComplete
#UnplugTrump
🌏 This Wednesday almost 40 mappers joined a mapathon in Prague. They added more than 2300 buildings into #OpenStreetMap in Bamyan province, Afghanistan, where #msf teams are supporting local communities. Big thank you to all the mappers and organizers for their contributions! 👏
👉 Take a look at some pictures from the event
@april Under 'menu' -> 'download' there are various download options to further process the data; you can embed mapcomplete in an iFrame or create another mapcomplete theme which shows this layer together with other layers.
As usual, all the data is from/goes to #OpenStreetMap, so you are free to reuse the data.
Summer 24 somewhere in Sweden.
After a delicious dinner, we went for a digestive walk with the midnightsun and making some survey. Of course I used the Osmand app with Quick Action function, Streetcomplete and took pictures with Mapcomplete.
#mapping #sweden #osm #OpenStreetMap #osmandapp #streetcomplete #MapComplete
Hi dear #OpenStreetMap -community! I made a #tagging #proposal to tag grab rails (aka grab bars, handrails, support brackets) in #wheelchair #accessible toilets and I'm searching feedback.
I'd appreciate your feedback: wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Pr…
@alan
This screenshot it's in other browser in Android. Instead at Firefox in laptop. So does not seem a cache problem.
Did noticed that it shows Sal Y Canela restaurant with their correct name I've fixed some minutes ago. It was Canela y Sal and I've edited at #openstreetmap website.
So maybe it's only a problem with removed places.
Hi, @MapComplete !
I'm checking the Restaurants and fast food in my area and noted that it's very outdated vs #OpenStreetMap data.
mapcomplete.org/food.html?z=17…
openstreetmap.org/#map=19/40.7…
There shows two restaurants that I removed some months ago and lacks another added about one month ago.
Could be something at my side or map items are updated from time to time?
When I started mapping the first additions in the OsmaAnd app for Openstreetmap at the end of 2015, I never thought I would make 1 million changes. Entered in OsmAnd and then in Potlach2 (because it was beginner-friendly). Then later iD and other apps. Like Mapcomplete, Streetcomplete or Everydoor. 1
I can only recommend just getting started.
#osm #OpenStreetMap #osmand #MapComplete #streetcomplete #EveryDoor #Karten #Landkarte #map #opensource
This first try at getting a "Wayside Shrines" layer onto @MapComplete seems not bad!
(So far the denominations-setting is absolutely incomplete, as not even a fraction of the Christian denominations are there, but oh well, good enough as a proof of concept)
mapcomplete.org/theme.html?z=1…
MapComplete is a platform to visualize OpenStreetMap on a specific topic and to easily contribute data back to it.mapcomplete.org
So, I started making my first little @MapComplete layer to be able to add wayside shrines & images of them to OSM.
The "MapComplete Studio" worked well enough to create the necessary JSON for the layer, but is the process to get it onto MapComplete generally just to make a PR? Or is there a way to get it into the system without that step?
Máte pár minut volného času, který byste chtěli věnovat na věc sloužící všem? Upravujte #OpenStreetMap ve svém okolí, je to snadnější než tušíte.
Velké firmy jako #SeznamCZ vzali kdysi z OSM vše dostupné (#mapy_cz) a do OSM přestali přispívat.
Je spousta příležitostí, co v OSM aktualizovat: přidat nový obchod, upravit otevírací dobu, přidat odkaz na homepage úřadu, atd. To vše jsou velmi jednoduché kroky v pohodlném online editoru.
#mapy #opensource
Průvodce: wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Cs…
I made a crowdsourced map for climbing stuff once. If there is a shoe shop, you can mark if they do repair climbing shoes as well: mapcomplete.org/climbing?z=13.…
Feel free to add your favourite repair shops too; it is all based (and saved into) #OpenStreetMap
On this map you will find various climbing opportunities such as climbing gyms, bouldering halls and rocks in naturemapcomplete.org
La próxima vez que tengas que hacer un mapa para compartir, no pierdas el tiempo con google maps! usa #umap!
Toma como base las capas de #openstreetmap y te permite añadir diferentes capas geográficas.
Comparte pa'la gente que como yo, no sabían que esto existía.
uMap te permite crear mapas con capas de OpenStreetMap en un minuto e integrarlos en tu sitio.umap.openstreetmap.fr
#Panoramax - das neue #StreetView!
Vor einigen Jahren wurde #Mapillary an #Meta verkauft. Und auch #Google StreetView möchte vielleicht nicht jeder nutzen.
Mit Panoramax gibt es nun eine #FOSS Alternative. Sie soll dezentral organisiert werden. Dies ist meines Wissens die erste Instanz:
panoramax.openstreetmap.fr
Kleiner Tipp:
Falls man das AdOn #ClearURLs verwendet, kommt man eventuell über die Animation wegen Blockierung von ETags nicht hinaus. Deshalb nutze ich Panoramax als #Firefox-PWA am Desktop.
L'instance Panoramax d'OpenStreetMap France, permet la publication de photos de terrain pour cartographie les territoires.panoramax.openstreetmap.fr
@pa27
First of all, @panoramax is a very young project, so coverage is quite small. Only in #France - where the project started - there is significant coverage.
Because it is federated and self-hostable, it was a fitting solution to host the images that people take when contributing to #OpenStreetMap with #MapComplete
About the 'WebGL': MapLibre depends on it to render the maps. Some browsers do block #webGL to resist fingerprinting. You might be able to enable it per website.
Happy I Love Free Software Day! 💕
Unfortunately, this year I could not join nor organize any in-person celebration, BUT of course I want to share my gratitude to the many, countless #FreeSoftware services I don’t merely use, but actually depend on.
Last year, I decided to focus only on #YunoHost, because it would have been crazy to list all the projects I use and I love.
This time, even if I will most certainly forget someone, I am challenging myself to mention all the #LibreSoftware my life is powered by.
Without further ado, THANK YOU to:
Lastly, but most importantly, the biggest thank you goes to all the free software libraries and dependencies the above mentioned #software are made of/built with, including #C, #JavaScript, #Python, #Rust, and all community-maintained programming languages.
I am super sorry if I forgot someone!
#OpenSource #ILoveFS #SoftwareFreedom #Fairphone #Android #LineageOS #FSFE #OpenStreetMap #PhotoPrism #LibreOffice #Readeck #Eleventy #11ty #GNOME #Signal #forgejo #Codeberg #MusicBrainz #ListenBrainz #MetaBrainz
Information and insights concerning the configuration and maintenance of Tommi’s server.Tommi (Tommi’s mind)
📢 January 2025 Newsletter is here! We’re kicking off the year with exciting updates:
⚙️ Rust support progress for Native
🔤 Web font improvements in GL JS
💡 Read more: 🔗 maplibre.org/news/2025-02-03-m…
Buenas, gentes que editáis en #OpenStreetMap #OSM.
¿Subís también fotos? Y en caso afirmativo con qué servicio, app o forma.
Today I've officially become a member of @osmcz (OpenStreetMap Czech Republic, registered association). After almost a year of frequent contributions to #OpenStreetMap, I thought it was time to take the step.
There is one feature of #LocusMap that I really like: you can take a picture of a map, calibrate it with the standard map and then have it as an overlay.
Very handy when you take the kids to the zoo or amusement park. 👌
#maps #map #OpenStreetMap
Hmm, I've fallen behind on my #1p4floss announces. Here's a rollup of past few contributions:
#OpenStreetMap
#thunderbird
#osmand
#internetarchive
#wikipedia
The last 2 are not Free & Libre Open Source Software, but they are for the #OpenCommons and that's close enough for me. We can argue the finer points if you like : )
#OpenStreetMap is also 100% crowdsourced and 100% reusable by anyone.
mapcomplete.org allows people to contribute back data by filling out the questions asked when an item is selected. So, feel free to help out!
MapComplete is a platform to visualize OpenStreetMap on a specific topic and to easily contribute data back to it.mapcomplete.org
We would also like to #welcome all people joining us today! If you are switching over from #Twitter, #X, #Facebook, #Instagram: welcome into a truly federated social network.
While you've made the switch, consider also moving away from that other big corporation named #Google: a great alternative is #OpenStreetMap . There are many apps (such as @organicmaps or #osmand)
There are also a lot of maps about a specific topic. You can find a collection of them on mapcomplete.org
MapComplete is a platform to visualize OpenStreetMap on a specific topic and to easily contribute data back to it.mapcomplete.org
I've been finding @everydoor to be a brilliant app for editing #OpenStreetMap while out and about (or in a warm café with view of shops across the road).
This is my first video about it youtu.be/zWrDM1fZEnU?si=2W-XhI…
I've been speeding up my #OpenStreetMap contributions with this app, and hopefully keeping more things up to date.https://every-door.app/This is a little int...YouTube
Following a couple of days walking around Almogía over the Christmas break, I've added 3 local signposted hiking trails to OSM.
I'm especially pleased that OSM-based outdoor maps will now show connections between the Camino Mozárabe to the east and the PR-A 293 to the west, via the summit of Santi Petri. Both were already mapped, but until now it was difficult to be sure from online information if there was a waymarked route between them.
Before and after screenshots:
