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StreetComplete asks questions, with answers used to improve OpenStreetMap data

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Resurfaced independently across 2 calendar years, with breakout response in 2 of them.

submissions
4
submitters
4
observed span
2017–2020
peak thread · 52 comments
217 pts
latest 20+ return · 2020-05-09
217 pts

Submission timeline

2007–2026

One slot for every year since HN launched. Height is that year's peak points; orange marks a 100+ point or 50+ comment breakout. Select a bar to open its strongest thread.

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For anybody who uses StreetComplete - whenever you select "Can't answer" to a quest, an OSM Note [1] (ie. error report) is made. Please consider attaching a photo whenever you can so other OSM mappers can resolve the issue without the need to verify the place in-person themselves. Another thing that's super cool is that StreetComplete allows you to answer other OSM Notes (made also or rather mostly outside of StreetComplete) with photos. There are many countries with a deluge…

rathel·217-point thread·

I was running on some unmapped forest roads this weekend. When I used OsmAnd (which is my goto map app) I realized the roads where missing. I took a look at Google Maps via my mobile browser and realized the roads were there. What is the easiest way to contribute and map out these roads on OpenStreetMap? Before I've edited OpenStreetMap by hand by using a satellite imagery overlay. Could I use a mapper app like this to automate the…

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Breakout years
2

100+ points or 50+ comments

Total points
379

reference only — not used in Hall rules or ranking

Total comments
92

reference only — not used in Hall rules or ranking

Every submission

DateTitle as submittedByPointsComments
2017-04-17StreetComplete: FOSS Android app that helps you contribute to OpenStreetMapSir_Cmpwn30
2017-05-05StreetComplete – OpenStreetMap surveyor appasaibx30
2017-05-08Quest-driven OpenStreetMap editing for AndroidFirst breakoutkrzyk15652
2020-05-09StreetComplete asks questions, with answers used to improve OpenStreetMap dataBest thread · Latest 20+ point returnVinnl21740