pietervdvn

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[–] pietervdvn@lemmy.ml 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Oh, Apple gives the attribution when needed. Rather, the specific article posted here didn't mention it (I think the author wasn't aware of it and/or it didn't matter for the article)

[–] pietervdvn@lemmy.ml 2 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

Sorry if it doesn’t fit into this community - didn’t find a better community to post this and the sidebar says “OSM related software” posts are ok.

It shows an OSM-view as default, so this still fits this community. In the past, someone posted a news article about Apple Maps; I commented that that didn't fit the community guidelines because OSM wasn't even mentioned in the article (even though Apple Maps uses it!). Even then, I didn't delete the post so...

[–] pietervdvn@lemmy.ml 28 points 3 weeks ago

Because the northern hemisphere is mostly land mass and the southern hemisphere is mostly ocean. Land heats faster and cools faster than ocean, thus the seasonal effects are more pronounced in the data.

Same with CO2 patterns which gives a similar yearly 'breathing effect'

 

Answers accepted until June 6th. Gifts (a few months of osmand pro will be distributed by June 10th. Please, share among community!

[–] pietervdvn@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 month ago

Indeed, advertising=screen. You can also use https://mapcomplete.org/advertising and let MapComplete handle all the pesky tagging ;)

[–] pietervdvn@lemmy.ml 11 points 5 months ago

Putt-putt, pajama sam a.d freddy fish are great!

[–] pietervdvn@lemmy.ml 2 points 5 months ago (2 children)

One can perfectly use matrix for chat as well, especually with e.g. Fluffychat as client.

And yes, matrix is encrypted too

[–] pietervdvn@lemmy.ml 1 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

For toilets and showers: https://mapcomplete.org/toilets For drinking water: https://mapcomplete.org/drinking_water (edit: I erroneously pasted the toilet-link here before as well)

[–] pietervdvn@lemmy.ml 1 points 5 months ago

Bwa, we've had worse ;)

[–] pietervdvn@lemmy.ml 3 points 5 months ago

It is the abbreviation of OpenStreetMap.org, a crowdsourced map of the world. You've 100% sure already used the data of the project, in the form of Organic Maps, OsmAnd, the maps on Facebook, instagram en Whatsapp or Pokemon Go.

Also checkout !openstreetmap@lemmy.ml

[–] pietervdvn@lemmy.ml 5 points 5 months ago (1 children)

There will never be 'more momentum' if you don't build it. Just kick it off and host this person, others will follow.

[–] pietervdvn@lemmy.ml 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

What would you use it for?

 

Hi!

I'm the main dev of https://mapcomplete.osm.be (and also one of the modsof this subcommunity). I have a long train journey ahead of me today (and next week again).The ideal moment to answer questions from other OSM-contributors.

So, shoot!

 

Hi! This is the place to show or tell about some cool stuff you did with OpenStreetMap!

 

HI all,

Sorry for spamming, but seeing that the other OSM-post got quite some traction, I wanted to point out that the OSM-community here is coming to life as well.

You can post your beginner questions into the newbie friday thread or brag about your mapping projects into the showoff sunday thread

At last, please post OSM-related content over there! We need to get this party started...

 

Did you recently (or not recently) map a cool area that you want to show? Something you are proud of? Post it here! A little explanation of why it is cool might help as well.

 

Hi!

OpenStreetMap is a map that anyone can edit and anyone can freely reuse. It has a huge ecosystem, and can thus be a bit confusing to edit or to work with.

I thought that having a weekly thread to ask all beginner questions would be nice for everyone interested, so - go for it!

If you know the answer to a question, please answer (so that I don't have to answer everything).

 

Hi all!

Welcome to the OSM-community on Lemmy. With this post, we'd like to introduce us, tell us what you expect from this place and what it should/might become.

BTW: we are still open to add more moderators! Make an introduction post here, mentioning why you want to moderate and showing some of your mapping work. (If you don't want to share your OSM-username, you can also PM that to one of the mods)

So, I'm @pietervdvn (https://osm.org/user/Pieter%20Vander%20Vennet ; he/him), I'm the main dev of https://mapcomplete.osm.be . I'm involved with OSM most of the time and quite happy that there is momentum to move away from Reddit to an open-source, federated platform. ;) Personally, I already have a lot on my plate so I do not have enough team to moderate this place, so I'd like to get a team here quickly and start this place so that I can retire here.

https://lemmy.ml/u/Ben_on_Lemmy was the original founder of this community - but lost interest as nobody joined a few years back. But the tides have turned! One thorough search for the password of his account later and he's back!

At last, https://lemmy.ml/u/SyJ just joined the moderation team as well - even though I don't know a whole lot about them.

So:

  • Do you have any questions for us?
  • What do you expect from the moderation team?
  • What do you expect from !openstreetmap?
  • What should this place look like in about one year time?
 

Hi all,

I have been made moderator for this community after I requested this.

However, I'm but a human too - and I already have enough to do, so I would like to spread the load as much as possible - not to mention that I'll be on holidays soon.

In other words, I'm searching for some more people to man the ship!

To apply as moderator here, I'd like to be sure that you are well-embedded in the OSM-community and have the necessary skills. As lemmy is a mostly english-speaking community, you must have decent english skills.

Furthermore, some communication skills and discretion is necessary too. At last, a bit of time to regularly check the community here is necessary as well (I'm lacking the last thing a bit). Furhtermore, you'll obviously need an account in the threadiverse. If you have an account (on another server), that should work. (I think one can moderate over server boundaries). If you don't have an account yet, it might be a good idea to make one on lemmy.ml as that is the one hosting the community.

As many people discovered lemmy just recently, the useraccount here probably won't have a lot of credit here. As such, you can:

 

Hi all,

A new version of MapComplete is in the works, using MapLibre and lots of Svelte.

It marks a big refactoring and a new, nice visual style. I'd be honoured if you all were to test it and eventually point out the last bugs you find.

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