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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.

Join OpenStreetMap and start mapping: https://www.openstreetmap.org.

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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OpenStreetMap congratulations to all the mappers, contributors and donors who made this journey possible. Strong map community 💪 🌎 (cdn.masto.host)

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OpenStreetMap congratulations to all the mappers, contributors and donors who made this journey possible. Strong map community 💪 🌎

#HappyBirthdayOSM #WeAreOSM #SupportOSM #FreetoMakeNotFreetoBuild #OpenStreetMap @openstreetmap @[email protected] @OSM_Pontarlier @OpenStreetMapUS @osm_foss

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Thanks. So likely also a lot of people that just like and use the app/idea/whatever; not people who directly contribute to it? I'm just curious because I tried to use it to replace Waze a couple years back and it was pretty buggy. I'm curious if they brought more people on... to be honest I don't even know enough about it but I assume it's a non-profit organization. or is it just FOSS?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

@Synnr The amount of people who have contributed to OpenStreetMap, to the map data, is massive. More than >2,000,000 people, and about 50,000 people edit the map every month.

Which app did you try? OSM is a little decentralised, so there are many.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I don't recall. What would you recommend now for someone used to Waze?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

@Synnr I haven't used Waze. But @organicmaps is great

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

@Synnr @amapanda

Magic Earth has quite a clean interface and traffic data if you have an internet connection.

Closed source, but uses OSM data.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Saving this so I can download in a bit, thanks.