@stiephelando @vatlark @openstreetmap

If a question type gets tedious you can disable that "quest" in the settings.

@pootriarch
I generally consider it poor form to remove good data even if it isn't strictly necessary.

The necessity of the addr:city tag depends on the area. In some places it's strictly according to a boundary that exists in OSM. In others the boundary data is either missing or doesn't always align with the "postal town" according to the mail carrier so it's good to include it.

@openstreetmap

@jaxxed @vatlark @openstreetmap
Very slim. But their privacy policies are online if you're concerned.

You free labour all goes to the OpenStreetMap database licensed under the Open DataBase License.

@RealFknNito @vatlark @openstreetmap

It caused a lot of fake stuff to be added to OSM even though its update frequency was slow enough that very little of the fake stuff actually made it into Pokemon Go.

I think it did bring in a few good mappers too though so it wasn't all bad.

@huojtkeg I still find this worrying as an OSM contributor.

@MigratingtoLemmy @101 @openstreetmap

No, this is against Google TOS and OpenStreetMap policy on data sources and the Data Working Group will step in and block any accounts doing this to protect the project as a whole.

@YurkshireLad @cerement @openstreetmap

Android: https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Android

iOS: https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/IOS

Other: https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Software

@shoki

Points of interest and amenities are probably the next most useful. Things like street lighting and sidewalks quite helpful for pedestrians. It's more important that you are still enjoying mapping. If there is something that you know is useful but you find tedious it's ok to skip it and either leave it for someone else or come back to it later

As it sounds like you're on Android, I'd recommend @streetcomplete for easily adding detail while on the go.

@openstreetmap

@soloojos
This seems like it'd be the opposite of an @openstreetmap thing.

@BitSound @openstreetmap
There is no real reason to break things up block by block unless the blocks have unique names or something. It's also a pain to edit when the areas have been glued to the roads.

So yeah, leave them big.

@pr06lefs @schnurrito @openstreetmap

Because not everyone lives somewhere where open data exists. Even that map of a single country shows that
~40%(?) of the country is missing the relevant data.

@BitSound @openstreetmap

Breaking up roads for turn restrictions, changes in the number of lanes etc is perfectly fine.

I've always found it a bit silly to break up roundabouts for route relations, but not everything supports leaving them intact.

@possiblylinux127 Well no, it's entertainment. You don't get many FOSS novels either, not that are worth reading at least.

@Cheradenine @Tyoda @openstreetmap

I don't think that changes your underlying account ID.

Whatever you do you need to make sure that you are contactable through the email address(es) you supply. If there is a problem with some of your edits and you don't reply to queries you may have your account(s) blocked and all your edits reverted.

@artyom
Raster tiles: A map image is 'cut up' into little squares: one set of image tiles per combination of style, language etc. This is replicated at all the required scales.

Vector tiles: The map data that would be required to display all the styles for that square is extracted from the database, simplified and stuck in an intermediate format. One set of tiles can support multiple styles, languages and angles that would be impractical with rasters.

@openstreetmap

@Zwiebel @openstreetmap

Don't copy from maps you don't have permission to use.

https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Copyright#Proprietary_data

@BitSound @openstreetmap

There have been many disputes between the way the iD developers want to do things and the community over the years, to the point where they are now unique in having a dedicated page on the wiki documenting all their controversial decisions.

https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/ID/Controversial_Decisions

I wouldn't pay much attention to it.

The main thing is to have highway=traffic\_signals either on the intersection node or on all the inbound ways. Any refinement beyond that is just a bit of a bonus.

@Danitos @AngryCommieKender @openstreetmap

IIRC that was pulled out of the app into a separate companion app (StreetMeasure) ages ago.

F-Droid is complaining about "non-changeable or non-free network service".

It doesn't seem to say _which_ network service this is, which I think is quite scummy behaviour TBH.

@MonkderDritte @vatlark @openstreetmap

@MapComplete is only similar in that it is aimed at giving simple tailored forms to new users. It does not make it easy to contribute "all the low hanging fruit closest to me".

@Mex That's @richardf on the Fediverse btw.