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.
Running around with StreetComplete, the app sometimes tells me to leave a note instead, which I do. Short time later, I receive an email that another person has resolved my note. That's nice, but wouldn't it be better to do it all on my own?
I think I need a more powerful Editor for that, and installed Vespucci. Now I'm scared to break things. What are the next steps, how to proceed?
I've been impressed how quickly people do this and I've wondered how they notice these so quickly and take care of them
Right, how do they do this? Is there a ticket system of some sorts to which one has to subscribe? Or did they just happen to browse the area proactively shortly after I was leaving a note?
I feel taking that seat, viewing things from that perspective might help me learn about the next steps.
Also thanks to all other replies, will check them out in time.
I hate seeing unresolved notes in my area. They can often sit for over a year, and then we don't know if the information is still relevant. So when someone creates a note in my neighborhood, I try to make the necessary changes right away. I leave the notes layer on in the website and check them out whenever I'm verifying changes in my neighborhood.
Haha, I guess that's the spirit! The other things you say make also make lots of sense. I also feel the completionist's call. Hence I'm here, to become a bee like you. And sorry for creating notes.
What exactly is "the notes layer in the website", and how do you check it out? Is it as simple as pressing F5?
I think my area (Hamburg, Germany) is free from notes in quite a wide radius. So maybe other diligent workers are doing the same here.
When you open openstreetmap.org, on the right-hand side there are some buttons. Click the one that looks like a stack of papers (it'll say "layers" when you hover it) and there will be an option to enable a notes overlay.
In the editor on the site (called iD) you click the icon on the right that looks like a line and a square (Map Data on hover, or press the U key) and it will have an option to show notes as well.
Generally I leave notes alone for a week or two to see if the user intends to resolve it themself (I talk to myself a lottttt in notes while I'm surveying) but if it's still there after that, I do my best to resolve it.