| ▲ | StreetComplete: Fixing OpenStreetMap, one tiny quest at a time(streetcomplete.app) |
| 268 points by kls0e 3 hours ago | 51 comments |
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| ▲ | earth-tattoo 6 minutes ago | parent | next [-] |
| It sucks that Google is probably using OSM data to check what they are missing and adding it to their maps, but we can't do vice versa. OSM should change their license to something like if you use our data, you have to make yours open as well. |
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| ▲ | aweb 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| I discovered that recently, it's a very fun way to contribute to OpenStreetMap, and the UI is really well-done, it's totally beginner friendly!
I wish there was a way to do more than labeling though, like add simple roads and footpaths |
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| ▲ | eskori 2 hours ago | parent | next [-] | | I have used it one (1) time in my life, ans it was my first experience with OpenStreetMap in general. It was pretty fun! It's very intuitive and makes you learn just how detailed and specific map data can be. Can't say much about missing features since I don't event know what can be done. Recommended experience, it's like playing Pokemon Go without the evil part :) | | | |
| ▲ | Ajedi32 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | | Usually if I need to add a footpath I use the "Create new track recording" feature to trace out the path with GPS, then come back to it later on desktop. Adding paths is pretty awkward to do on mobile, especially since there's no satellite overlay. | | |
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| ▲ | jcynix 6 minutes ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| StreetComplete is cool, fun and useful, yes. And there is its companion app StreetMeasure which makes it easy to add measurements like the width of a narrow street, for example. |
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| ▲ | TeddyDD 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| Great app. There is also https://every-door.app/ that gives you slightly different set of tasks and allows you to place POI easily. I recently mapped a lot of trash cans and benches around my neighborhood while walking with my dog. |
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| ▲ | Ajedi32 2 hours ago | parent | next [-] | | StreetComplete lets you place trash cans and benches too (among other things) using the "Things" overlay. IMO Every Door has a much more complicated UI, though it's also more of a full featured editor than StreetComplete. (Though still less so than something like Vespucci.) | |
| ▲ | deckar01 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] | | The UX is really bad. POI loading is taking 10+ seconds to update, then any zoom or pan reorders the list of locations. Most of the missing info (around me) is just phone numbers and hours of operation, which are boring and should be trivial to collect automatically. | | |
| ▲ | jllyhill an hour ago | parent [-] | | The thing is that the best way to get the phones and opening hours is to walk in person and look them up. Any source for the automated collection is way more likely to be outdated/wrong than what the sign or the person behind the counter tells you. And can also have non-permissive license not compatible with the OSM license. | | |
| ▲ | jorvi 30 minutes ago | parent [-] | | Raw Information cannot be licensed, and I am not sure why OSM sticks to the policy that it can. Google Maps does not hold the rights to which opening hours Bob's Bakery keeps. If someone entered them from Bob's Bakery their site onto Maps, you are free to type it off of Maps onto OSM. Legally anyway. OSM themselves still hold the policy you can't, so you should adhere to that. |
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| ▲ | didip 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | | oooo what a fantastic idea. I have always wanted to map as many clothes donation boxes as possible. | | |
| ▲ | ndriscoll an hour ago | parent [-] | | You can do that, little free libraries, water fountains, etc. all in StreetComplete as well. |
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| ▲ | freakynit 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| Just downloaded and made 15+ small contributions in the vicinity of my area. Very well built app. Super simple to use. And gamification is top-notch. Recommended. |
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| ▲ | hexomancer an hour ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| This is very cool, I wish there was some way to use it on a bicycle though. For example, when moving into a street it could ask (using voice) if this street is paved, and I could answer it using voice too. |
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| ▲ | khernandezrt an hour ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| Does it have to be a mobile app? Id love to do this when im bored at work but i dont wanna make it seem like im just sitting on my phone. |
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| ▲ | stndef an hour ago | parent | next [-] | | I think the reasoning behind this is that ideally you're at the location where you can confirm what you see, instead of maybe referring to older media or from memory. That being said, I agree with you and would like to see more ways to access the tool! | |
| ▲ | circuit10 an hour ago | parent | prev | next [-] | | A web app would also make it work on iOS (and other non-Android platforms) at the same time | |
| ▲ | modriano 25 minutes ago | parent | prev | next [-] | | You can edit OSM from its main site [0], although there's a much steeper learning curve when using the site (as you have far more freedom and it's not super easy to figure out the standard way to tag some situations). [0] https://www.openstreetmap.org/ | |
| ▲ | harvey9 an hour ago | parent | prev [-] | | You can edit OSM from their web apps. This is intended to be used in the field but I guess you could use it to find things that need fixing. | | |
| ▲ | petrzjunior an hour ago | parent [-] | | Adding to that: StreetComplete specifically creates only quests for information which must be checked in the terrain like opening hours, surfaces, traffic light sounds. Anything surveyable from maps and other sources should be edited using the web editors. OpenStreetMap iD is probably the easiest to learn. |
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| ▲ | hirako2000 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| One thing missing on osm is pictures. Would defeats Google maps if it had some, where users would feedback and bad shots would get wiped to save space. We would get the best shots the world has to offer. |
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| ▲ | Schiendelman 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| Hi! Is this yours? Would you like help porting this to iOS? |
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| ▲ | netfortius 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| Some more info in an earlier thread [1] [1] CoMaps – FOSS Offline Maps | https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48808928 |
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| ▲ | Krasnol 18 minutes ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| I love this tool. It brought me back to mapping on OSM. Wherever you are and need to wait for a minute, there are quests to be solved there. I recommend SCEE for those who are already familiar with OSM mapping or are in an area where the most common tasks are already covered: https://github.com/Helium314/SCEE |
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| ▲ | lisper 11 minutes ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| See also: https://gurumaps.app/ |
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| ▲ | endymion-light 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| I really love this - fantastic that it's open source too as would love to contribute. Is there an opportunity to add fresh new sites on this? |
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| ▲ | ndriscoll 2 hours ago | parent [-] | | As in can you add points of interest like shops? Yes, there's a places overlay with an add button, and a things overlay for things like benches, bicycle parking, etc. For adding buildings, roads, or paths you'd need something else. |
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| ▲ | qmacro 35 minutes ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| I enjoyed the simulated phone screenshots, particularly the choice of House of the Trembling Madness, a great beer stockist and drinking establishment on Lendal in York. I would like to think that the name in the input field is deliberately slightly wrong, ready to be fixed by someone. (It's "House of the Trembling Madness" rather than "The House of Trembling Madness".) Gamification at another level :-) |
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| ▲ | baumschubser 22 minutes ago | parent [-] | | Just through your comment I found out that they have different screenshots for all their localization settings. Cool! |
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| ▲ | Acrobatic_Road 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| Every day I take a 2 hour walk and contribute as much data as I can to OSM using this app. |
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| ▲ | hadi121 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| This is such a great idea. Are there ever any plans for a web app? |
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| ▲ | jmspring 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| Is there something equivalent for iOS? |
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| ▲ | Quot 2 hours ago | parent | next [-] | | StreetComplete has been making steady progress on an iOS port over the past few years. https://github.com/streetcomplete/StreetComplete/issues/5421 | | |
| ▲ | circuit10 an hour ago | parent [-] | | It would be nice if they made a web app, that would make it work on iOS but also desktop and every other platform with a web browser at the same time | | |
| ▲ | Quot an hour ago | parent [-] | | I agree! It seems like their work on the iOS app would bring them a lot closer to web app support as well. In the iOS tracking issue, they say the main changes are moving to Kotlin Multiplatform and Compose Multiplatform, which both support web as a target. | | |
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| ▲ | tiffanyh 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | | > ANDROID WILL BECOME A LOCKED-DOWN PLATFORM IN XXX My guess is no because of the developer linking too below (and how it's always existed this way for iOS) https://keepandroidopen.org I wonder why this needs to be an app at all, instead of web based. |
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| ▲ | piebro an hour ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| If anyone is interested in where StreetComplete is used or which quests are the most popular, you can check out: https://piebro.github.io/openstreetmap-statistics/stats/04_s... |
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| ▲ | myself248 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| See also, https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/SCEE |
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| ▲ | preetham_rangu an hour ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| Been using this for my dog walks too. There's something oddly satisfying about turning a boring loop around the block into "wait, does that bin have a lid?" Never thought trash cans would be the thing that got me into mapping. |
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| ▲ | santiagohzszmex an hour ago | parent | prev [-] |
| Muy bien |