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We’ve all already talked about switching away from google/apple maps to something like openstreetmaps, mapy, tomtom amigo, etc. But all of these services use openstreetmaps (UK non-profit) as a source and they still miss a lot of local data even for bigger cities!
If you have some spare time, think about adding a bit of data to the map with your local knowledge. There’s a lot of business data missing that is on google maps like websites, phone numbers and opening hours but also stuff like parking lots and whether they’re publicly accessible and free or not. Adding these makes the competition of ALL services using OSM as a source better.
I also use the mobile app https://streetcomplete.app/ and https://every-door.app/ to add data while on my walks, these make my walks more engaging and I actually take longer ones + see new places because of it. Streetcomplete also has a focus on important and easy to collect data with their default filters, and you can choose what you want to contribute.
If you really want to get into the thick of it and contribute more than just simple data you can always check out https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/How_to_contribute and see in which of the many ways you can contribute!
No, this is actually somewhat useful. At least you should add
opening_hours:signed=nofor cases like this. If the hours are not specified at all (as they are for some places), useopening_hours=unknown.The reason this is useful is so to specify that someone tried to figure out the opening hours, but there aren’t any, so at least for a while there’s no reason to check again.
Why not implementing this as a tag instead? Why the extra step of creating a note if the tag exists? I’ve been in OSM for way more than a decade and these tags are news for me, probably the developers of the app themselves don’t know them.
Right, there lies the problem. Within StreetComplete you cannot set the POI-stats like that. You only answer questions or enter numbers (stairs, specific hours). So, the App should set this, if you select the drop-down answer “There are no opening hours.” - Does anyone has connections to the developers to claim this “bug”?
It’s a FOSS project, hosted on GitHub. You can even make a PR yourself, the codebase is very readable, the devs are really nice and responsive. I made a contribution with 0 previous Kotlin experience. And if you don’t want to do that, just open an issue.