OSM is very, very popular with hikers and cyclists, and I'd argue rhey drive a lot of it's use, especially via third-party systems. However, it's one failing is "gravel" roads. While they support many different gravel road types, they admit on their Wiki that use of the proper terms is low.

Given the heavy use of Garmin devices, especially among gravel cyclists, mountain bikers, and bikepackers, where terrain definition is important, it would be outstanding to have an app in the Garmin store for Edge devices that could report the exact terrain type (compacted, dirt, etc) with a button mash as you ride it.

[–] ZBobbert@sh.itjust.works 20 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Check out StreetComplete (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=de.westnordost.streetcomplete)

It does more than just road surface type, and incorporates location-based OSM editing in a very user-friendly way!

[–] Sir_Kevin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 3 months ago

F-Droid link: StreetComplete (OpenStreetMap surveyor app) https://f-droid.org/packages/de.westnordost.streetcomplete/

[–] fmstrat@lemmy.nowsci.com 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Yea, I've used that, but it's a phone app. Riders need a one-touch solution on Garmin (or other bike computers, but Garmin dominates the market right now).

[–] Sir_Kevin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

It also doesn't seem to let you edit anything more then a mile away from your physical location. I get that they want accuracy but it's preventing me from editing incorrect information to a place I have just been.

[–] ctag@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

You can! Browse to the location, and then click menu button > "Download data here" and the questions will appear.

[–] Sir_Kevin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 0 points 3 months ago

I already uninstalled it so can't confirm but I didn't see anything to that effect at the time. I could be wrong.

That said, I got Every Door and love it. It's got an icon right on the main screen to download whatever area you're looking at. The UI in general is more to my liking as a geek, whereas Street Complete sorta makes a game out of it (which is awesome if that's what you're after).

[–] HumanPenguin@feddit.uk 14 points 3 months ago

I will add as a narrowboater.

I found towpaths also have this issue with definition of surface.

I am legally blind. (Some vision but bad)

I have a few times tried to add more ditail to areas of towpath that will help the others like me know what to expect before mooring.

Seems anything that improves this will help in your issues as well.

[–] kevin@mander.xyz 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Not sure if you're the one to ask, but are there any good alternatives to Strava built on OSM? I don't need all the fitness analysis and social features, I just want to track my walk route and get basic info like miles traveled, elevation change, average speed, etc

[–] fmstrat@lemmy.nowsci.com 2 points 3 months ago

So for the tracking and planning part, you could use OSMAnd. It's UI is a bit confusing but it does work welll. My typical setup is:

Plan route in OSMAnd
Record route with a garmin
Upload GPX to self-hosted Fittrackee or Wanderer

However you may be asking for something more like RideWithGPS.com?