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Everything #OpenStreetMap related is welcome: software releases, showing of your work, questions about how to tag something, as long as it has to do with OpenStreetMap or OpenStreetMap-related software.

OpenStreetMap is a map of the world, created by people like you and free to use under an open license.

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https://mapcomplete.org/ is an easy-to-use website to view, edit and add points (such as shops, restaurants and others)

https://learnosm.org/en/ has a lot of information for beginners too.

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I'm always surprised how poor legibility the most used digital map has (lemmy.blahaj.zone)

submitted 2 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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One shows only a few shops, often the ones that pay the most, the other shows the true number of different places in the area.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

True, but that's because the Google ecosystem is much more than Geo data. I agree typing that into OSM search won't have any effect, but with OSMand for example I can filter search results for glutenfree and it works (if the restaurants have that specific key). Less comfortable, but not impossible. Much more 'problematic' IMO is OSM missing the possibility to rate places and add photos of meals and menus.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

Yeah it would be nice to see a full menu and review system on top of an easy to use google maps replacement (both for mobile and web like google maps).