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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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There are many communication channels about OSM, many organized around a certain country or region. Discover them on https://openstreetmap.community/

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)

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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] 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

The problem with tags is they can go out of date so quickly and require someone to update them, whereas most restaurants publish a menu on their website or ordering site, and google can pull info from that.