Everything #OpenStreetMap related is welcome: software releases, showing of your work, questions about how to tag something, as long as it has to do with OpenStreetMap or OpenStreetMap-related software.
OpenStreetMap is a map of the world, created by people like you and free to use under an open license.
Join OpenStreetMap and start mapping: https://www.openstreetmap.org.
There are many communication channels about OSM, many organized around a certain country or region. Discover them on https://openstreetmap.community
https://mapcomplete.org is an easy-to-use website to view, edit and add points (such as shops, restaurants and others)
https://learnosm.org/en/ has a lot of information for beginners too.
I first learned of Street-Complete here and I really like it.
It's satisfying to walk around, complete little tasks, and get prizes, scratching a similar itch to Pokemon Go.
Stuck waiting for someone? Add opening hours for a few local businesses.
Have a long walk ahead of you? See if you can add/check house addresses as fast as you can walk.
Want to walk off a few beers before heading home? Complete some tasks in the bar street.
Its a very constructive way to "be right" on the internet.
Fdroid says that it is bound to jawg.io for tiles. What are the chances that we are giving our data to a company who will take it away from us, or is just using us for free labour?
It is free labor. However it benefits us all and there isn't any alternatives. I don't think OSM is going anywhere soon. It is has benefits for any people and industries.
Fun fact OSM has had lots of issues with hostile take overs. They now have a dedicated committee on the subject https://osmfoundation.org/wiki/Special_Committee_on_Takeover_Protection
@jaxxed @vatlark @openstreetmap
Very slim. But their privacy policies are online if you're concerned.
You free labour all goes to the OpenStreetMap database licensed under the Open DataBase License.
Yes, you link your OSM account to StreetComplete and it adds your contributions via your OSM account. Same with Vespucci.
When you log into OSM you can see all the contributions pushed by StreetComplete.
It pushes updates to openstreetmap.
@jaxxed @vatlark hello. Long time OpenStreetMapper here! 👋🏻👋🏻
There are problems with corporate influence in OSM. Jawg is not on the radar.
@amapanda @jaxxed @vatlark
We're just looking into Jawg for tiles, they are unique (being a EU company) in tile design and service, so we just wanted to check: is jawg not on the radar 'but should be' or is it not because there is 'no reason for'?
@Lokjo
There is no reason to fear Jawg. It's a tiny company doing nothing really.
Remember, we have Facebook, Microsoft, Apple etc being pretty active in OSM.
Companies like Slack are used for many OSM comms, and that leads to issues like <https://en.osm.town/deck/@amapanda/111771768413699746>
Jawg are… not on the radar.
@jaxxed @vatlark
@amapanda @jaxxed @vatlark
Thanks for the heads-up :) We thought it was a good one since the owner itself answered our email yesterday and they are a silver sponsor for maplibre, but it's always good to double check new things.