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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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[–] astro_ray@piefed.social 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Tbh, I am a little skeptical about using this. Specifications in areas where satellite imagery is not so good.

[–] ray@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 months ago

I generally only map in places where I am or have been but I definitely would be careful about using it in places with bad imagery.

AI stuff aside, the tool is so so much faster than iD it's kinda crazy.

[–] paequ2@lemmy.today 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I've been using Rapid to add buildings to my hometown. Seems like this would be basically impossible with native editor on https://www.openstreetmap.org/ ?? Well, technically not impossible, just it would take a reeeeeeeeaaaaaalllllllyyyyyyy long time and would hurt my wrist a lot more?

I do hate it's made by Facebook though.... https://github.com/facebook/Rapid

[–] InsertUser@en.osm.town 1 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

@paequ2
I think it's quicker to draw them from scratch with the #JOSM Building Tools or mapathoner plugins than it is to fix the AI guesswork.

Sadly there's a very misguided campaign running on the start page at the moment, but it's still a much better app for serious mapping.
@ray

[–] paequ2@lemmy.today 1 points 2 weeks ago

Oooooh, interesting. I didn't know about these other options. I need to learn more about these. I will happily drop Rapid for anything else.

I'm not familiar with plugins... have any favorite resources or videos I could watch to learn more?