I use OSMAnd~ for navigation, and the "expert" version of StreetComplete for surveying.

In the case of the café/bar, they are distinctly the same place. It's actually something I've run across several times in different places, usually they're more upscale than your typical café. Pretty good venue for a date that you're not sure how long you want it to last!

Ah, I didn't see the further examples! This is definitely the right choice. Thank you!

StreetComplete is by far the most accessible way to get into OSM, in my opinion. It's like a gateway drug, because eventually you find something missing that you can't add with StreetComplete and then you begrudgingly open iD on your computer, find out how easy it is, and the rest is history.

There's a whole section on the Canadian page in the OSM wiki for how to map Tim Horton's depending on if they're inside of other places or not, haha.

I do hope they add moderators like the document mentions. I've had a bad interaction already that made me consider quitting contributing, and it seems like there's no accountability for people who bully others as things currently stand.

I've found there are wayyyy more options through the OSM website editor than through Street Complete. When I encounter stuff like this while out walking, I'll usually add a note for that location and then add the data when I get back to my computer. You can add a note by tapping and holding a spot on the map, then choosing "Create new note"

Looks like there's a perfect option for it on the iD editor!

I'm dealing with some weird ones, like laundromat cafés and stationery shop cafés. But at least it looks like I can add an amenity tag to most of these. It's just the bar/café that I'm really struggling with.

It's very simple in comparison, but for some that's a feature. If it could show bike lanes on roads then it would be all I need in 95% of cases, but since it can't I find myself using OSMAnd with the CyclOSM tile layer a lot.

I wish Notes Review let you filter out a user. One person makes a lot of notes in my area, and many of them are ones that are low-priority to add. It would be nice to be able to see everything else. I know I can do this on StreetComplete, but it would be helpful to be able to do it on desktop as well.

That doesn't sound too old to me! The satellite images in my area are from 2020. There have been some infrastructure changes since then, but in general construction takes a while so a few months shouldn't change much. If you're working in an area you know, as another commenter mentioned, you'll be fine working from this imagery.

Also, unless you know there is new imagery coming, I don't see any point in waiting because for all you know none will come for a year or more!

I did a write-up on how I have been mapping sidewalks to help out someone locally who was just starting out, and some asshole decided to come berate us for mapping sidewalks as separate ways (as was already the standard in our area) and for following the OpenSidewalks schema. They wouldn't stop even after being asked multiple times.

There's a very helpful tutorial if you want to get into adding buildings and roads, but otherwise you can just click on the building and change its type without much hassle. :)

Believe it or not, I started last week. :)

My area has been doing sidewalks as separate ways, though very little is complete. I've already filled in more than a square kilometer of sidewalks with all their crossings and curbs, but just encountered my first intersection with this sort of weird grey area crossing where there is a traffic light but no pedestrian signal.

F-Droid always has slower releases due to the vetting system.

Looks like it might have been case sensitive.

I'm doing sidewalks in my area and unfortunately there isn't much convention to go off of. At a crossing where there are traffic lights but no specific pedestrian signals, should I be putting a Traffic Signals node on the pedestrian crossing? If so, at the corner, or where it intersects with the road?

In general, is there documentation somewhere for best practices for discrete sidewalks, and their associated curbs and crossings? I would like to get this right from the start, in a way that makes the data actually useful for people with visual or mobility impairments.

Thanks!

That's the intent of OpenSidewalks, but last I checked it was only available for three cities.

I wonder how one would choose which project to contribute imagery to.

OSM is not popular in Canada, partially due to a vicious cycle where there isn't enough information filled in so people don't use it so nobody contributes. I used it because in my old city the map was basically perfect (I think it was imported from City data,) and I had no data plan so I needed offline maps.

After I moved I noticed that the map was incomplete so I started contributing again. There are around 5 names in my area that I see contributing on a nearly daily basis. That might not seem like much, but I've singlehandedly nearly finished my neighborhood's buildings and sidewalks in the last two months.

Still, get your friends into it. I showed a friend of mine who bikes OrganicMaps after Google Maps routed him on a 4" wide dirt footpath in the dark one night. He was sold right away when I showed him that he can search for water fountains. Another friend of mine loved how detailed OSM was compared to Google Maps and switched as well, and now they help me with Street Complete sometimes. Every bit helps.