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In 2023 Organic Maps got its first million users (organicmaps.app)

submitted 11 months ago by possiblylinux127 to c/freesoftware

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (2 children)

The data is based on Openstreetmap, and your issues are caused by lack of data.
There's a real fun way of contributing to Openstreetmap with the Street Complete app.
You take a walk through your neighborhood and solve questions.

If you like this sort of stuff, you can dive deep into the rabbit hole of Openstreetmap. Basically every time I can't find something I'm looking for, I make a note of it and add it to the map later. It doesn't require any coding knowledge.

(Now that I think about it, maybe the reason why the US has so much worse Openstreetmap data than Europe is because taking a walk and noting down info about your neighbors' houses will either get you run over or shot)

[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago

maybe the reason why the US has so much worse Openstreetmap data than Europe is because taking a walk and noting down info about your neighbors’ houses will either get you run over or shot)

Don't be an asshole. The US has its problems but this is not one. There are lots of strangers that do house to house things.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago

i'll try that one out, always glad to help a FOSS project out if i can.