Someone might take pictures of benches and another one will add the info if there’s a backrest from home.
What about https://mapcomplete.org/benches ? Granted, it does not upload to Wikimedia commons - but then again, Wikimedia commons isn't the right place for thousands of (mediocre) pictures of mor or less identical benches. A picture there should be "qualitative" and either "educational" or "relevant".
amenity=drinking_water is a place where you can get drinking water. There is no requirement to be able to drink directly from the water jet. Even more, the 'fountain=bottle_refill' makes it clear that this is not possible.
Yes, I looked into this as well, but there are apperently quite a few, contradictory ways to do this...
I have some more time. The tag literally reads "amenity=drinking_water", meaning that one can get drinking water for personal use here. It does not imply the physical form of this, e.g. if it is a bubbler fountain or a water tap. In either case, the tagging for the wide variety of items isn't very consistent...
These are mapped as regular shop, classified by what they sell; except that they get an extra attribute about zero-waste as m-p{3} pointed out.
We normally don't map situations that change fast, nor do we map regions with an active war (e.g. Gaza and Ukraine).
Even if we did, we'd have to wait for aerial imagery and satellite imagery showing the latest situation. So, I get that you want to help but it might be better to wait until the whole situation de-escalates.
Well, in a way, they do provide accurate geolocalisation for indoor environments based on wifi networks. And it is right that having internet/bluethooth access also (more or less) reveals your location; but that doesn't make it ethical.
Should indeed be doable, but please: do not upload this data into the "real" OpenStreetMap.org. We don't do parcel data (it is not verifiable on the ground), and imports are something that should be done with care.
However, you can use the tools. Use JOSM to prepare the data and convert it to a .osm-format on your local computer. Then use the OBF-creator to make an OBF file which you can drop at the right location on your phone. The map creator is right here :https://osmand.net/docs/versions/map-creator
In Belgium, we are running a slow campaign where we are importing the official building dataset. Most mappers import a bit of the buildings and do a general update as well. (BTW: we have permission to use this data and did a thorough discussion with the local community, so the import guidelines are followed)
Not at the moment. It takes a lot of mapping and a lot of work to get this correct.
You can however try to create your own routeplanner using OsmAnd, but you'll need to be familiar with OsmAnd, XML, some programming and OpenStreetMap. (I created the Ski routeplanner a few years back this way)
What do you mean with "it's not accessible to the broad public"? The pictures get linked properly with an 'image'-tag, so it shows up in e.g. OsmAnd.