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[–] CAVOK@lemmy.world 71 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (4 children)

OpenStreetmap as an alternative to the closed source maps.

OrganicMaps or OsmAnd to navigate and StreetComplete or EveryDoor to improve it.

[–] archchan@lemmy.ml 17 points 5 months ago

Yes yes. It's so satisfying contributing to OSM and seeing my changes pop up in OrganicMaps knowing it might help somebody and support open mapping data. I wonder if Wikipedians feel that way.

The Humanitarian OSM Team is cool too https://www.hotosm.org/

[–] qaz@lemmy.world 13 points 5 months ago

streetcomplete is a great companion app. It makes it really easy to add points of interest and help collect other data. I've already made over a thousand edits using it.

[–] drphungky@lemmy.world 6 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Oh man, Street Complete is very cool, thanks! I always wanted to contribute to OSM but found it a bit daunting. This is like Pokemon Go but useful!

[–] Showroom7561@lemmy.ca 4 points 5 months ago

I always wanted to contribute to OSM but found it a bit daunting.

Any contribution helps! Hell, I went around town just looking for bike parking racks to add, and was able to put dozens of new ones on the map. You can even just label house numbers (with the aforementioned apps listed in the comment you replied to).

[–] TheHooligan95@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 5 months ago

To add to that, Maperitive is a fantastic piece of software (Windows only) to create your own custom maps for hiking or cycling with osm. A bit tough to wrap your head around unfortunately, but actually pretty powerful. Hmu if you need quick instructions