@MapAmore I wanted to move this out of that users poll as not to go too off topic. Could you describe a bit what you mean by theme? The things I like to map in particular?
@cliftonmr A "theme" would be
something specific and distinctive concern.
For example, there are mappers who focus on biking and related infrastructure.
Some folks like mapping highways.
Often, these people will focus their edits to their favorite "theme", and then, of course, there are mappers who are interested in mapping anything they could. 😁
I remember when I started mapping in @OSM and all I was doing were waterways. I'd go on for hours just doing that, something #Zen-like for me.
A nearby city call these crossings as "Gora¹ Lanes", an attempt to make walking fun, attractive, and accessible to more people.
From the screenshot² below, it's something like an arty zebra (or "continental") crossing, and I saw minimal use of crossing:markings=artwork in #OpenStreetMap, and taggable with crossing:markings=yes.
Well, unfortunately, what we see on the ground (and try to map in #OpenStreetMap ) is not necessarily always what we (or the locals) wanted, or hope to ever see.
Hopefully, it's a work in progress, and they get around to fixing more essential things. 🤞
I agree. It's typical in OSM to use a generic "yes" when a mapper isn't sure about the "right" value just yet, and get back to it later, or maybe the next mapper can figure out a better value.
That's a specific case when I find the image=, or mapillary= tags and the like, very helpful. Usually, these are used to tell other mappers what the previous mapper saw from the photo.
In JOSM these are turned into links you can view, but not sure how it works in iD.
I just learned that apart from the official meaning of "Gora" cited in the original toot, apparently, it appears to be a nod towards the argot of the @pinoy#LGBQT community, meaning "Let's go."
I agree that it could be used for initial mapping, and interpolation makes it "work" in some fashion -- at the very least, one gets close enough to the area you want to.
That's slightly better than having no mapped addresses, or mapping individual address POIs, without interpolation.
When editing #OpenStreetMap on the go, @everydoor is my hands-down favorite, but I'd hesitate recommending it for more new mappers.
I've been playing with #OsmGo just now, and really like how easy it is, maybe even for new contributors.
Plus, it's a progressive web app that runs in a browser, or installable in your device: https://osmgo.com , so this also seems to be a great candidate tool to introduce as a friendly editor for @openstreetmap mapping parties for new users.
POIs in general are hard to maintain. Even Big G is struggling with that on their maps.
Theme-specific POIs are probably slightly better, when there are interested parties who are keen to maintain them, or keep them up-to-date.
If you don't like to map them directly yourself, when you're on site, then you're next bet is to use fresh (and compatible) ground imagery, to map them when you can.