yoasifSurprised that Sybil's wasn't on #openstreetmap -- fixed that. Popular #guyanese food in #nyc.
https://www.openstreetmap.org/node/2862505491
https://www.openstreetmap.org/node/2862505491
OpenStreetMap Förderung BaWü@yoasif would IMHO be better if apps like @everydoor https://f-droid.org/en/packages/info.zverev.ilya.every_door would be published by #journalism. #OpenStreetMap is widely unknown to the "mainstream", unless a lot of people are using apps based on this data (such as #Komoot, #OsmAnd, ...) 🤔
yoasif@OSM_tourism @[email protected] @everydoor I suppose, and I would love to see more #openstreetmap uptake. My own experience with Every Door was that it was kind of hard to immediately grok, unlike StreetComplete, which is what I use 99% of the time while I am out and about.
I think people should also be pushing Organic Maps as an alternative to Google Maps (unfortunately not good for subway routing): https://organicmaps.app
@yoasif as the names suggest, #EveryDoor is more for shops and #StreetComplete for streets. You may also edit using #OrganicMaps, #OsmAnd or #WheelMap. I hope more interest-specific apps will offer editing in the future, so there'll be an intuitive way to contribute in everybody's field of interest. Usability is certainly a point.
@OSM_tourism With regards to Every Door specifically, the UI, which takes POIs and groups them in their own panel below the map - feels novel and intuitive.
It is also so different that I feel like this must be a considered decision, so it is likely pointless to provide needless feedback to developers.
Once you are editing a POI, Every Door is pretty nice - but getting to the point where I am editing a POI feels too complicated for me.
@yoasif "must be a considered decision, so it is likely pointless to provide needless feedback" is a strange line of argument to me, especially regarding "user experience". A great developer may make a decision which will sound obvious to any other "technical" person, but won't be "intuitive" to the "mainstream" user. So feedback is never "needless", as there are very different approaches.
@OSM_tourism I wasn't really making an argument, more just explaining that it felt like bad feedback.
It is also work to provide good feedback, so that serves as a de-motivator too.