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@glowl
> if you are willing to do a bit of reading in the wiki, i like the editing plugin for OsmAnd
Thanks, I'll have a look. Having editing it in the map app I already use sounds good.
@glowl
> SCEE (Street complete Extended Edition) that allows for a lot more tags to be edited and some more nifty customization options
This sounds powerful. Would you recommend it for a beginner?
@MapAmore
> If you don't like to map them directly yourself, when you're on site
I have ADHD. If I can't do it right away when I notice the problem, I'm unlikely to remember. So what I need is an Android app that makes it quick and easy to submit an update (with appropriate license) whenever I notice a discrepancy.
@glowl
> Havent tried OSM Go yet, but can recommend streetcomplete and every door
Are these available on F-Droid?
@MapAmore
I use @openstreetmap a lot, via #OSMAnd+, and I'd love to give back to the map commons. The biggest problems I see are not with the basic data (streets etc), since the NZ govt's own map data is released under CC license, and updates to it are quickly imported into #OSM.
Rather what I see is outdated info about what can be found at a given address. Any advice of helping to update that kind of data? Is it part of OSM or other data commons used by OSMAnd+?
@Rambi
> but how come your username says @null?
No idea. Maybe a bug in your app? Maybe something to do with the fact I'm posting from a Mastodon server rather than Lemmy server?
@theKalash
> Lemmy neads a feature where people can “merge” communities from different instances so it appears like a single one
I'm confused by this. I'll admit I haven't used Lemmy much yet, but I thought communities do exist across all servers? So if I join "c/fediverse" on any one server, and you join "c/fediverse" on any other server, we're joining the same community. Is that not how it works?
@itadakimasu
Plus, the Lemmy servers are part of a much larger network; the fediverse. Not just other forum apps like KBin either. Right now I'm replying to this from Mastodon.
I have an alt on a .nz Lemmy server, but haven't got into the habit of using it yet. So at least some of the perceived shrinkage *is* due to that, rather than any failure of the network. Also due to spam and troll accounts being purged.
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@itadakimasu
> there’s only 60k of us? And that’s a good thing?
A centralised platform is a numbers game. The money for upgrading servers for growth has to come from one company, and if the platform shrinks it gets harder to get a return on that spending.
It just doesn't matter as much in a federated network. The cost of growth is spread across many servers. Some of which will end up shutting down, for a range of reasons. But others have room for growth.
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@Hexadecimalkink
> Did peerfed ever figure out the bandwidth issues? Is there a way this can scale?
If this is the PeerFed you meant, I'm guessing the answer to both these questions is 'no';
"This paper has been archived and no longer reflects the author's current thinking."
https://github.com/joshdoman/peerfed-paper
Although I do find this concept intriguing;
"The system consists of two convertible assets, interest-bearing cash and a paid-in-kind perpetual bond."
https://github.com/joshdoman/peerfed-paper/blob/main/peerfed.pdf
@yogthos