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[–] pietervdvn@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

WHAT? HOW DARE YOU INSULT OPENSTREETMAP, THE MOST USED DIGITAL MAP!

(In all seriousness, I wouldn't be surprised that OSM is actually used the most, especially because it creeps into many other maps. But of course, this usage is spread over many apps and not a single ~~advertising~~ map product, where GMaps is undoubtly the biggest one)

[–] pietervdvn@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 months ago

Because they render the map offline (and have a slow render engine)

[–] pietervdvn@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 months ago (5 children)

Looks like V2. That one shows the grid for not-yet-rendered areas

[–] pietervdvn@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Should be possible. With reviews however, one needs a central curator to weed out the spam reviews...

whether they buy out the project

Which is why an open license is important: it allows to fork if needed.

[–] pietervdvn@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 months ago

This is actually a really interesting case. On one hand, there is typically a specialized company involved creating those maps. On the other hand, the mall which requested them is, by law, required to create them and to put them at visible places in the mall (thus "publishing" them). According to the European Database Law, they would thus not be eligible for copyright and should be considered public domain!

However, I wouldn't build a multi-million company on it...

[–] pietervdvn@lemmy.ml 5 points 3 months ago (1 children)

You can also add those (and many more) with https://mapcomplete.org . This is a different app (or rather) a website, which was inspired by streetcomplete

[–] pietervdvn@lemmy.ml 1 points 3 months ago

MapComplete is indeed limited to creating new points, but it can modify attributes of existing ways. I'm assuming that most navigable waterways are drawn, but not all necessary attributes are known, where MC could help.

And: tackle it one layer at a time :)

[–] pietervdvn@lemmy.ml 1 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Wow, very good first attempt! I'm reviewing the layers you made (esp. fuel station and sanitary dump station) and they seem very well done!

I've spotted a few small mistakes, but nothing fundamental.

It would IMHO be even more interesting to have a layer about the canals themselfs, to indicate what types of boats (e.g. small boats, kayaks, ...) are legally allowed to and physically possible to go over a certain waterway; that would be great!

[–] pietervdvn@lemmy.ml 1 points 3 months ago

Check OpenStreetMap (e.g. using MapComplete.org) if the data there is correct. If it is, update Organic Maps or the maps in Organic Maps. (I'm more of an OsmAnd person, so don't know how that is done)

[–] pietervdvn@lemmy.ml 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

As MC dev, I'm a bit curious on how your data pipeline works. Is there some documentation around for this?

[–] pietervdvn@lemmy.ml 1 points 3 months ago (6 children)

We don't do "approval" here, all changes are live directly. However, it might be that your application of choice simply didn't update yet.

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