pietervdvn

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by pietervdvn 4d ago
Be very careful with "automated edits". We have a bit of a collective trauma and doing it completely right takes a ton of work. See https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Import/Guidelines
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by pietervdvn 4d ago
Perhaps we should start working together and start reusing the questions from mapcomplete into cartes.app
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by pietervdvn 4d ago
I made this: mapcomplete.org/shops
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by pietervdvn 4d ago
I make https://mapcomplete.org which also serves as easy-to-use data consumer and editor. I sidestep most of the complexity by having a lot of thematic maps, each focussing on just a single topic (e.g. mapcomplete.org/shops
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by pietervdvn 7d ago
Or you can use https://mapcomplete.org/charging_stations.html to add charging stations as well; data goes to OpenStreetMap too. Disclaimer: I make this
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by pietervdvn 20d ago
They host blogs and email used by many activists.
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by pietervdvn 21d ago
OpenStreetMap is a great ecosystem - I'm a long term contributor. Some pointers: - CoMaps is a fork of Organic Maps, which forked long time ago from Maps.me - OsmAnd is similar. It has more features but is slower and clunkier - If you
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Response to "Why Book Corners won't sync contributions back to OpenStreetMap"(pietervdvn.me)
7 points by pietervdvn 1mo ago|1 comments
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by pietervdvn 1mo ago
I try to create such a thing with https://mapcomplete.org ; StreetComplete.app is also beginner friendly (but a different approach) Yes, you'll always need a user account
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by pietervdvn 1mo ago
First of all, I assume you are from the Netherlands (based on the .nl) The Dutch OSM-community indeed is very conservative, a bit too much IMHO. We Belgians are more relaxed :) Such a dataset would still be useful, but perhaps in a quality
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by pietervdvn 1mo ago
Because you need to pay "Little Free Library Corp." to become an official LFL and to get onto that map: https://littlefreelibrary.org/stewards/registration/ Getting an official "charter sign" w
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by pietervdvn 1mo ago
How would you feel about integrating https://mapcomplete.org/bookcases.html ? (which I make) as means of contribution? This one sends data straight to OSM. I don't have my own database to "moderate", pictures
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by pietervdvn 1mo ago
Such as what I make: https://mapcomplete.org/bookcases.html ?
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by pietervdvn 1mo ago
OpenStreetMap does not and cannot offer permanent IDs. An entity might be mapped in more detail, resulting in something being split in two parts, or change from node to way, with wildly different IDs. At the same time, a point might be repu
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by pietervdvn 1mo ago
What makes a stream navigable and what hinders it? Is it water depth? Is it width? Can those be mapped? Are there edge cases that some people might be able to navigate those waters and others not? Or during certain times? If you work this o
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by pietervdvn 2mo ago
You can also contribute to OpenStreetMap instead - they have bookcases too
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by pietervdvn 2mo ago
I think they have their own database. TBH, we'd better all contribute to OpenStreetMap, it's why I made https://mapcomplete.org/bookcases.html ?
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by pietervdvn 2mo ago
And they have a restrictive license. Not gonna happen
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by pietervdvn 2mo ago
See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crypt_(C)#MD5-based_scheme
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by pietervdvn 2mo ago
I'd say: the fediverse. Everyone can "broadcast" and discuss freely without having a central power that can censor or subtly manipulate the broader discussion.
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by pietervdvn 2mo ago
Hi! <3
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by pietervdvn 2mo ago
Don't download all the tiles, that is useless. Look into protomaps instead. One ~100GB archive for the entire world
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by pietervdvn 2mo ago
This is correct. Tools might however display them slightly different, have different update schedules or make different cartographic choices (e.g. not showing node networks or something)
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by pietervdvn 2mo ago
This is all OSM-based. OSM is one big pile of data - we don't do layers. It is also best to add it directly into OSM, importing data afterwards is tricky. My talk at Why25 should be a good intro ( https://media.ccc.de/v&
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by pietervdvn 2mo ago
The big difference is visibility and scale. Sure, a 'description' or 'name' tag can contain something inappropriate (like a slur of defamation). If it has high impact, it'll be reverted quickly. If it has little imp
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by pietervdvn 2mo ago
The OSM foundation strictly keeps it with 'map data'. There are however many other, small projects that fill in the gap; for example 'Panoramax' for streetview imagery or lib.reviews for reviews. I've made a webapp
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by pietervdvn 2mo ago
Not involved in OM or CoMaps at all; but involved in OpenStreetMap. > What do you mean, leaked? Isn't this a FOSS project? The client-app (CoMaps/Organic Maps) indeed is fully FLOSS. It uses OSM data, but that data is packaged
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by pietervdvn 2mo ago
You can use a different, webbased one: https://mapcomplete.org
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by pietervdvn 2mo ago
If you want to do more advanced accessibility mapping, also have a look at https://mapcomplete.org/onwheels - same concept, but different implementation. Also OpenStreetMap based, so data you add there is shared amongst CoM
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by pietervdvn 3mo ago
Thanks for the compliments :) Yeah, the complexity of the other tools is the pitch of MapComplete

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