I’ve tried using it over the years but I never liked it because there was no information. So last night I looked at my local city and there is almost no information at all. I spent a few hours last night adding buildings and restaurants and removing incorrect items. It was actually kind of fun and therapeutic and I plan to do more of it tonight. My girlfriend thinks it’s dumb and I’m wasting my time because Google maps and Apple maps and Bing maps exists but she just doesn’t understand open source.

Edit: Apologies, I just realized this question is not Linux specific.

  • digdilem@feddit.uk
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    1 year ago

    Yes, I’ve populated most of my local area, and every time I go for a walk or bike ride, I add as much detail that I can. I also find it very enjoyable and it’s pretty cool to see features I added show up in all kinds of mapping services that use its data

    Osm now has the clearest and most detailed maps for walking that I know, and I use them in preference to the UK’s ordnance survey maps, which don’t scale so well on electronic devices.