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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.

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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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[–] InsertUser@en.osm.town 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

@gedaliyah @NeatNit @openstreetmap

If you select a hotel found on Kayak it will add an affiliate link to Kayak in addition to the direct link stored in OpenStreetMap.

If you know to look in https://gitlab.com/fdroid/fdroiddata/-/blob/master/metadata/app.organicmaps.yml you will find:

"AntiFeatures:
TetheredNet:
en-US: Map download service (cdn*.organicmaps.app).
NonFreeNet:
en-US: Hotel widget includes a link to kayak.com not contained in original map
data."

It's new so I think more will probably be flagged later.

[–] gedaliyah@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

Okay, I had to search through a lot of hotels, but I was able to find this in the app. Weird.

It seems like any money they would make would be offset by users who are unhappy with the situation. I don't have a recurring donation, but I've given in the past and this certainly makes me less likely to in the future.