Comment on Google officially changes the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America on Maps

• superkret@feddit.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  Every time I try to navigate to an address that’s missing in OSM, I just navigate to the street instead. It’s not a big deal.
  And when I have 5 minutes of free time, I add the address.

  That’s how OSM works. There isn’t a dev or company to blame, you can literally fix the missing data yourself. And that’s the only way it works.

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• ArtVandelay@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  I wish OSM had the resources to make something akin to Pokemon Go but instead of capturing something, it adds it to the database.

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  • vatlark@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    You are in luck my friend: streetcomplete.app

    They have made it super easy and fun. I have been playing it for nearly a year and have made a pretty big dent in my local dense metro area.

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    • ArtVandelay@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      oh yay!!

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    • Cyber@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      Thanks, I was following this thread and wanted to say the same thing

      I’ve kept updating shops that change, new houses, parking, etc… it’s great. I even used it on vacation (when the SO wasn’t looking)

      My global rank is #1554 and ~#130ish in my local country, but #12 in another country I barely visit, so it shows where more people should complain less support more.

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      • vatlark@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

        Wow good work, my global ranking is #2449.

        Ha, yeah it’s good that you slowly clear out your local area because my SO did not appreciate me trying to answer questions while we walked.

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    • oxf@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      This is actually incredible. Thanks for sharing!

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    • mocoma@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      Found this thing yesterday. I’ve contributed to OSM more in a day than in the previous year. It’s great.

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