Today I found out that it's actually a lot easier to contribute to Open Street Map than I thought. There are some serious gaps in house addresses in my area and I was painstakingly using the built in browser editor in the browser.

But, you can use a FOSS app (available on fdroid) called StreetComplete that makes it a lot easier to help out filling in the gaps in your local map data.

It's really fun - kind of like Pokémon Go but you are actually making an impact 😁

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[–] OnopordumAcanthium@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Honestly, thanks for your post. It inspired me to actually download the app and i solved a bit of issues around my area today.

It's actually fun and it also helps other people and increase the quality of OSM overall. This could motivate me to also just go for a walk instead of hanging in front of my computer so again: thx for your post <3

[–] CoachDom@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 1 year ago

That was my thinking. The OSM is only as good as we make it so the more people know how to fix it, the better for the community 😉