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Guide for indoor shopping mall? in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago

This is actually a really interesting case. On one hand, there is typically a specialized company involved creating those maps. On the other hand, the mall which requested them is, by law, required to create them and to put them at visible places in the mall (thus "publishing" them). According to the European Database Law, they would thus not be eligible for copyright and should be considered public domain!

However, I wouldn't build a multi-million company on it...

Street Complete Notes - Am I doing this right? in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

You can also add those (and many more) with https://mapcomplete.org . This is a different app (or rather) a website, which was inspired by streetcomplete

Openstreetmap for Canal Boaters in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

MapComplete is indeed limited to creating new points, but it can modify attributes of existing ways. I'm assuming that most navigable waterways are drawn, but not all necessary attributes are known, where MC could help.

And: tackle it one layer at a time :)

Openstreetmap for Canal Boaters in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Wow, very good first attempt! I'm reviewing the layers you made (esp. fuel station and sanitary dump station) and they seem very well done!

I've spotted a few small mistakes, but nothing fundamental.

It would IMHO be even more interesting to have a layer about the canals themselfs, to indicate what types of boats (e.g. small boats, kayaks, ...) are legally allowed to and physically possible to go over a certain waterway; that would be great!

Moving a business' location in OSM? in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

Check OpenStreetMap (e.g. using MapComplete.org) if the data there is correct. If it is, update Organic Maps or the maps in Organic Maps. (I'm more of an OsmAnd person, so don't know how that is done)

Moving a business' location in OSM? in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

As MC dev, I'm a bit curious on how your data pipeline works. Is there some documentation around for this?

Moving a business' location in OSM? in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago (6 children)

We don't do "approval" here, all changes are live directly. However, it might be that your application of choice simply didn't update yet.

Openstreetmap for Canal Boaters in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Would you mind on elaborating how you would expect it to work?

Openstreetmap for Canal Boaters in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago (4 children)

If you have a lot of interactions with canal boaters, it might be interesting to create one or more custom layers in mapcomplete. Give MapComplete Studio a shot (but keep in mind that it is not exactly user friendly, let me know where you get stuck and I'll try to fix it).

If you have created one or a few layers you like, let me know and I might include them in the production version of MapComplete.

Openstreetmap for Canal Boaters in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago (4 children)

The campersite theme on mapcomplete shows sanitary dump stations as well

OSM resturaunt photos/reviews? in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago

Images are uoloaded to imgur. Not perfect, but it just works and is reliable.

All other data gets (generally) uploaded to OSM, except for reviews which go to mangrove.reviews

And there is some Wikipedia/Wikidata in the mix for some other pages too, but that is clearly attributed

OSM resturaunt photos/reviews? in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 weeks ago (4 children)

I've added 'image:menu' and 'website:menu' to https://mapcomplete.org/food . With it, you can now upload an image of the menu with a few clicks.

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The OsmAnd Birthday Quiz - including some funny answers ;) (forms.gle)
 

Answers accepted until June 6th. Gifts (a few months of osmand pro will be distributed by June 10th. Please, share among community!

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Preferring X (lemmy.ml)
 
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I'm the dev of MapComplete, currently stuck on a train. AMA (lemmy.ml)
 

Hi!

I'm the main dev of https://mapcomplete.osm.be (and also one of the modsof this subcommunity). I have a long train journey ahead of me today (and next week again).The ideal moment to answer questions from other OSM-contributors.

So, shoot!

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Showoff sunday: what did you map or create with OpenStreetMap? (lemmy.ml)
 

Hi! This is the place to show or tell about some cool stuff you did with OpenStreetMap!

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PSA: the OpenStreetMap-community has arrived to Lemmy as well (lemmy.ml)
 

HI all,

Sorry for spamming, but seeing that the other OSM-post got quite some traction, I wanted to point out that the OSM-community here is coming to life as well.

You can post your beginner questions into the newbie friday thread or brag about your mapping projects into the showoff sunday thread

At last, please post OSM-related content over there! We need to get this party started...

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WeeklyOSM 676 (9th of july 23) (weeklyosm.eu)
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Showoff Sunday - screenshot your cool mapping project (lemmy.ml)
 

Did you recently (or not recently) map a cool area that you want to show? Something you are proud of? Post it here! A little explanation of why it is cool might help as well.

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Newbie Friday - ask all your OpenStreetMap-beginner-questions here! (lemmy.ml)
 

Hi!

OpenStreetMap is a map that anyone can edit and anyone can freely reuse. It has a huge ecosystem, and can thus be a bit confusing to edit or to work with.

I thought that having a weekly thread to ask all beginner questions would be nice for everyone interested, so - go for it!

If you know the answer to a question, please answer (so that I don't have to answer everything).

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Introducing the mod team + open call for moderators (lemmy.ml)
submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
10 comments fedilink
 

Hi all!

Welcome to the OSM-community on Lemmy. With this post, we'd like to introduce us, tell us what you expect from this place and what it should/might become.

BTW: we are still open to add more moderators! Make an introduction post here, mentioning why you want to moderate and showing some of your mapping work. (If you don't want to share your OSM-username, you can also PM that to one of the mods)

So, I'm @pietervdvn (https://osm.org/user/Pieter%20Vander%20Vennet ; he/him), I'm the main dev of https://mapcomplete.osm.be . I'm involved with OSM most of the time and quite happy that there is momentum to move away from Reddit to an open-source, federated platform. ;) Personally, I already have a lot on my plate so I do not have enough team to moderate this place, so I'd like to get a team here quickly and start this place so that I can retire here.

https://lemmy.ml/u/Ben_on_Lemmy was the original founder of this community - but lost interest as nobody joined a few years back. But the tides have turned! One thorough search for the password of his account later and he's back!

At last, https://lemmy.ml/u/SyJ just joined the moderation team as well - even though I don't know a whole lot about them.

So:

  • Do you have any questions for us?
  • What do you expect from the moderation team?
  • What do you expect from !openstreetmap?
  • What should this place look like in about one year time?
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The OpenStreetMap-community on lemmy is searching for moderators (lemmy.ml)
 

Hi all,

I have been made moderator for this community after I requested this.

However, I'm but a human too - and I already have enough to do, so I would like to spread the load as much as possible - not to mention that I'll be on holidays soon.

In other words, I'm searching for some more people to man the ship!

To apply as moderator here, I'd like to be sure that you are well-embedded in the OSM-community and have the necessary skills. As lemmy is a mostly english-speaking community, you must have decent english skills.

Furthermore, some communication skills and discretion is necessary too. At last, a bit of time to regularly check the community here is necessary as well (I'm lacking the last thing a bit). Furhtermore, you'll obviously need an account in the threadiverse. If you have an account (on another server), that should work. (I think one can moderate over server boundaries). If you don't have an account yet, it might be a good idea to make one on lemmy.ml as that is the one hosting the community.

As many people discovered lemmy just recently, the useraccount here probably won't have a lot of credit here. As such, you can:

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Requesting /c/OpenStreetMap (lemmy.ml)
 

Hi,

The current mod hasn't been active for over a year: https://lemmy.ml/u/Ben_on_Lemmy

I'd like to take over the baton now that some activity is picking up there (and appoint some more mods as well).

Kind regards, Pietervdvn

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Moderation takeover request (lemmy.ml)
 

Hi,

I'm very active within OpenStreetMap. As many refugees from Reddit, I'm taking shelter here and found the OSM-community.

Hover, there is only one moderator there, which seems to be inactive for >3 years. Is there a process to make me moderator of that community? I'll make sure to create a moderation team there as well.

For reference: https://openstreetmap.org/user/Pieter%20Vander%20Vennet https://en.osm.town/@pietervdvn

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