About 10 years ago, before fitness trackers and smartwatches were a thing, there were apps that simply plotted the path that you traveled on a map (e.g. #Strava).
If you want to track an activity that involves moving around, such as walking, jogging, running or cycling there is an app on F-Droid called #OpenTracks. It tracks the distance, elevation and time for each activity. It can show the traveled path on an #OpenStreetMap app like #OrganicMaps and also plot graphs.
Awesome video about how damaging it is for millions of people around the world that the big cities they live in are not – literally – on the map!
Google only cares about mapping places they think they can earn money from. And if they map an area, they own the map, control it, and puts tons of restrictions on what can be done with it.
I talked a lot about #OpenStreetMap , particularly how one might use it (and how Kendall County is going to start using it) for some basic asset inventory work.
Positive responses! Maybe we'll even see a few more authoritative data sources starting to engage with OSM.
Es sind vermutlich noch 2-3 Wochen bis er offiziell freigegeben ist, aber in #OpenStreetMap ist der neue Radweg jetzt auf alle Fälle schonmal drin... 😊
Über die Fahrradwege in #München wird sich hier ja gerne ausgelassen, aber wusstet ihr, dass es eine offizielle Meldeplattform der Stadt gibt?
Und nicht nur, dass man kann dort sogar sehen was wie, wo und wann gemeldet wurde.
Und wem das noch nicht reicht den wird es vielleicht zu hören freuen, dass die auf der Webseite verwendete Karte sogar #OpenStreetMap attribuiert.
Das Ding gibt's hier: https://meldeplattform-rad.muenchenunterwegs.de
Hinweise, Fragen und Lob rund um den Münchner #Radverkehr können hier eingereicht werden. #Radinfra#Fahrradverkehr#Minga#GuteNachrichten
I’ve been thinking about making a mini-documentary about #OpenStreetMap. It’d great to have documentary style content for my business and we’d be able to get more people aware of OSM. I’m not entirely sure what the story would be 🤔
Today was quite the accidental milestone! I've edited OpenStreetMap over a thousand times! For those who don't know, OSM (OpenStreetMap) is like the Wikipedia of maps. Anyone can go in and edit the map. This isn't a corporate-controlled space where your local knowledge is irrelevant compared to the desire for profit. You can literally go…
For those who don't know, OSM (OpenStreetMap) is like the Wikipedia of maps. Anyone can go in and edit the map. This isn't a corporate-controlled space where your local knowledge is irrelevant compared to the desire for profit. You can literally go and correct any mistakes that you find, add recently built roads, remove abandoned buildings, and provide useful local information.
Editing the full map is... complicated. For simple edits like changing the times of a postal collection, there are simple forms you can fill in. There's also an aerial view so you can drag and drop misplaced locations. But for anything more complicated than that, you'll need to spend some time understanding the interface. There's a friendly community who are happy to check or correct your submissions.
I'll be honest, I don't use the web editor much. Instead, I use the Android app StreetComplete. It's like an endless stream of sidequests. As you travel through the world, it will ask if a shop is still open, or if the highway is lit, or how many steps there are on a bridge, or whether a playground is suitable for all children, or if restaurants serve vegetarian food, or if a bus-stop has a bench, or... the list is almost endless!
I use it when I'm walking around somewhere new, or on holiday, or waiting for a bus. I used it so much that, for a short while, I became the #1 mapper in New Zealand!
So get stuck in! Make mapping more equitable and more accurate.
Kennt sich jemand mit der Erzeugung von #OBF Dateien für Osmand aus? Ich würde gerne eines mit POI und custom icons aus der #OpenCampingMap erstellen. Wie macht man das? #openstreetmap
Moi qui aime découvrir des villages pour les photographier et les cartographier, je suis content que ce soit mis en valeur de manière aussi simple et accessible