show-me-the-way VS StreetComplete

github:

"See OSM edits happen in real time."

https://github.com/osmlab/show-me-the-way

#1: About the "About" page. When a new user visits OSM's website, they are presented with a popup sporting two big buttons: "learn more", and "start mapping". I clicked "start mapping", but, presented with a login screen, I went back to "learn more" and was linked to OSM's About page. This page features no images, videos, or animations apart from the header, giving the impression that it could have been written by one person or a very small group. I didn't care about most of the links. User diaries sounded pretty off topic and was already in the top sitewide navigation bar. There were also uninspiring links to copyright licensing, the privacy policy, and a list of OSM's partners which I didn't recognize. Perhaps the most enticing link is the official OSM blog. So here's what I'd do: Instead of telling me that maps are created "by the community", https://osmlab.github.io/show-me-the-way/ could be used for a live demonstration. Instead of doubling down on "Open Data" and "Legal" segments, some information could move to the copyright page. Links to tools like OsmAnd, and data users like MapBox (and by extension Facebook and Snapchat) might be impossible for legal reasons, but they'd be a strong selling point. The page does proudly proclaim that "OpenStreetMap provides map data for thousands of web sites, mobile apps, and hardware devices" but I've learned to always take those broad statements with a grain of salt. For example, "hardware devices" could mean that 2,000 people worldwide have downloaded an OSM app on their phones, which doesn't seem all too impressive. After years of hearing about the 3 billion devices that run Java, all those user numbers feel pretty meaningless. The "about" page fails to show the true scope of this project, and alongside the other points I mention, it made OSM feel small.

I worked on this ages ago :). It's replaying the last minute's edits, and since all of the editing tools just file a changeset (like a commit) all at once, it has to reconstruct what it looked like to draw those features. That timing is just based on a fixed count of seconds it should take to draw a line, a point, etc. The code's here:

https://github.com/osmlab/show-me-the-way/blob/gh-pages/js/s...

I used StreetComplete when I had an Android phone. It looks for missing data near you, and gives you a really nice interface to input that data.

They are working on an iOS build, and I can't wait to start using it again.

https://github.com/streetcomplete/StreetComplete/

Original submission: https://github.com/streetcomplete/StreetComplete/issues/1892...

There is a separate app to install with VR tool that is capable of measuring it without tape measure :)

See https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=de.westnordost...

(initially it was bundled in one app, later it turned out that Google was lying about license of arcore repository, see https://github.com/streetcomplete/StreetComplete/issues/4289 )

Skinete StreetComplete

I am an F-Droid only user and I use Street Complete to add addresses, businesses, cafes, etc which I use, but didn't exist...

StreetComplete <https://streetcomplete.app/> is an Android app for editing OpenStreetMap in a limited fashion by placing "quest" markers on the map around you. It focuses on beginners and as such makes pretty much everything easy to understand and decide, with lots of questions having completely custom UI specific to that question. Some can be seen here: https://github.com/streetcomplete/streetcomplete#screenshots

If Android users are involved, StreetComplete has a Team Mode.

Hey there, I'm an OpenStreetMap enthusiast and I was curious what kind of impact the app I am using has (I use StreetComplete[1], an easy-to-use Android app to add missing information). I couldn't find data for all my questions and some were not up to date, but I found a few starting points on how to do it myself[2][3]. Soon I realized that many more interesting questions about OpenStreetMap in general could be answered with the data and I created a website (https://piebro.github.io/openstreetmap-statistics/) to show them. Since I want the data to be up to date, I added a script to update everything easily and packed it in GitHub Actions so I can update the data with a few clicks every month.

If you have questions or feedback, feel free to comment here or open an issue at the repo.

[1] https://github.com/streetcomplete/StreetComplete [2] https://github.com/matkoniecz/StreetComplete_usage_changeset... [3] https://github.com/amandasaurus/2021-osm-street-complete-edi...

Street­Complete (version 49.2): OpenStreetMap surveyor app