[–] 7 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

I agree with the sentiment, the difference here is that it is Open-API FOSS.

Review and extension Hell, happens because companies are desperate for legitimacy, and for adjacency to your computer, so they pay to be annoying, to make money.

When talking about open reviews, written by people without monetary incentive...

Yeah. That is what we need, I'd say.

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  • [–] 6 points 3 weeks ago

    It feels really cool to map landcover (forests, farmland etc) and then see how much better the map looks compared to the gray emptyness that was there before!

    I'm also always adding and updating POIs when out and about. I like to use EveryDoor to when focusing on POIs. It's really easy to add opening hours and a ton of other tags. Even if the tag is not cataloged/preconfigured in EveryDoor you can add tags manually really easily.

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  • [–] 4 points 3 weeks ago*

    I also like to micromap, I like being able to do a lot of edits and polish on a very small area I can focus on, mainly because once I'm done I can look at the map and see an area that is maximally mapped where there is basically nothing left to add. I've mapped hundreds of individual parking lot spaces before, adding reserved numbers and handicapped, the little flowerbed islands and their trees, fire hydrants and fdc connections on buildings, light poles, foot paths and desire paths, community park benches, grills, pet waste bag dispensers, bike parking, really anything at all I can find an osm wiki page for.

    This is usually after I'm done doing sidewalks, crosswalks, tactile paving, and adding missing "access_aisle"s where parking lot kerb cuts connect sidewalks to parking lanes which make a huge difference in walking direction routing.

    I'd love to extend my micromapping into some indoor mapping, but learning that seems a bit daunting.

    When I'm out and about somewhere I don't have the ability to micromap, I add restroom and air conditioning tags to restaurants and update hours, phone, website, etc.

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  • [–] 3 points 3 weeks ago

    Basic and quick edits in SCEE and OsmAnd.

    For more complex stuff I create notes and take photos in OsmAnd. Export the notes as gpx file and transfer to my desktop, open the gpx files and the photos in JOSM and edit the map there.

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