Finally StreetComplete has been approved on the App Store and everyone has now the possibility to download it: https://apps.apple.com/app/id6808344816

F-Droid download link: https://f-droid.org/packages/de.westnordost.streetcomplete/

PlayStore download link: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=de.westnordost.streetcomplete

I highly suggest you this app in order to contribute to OpenStreetMap without background or any technical knowledge. Just open the app and answer to simple questions:

  • Does this crossing have an island?
  • Is this place still there?
  • What can be left here for recycling? Furthermore by completing more and more quests the app will reward you with links to (FOSS) maps for different purposes: wheelmap, indoor, graphhopper, touchmapper.

I truly believe that this is the solution and way to get as many contributors as possible to improve the map, and make us less dependent on BigTech.

In case you want to see the site, here it is: https://streetcomplete.app/

[–] 22 points 1 month ago (8 children)

I always heard that in the US they have hundreds of parking spaces per lot. How is it possible that there are so many parking dispute?

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  • [–] 5 points 1 month ago (1 child)

    From what the developers said at the State of the Map 2026, they will implement public transport routing using Transitous, the same system that cartes.app uses. Not sure if this means that the overlay will include all the lines though

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  • [–] 8 points 1 month ago (1 child)

    Hi, the most direct one about the hate for cars in my opinion is Carmageddon by Daniel Knowles. Curbing traffic by Melissa and Chris Brunlett is also amazing and it focuses more on the solution. Happy city by Charles Montgomery is also a well done book focusing more on urbanism. To end there are also books about positive human powered alternatives: How cycling can save your life by Peter Walker, The miracle pill also by Peter Walker and lastly Bikenomics by Ellie Blue

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    How often does the app upload the changes? It seems to me that it doesn't do it instantly but rather after hours or days, grouping everything you modified together in a single changeset

    Edit: I tested it a bit and I realised that I had the mobile data off for CoMaps, which made the app keep everything in the cache until I connected to a WiFi. So, if connected to the internet, it creates a changeset with each edit that it then uploads within a second.

     

    Do you have any creative ideas on how to reuse old tires? I have some at the end of their life and I think that throwing them away would result in them not being recycled anyway. Any ideas for inner tubes is welcome too

    Edit: Thank you everyone for the answers. For those who want a summary, the suggestions are chain stay protection, edge bumper, water insulation, rubber bands, hanger for repair, elastic fastener, fenders and finger stalls for fishing (or throw them in the fire place)

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