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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.

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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.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

@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'?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

@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

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

@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.