Recently hiking in central Europe, we found that the OpenStreetMap data using the OrganicMaps app ( @organicmaps ) and now CoMaps ( @CoMaps ) much more useful than Google Maps. The location of available water was especially appreciated during the last heatwave!
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#OrganicMaps does not require a login of any kind.
BUT if you have an #OpenStreetMaps account you can login and the app makes it super super easy to add a missing place. I think the UI is easier than using the official #osm web interface, esp. for adding business hours, for example.
📱🗺️ 𝗤𝗚𝗜𝗦 users can now integrate 𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗻𝗿𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗶𝗰𝗲 also in the mobile app 𝗤𝗙𝗶𝗲𝗹𝗱.
Thanks to the release of a new plugin, all main functions of openrouteservice can be used in QField, such as generating routes for different means of transport profiles.
The first basic version of the plugin, developed by HeiGIT in collaboration with OPENGIS.ch, can be found here: https://github.com/GIScience/qfield-orstools
Is there a service that works with OSM to display groups/businesses in shared spaces?
It is quite common for a community centre or school hall to be used for various different purposes, outside of whatever its primary purpose might be. For example it might be used by a dance club on Wednesday nights, a taekwondo class on Thursday, AA on Friday, and by a church group on Sunday. I found thanks to this answer [https://community.openstreetmap.org/t/how-to-map-multiple-activities-in-the-same-place/120959] that, unfortunately, OSM explicitly does not encourage representing these activities. Nevertheless, it is very useful for people to be able to navigate to and search these sorts of activities & groups. For example, if I’m attending a new sports club for the first time, it’s much easier to type into my navigation app the name of the sports club, rather than look up the street address or the name of the host venue. In Google Maps this works perfectly for groups established enough to have an entry in their database. Is there any equivalent of this that relies on OSM for mapping data, with an open/editable database of groups & organisations that do not have a fixed ‘address’ visible from the outside?
It seems #MagicEarth are at least listening to the user community and holding off on the switch to a paid app for #Android until they can find some payment method that doesn't require Google service (I hope this doesn't mean that development stalls until they can get their revenue stream)
IMO if fhey are charging for it the app they should have a full website portal with payment facility *and* access to support with a ticketing system and facility to add crowdsourced map updates (rather than expecting endusers to work out which is #OSM and which is #Foursquare or other third parties), and not relying just on email or worse, Reddit) - basically all that #TomTom *used* to have not that long ago but abandoned...
Συνάντηση της ελληνικής κοινότητας του #OpenStreetMap στην Αθήνα
Σας προσκαλούμε στην συνάντηση της ελληνικής κοινότητας του #OSM για έναν δροσιστικό καφέ, μια γνωριμία, συζήτηση περί διαφόρων για OSM και στο τέλος χαρτογράφηση :).
🗓️ Πότε: Σάββατο 26 Ιουλίου, 15:00
🗺️ Που: Piu Verde, Άλσος Παπάγου
🔗Περισσότερες λεπτομέρειες στο φόρουμ: https://community.openstreetmap.org/t/topic/132512/5
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