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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.

Join OpenStreetMap and start mapping: https://www.openstreetmap.org/.

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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Sketch Map Tool - An is an easy-to-use tool for participatory mapping through offline collection, digitisation and georeferencing of local data - (sketch-map-tool.heigit.org)
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It was mentioned in the weeklyOSM as having been used for strengthening disaster risk reduction efforts: https://weeklyosm.eu/archives/18130

The steps:

  1. Define an area of interest
  2. Run a map quality check
  3. Export a PDF of the sketch map and let locals fill it out with relevant markings
  4. Scan / photograph the marked up sketch map
  5. Upload to sketch maps to get the collected markings as geodata

Some FAQs:

So far the Sketch Map Tool has only been tested on neighborhood or city level. The tool works best for study areas which are smaller than 50km².

Please make sure not to accidentally mark the globes at the edge as they are needed for automatic map detection. Use thicker felt-tip pens with intense colors; red, blue, and black work best. Prepare the same set of pens for all interviewers.

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