StreetComplete: Fixing OpenStreetMap, one tiny quest at a time

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• Muy bien
  by santiagohzszmex
• Been using this for my dog walks too. There's something oddly satisfying about turning a boring loop around the block into "wait, does that bin have a lid?" Never thought trash cans would be the thing that got me into mapping.
  by preetham_rangu
• See also:

  https://gurumaps.app/

  by lisper
• It's basically Comaps but not open-source, right ?
  by maelito
• In principle I like it, what I don't like is that some companies will use the data only for their own benefit / dystopian nightmare mission.
  by crudgen
• Another comment here claims their license forbids that.
  by timbit42
• AMAZING work
  by LowLevelKernel
• If anyone is interested in where StreetComplete is used or which quests are the most popular, you can check out: https://piebro.github.io/openstreetmap-statistics/stats/04_s...
  by piebro
• They should've called the app MapQuest :-)
  by altern8
• Maybe that's what you're referencing but MapQuest is a commercial company that existed already at the time StreetComplete got started iirc
  by Aachen
• I enjoyed the simulated phone screenshots, particularly the choice of House of the Trembling Madness, a great beer stockist and drinking establishment on Lendal in York. I would like to think that the name in the input field is deliberately slightly wrong, ready to be fixed by someone. (It's "House of the Trembling Madness" rather than "The House of Trembling Madness".) Gamification at another level :-)
  by qmacro
• Just through your comment I found out that they have different screenshots for all their localization settings. Cool!
  by baumschubser
• See also, https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/SCEE
  by myself248
• scph1001.bin
  by kls0e
• What's the best apps as a Google maps replacement that uses open street maps?
  by kelvinjps10
• Comaps is great. Works offline. https://cartes.app from France Murena maps have just been released: https://community.e.foundation/t/murena-maps-is-here-in-beta...
  by flaburgan
• I would second CoMaps if you're just starting out. Google has some unique features like tracking everyehhh—I mean traffic data! (Tracking everyone is sometimes legitimately useful :P) and they got businesses on board by displaying Google Maps information alongside Google Search results, so all business owners seek out to add their data to Google for free whereas in OpenStreetMap (and other competitors) someone needs to painstakingly find all the businesses themselves. So business info is much less complete.

  On other fronts, like hiking trails or public infrastructure, you'll find OSM much more accurate, especially around the world (I hear that Google is comparatively good on their home market). If you want things like trip planning, nautical maps, road avoidance, and tons more features: OsmAnd can do basically everything but the sheer feature count also clutters the UI. I have no problem with it but others say they prefer CoMaps and other apps for the simpler tasks, so just be aware of the different pros/cons and enjoy :)

  by Aachen
• This is such a great idea. Are there ever any plans for a web app?
  by hadi121
• StreetComplete is cool, fun and useful, yes. And there is its companion app StreetMeasure which makes it easy to add measurements like the width of a narrow street, for example.
  by jcynix
• Every day I take a 2 hour walk and contribute as much data as I can to OSM using this app.
  by Acrobatic_Road
• Thank you for the reminder! I got out of the habit of checking StreetComplete since my previous neighborhood was well populated in OSM, but having just moved, I should check it out again.
  by marssaxman
• When you are out of quests in your area, check the overlays! (Button to the left of the menu)
  by westnordost
• I love this tool.

  It brought me back to mapping on OSM.

  Wherever you are and need to wait for a minute, there are quests to be solved there.

  I recommend SCEE for those who are already familiar with OSM mapping or are in an area where the most common tasks are already covered: https://github.com/Helium314/SCEE

  by Krasnol
• Is there something equivalent for iOS?
  by jmspring
• > ANDROID WILL BECOME A LOCKED-DOWN PLATFORM IN XXX

  My guess is no because of the developer linking too below (and how it's always existed this way for iOS)

  https://keepandroidopen.org

  I wonder why this needs to be an app at all, instead of web based.

  by tiffanyh
• I use GoMap https://apps.apple.com/us/app/go-map/id592990211
  by mtmail
• StreetComplete has been making steady progress on an iOS port over the past few years.

  https://github.com/streetcomplete/StreetComplete/issues/5421

  by Quot
• Is https://keepright.at still a thing? That used to be my go-to site when I was bored and wanted to find things to fix in OSM. No matter how much you fix, it seems that when you go back to that site, there seem to always be tons of stuff flagged for fixing.
  by ryandrake
• Seems like it's pretty out of date, from the site:

  Site updated at 2024-03-03

  It's a shame because it seems very useful.

  by bspammer
• Some more info in an earlier thread [1]

  [1] CoMaps – FOSS Offline Maps | https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48808928

  by netfortius