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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] 9 points 2 months ago (10 children)

Sort of, OSM doesn't really have much to search for. For example if I search "gluten free lunch" google will search the reviews and menus, and is pretty decent at showing me options. OSM would not be able to return anything most likely.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago (5 children)

Have a look at https://mapcomplete.org/glutenfree

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago (4 children)

Looks neat, but most of the time just sits on 'loading data' and when I can get it to load, doesn't show anything for like 100 mile radius around me lol

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (2 children)

@MangoPenguin @pietervdvn You're exactly the kind of person who can make a difference by adding this data!

I've found it a lot easier to map for my own dietary needs/preferences.
Just try to open up mapcomplete next time when you're in a restaurant and answer a few questions, it's really worth it!

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago

@ame @MangoPenguin @pietervdvn
StreetComplete does have a couple of quests for this that default to disabled so you can turn them on if you're interested.

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

For my area it wouldn't really be possible, there's maybe 1 place that regularly has gluten free stuff, but the rest need real-time data pulled from their facebook or something because it changes daily/weekly what they offer.