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What do you think about Street Complete [0][1][2]? I know it doesn't let you provide all and any data, but I find it super friendly.

It lets you add details to objects that already exist in OSM. It looks very polished, has nice map, icons, and this default style of sticking to your actual location like some location based games for crazy people (I'm a former Ingress player, Enlightened FTW).

My neighborhood has all details about building size, roofs, street lights, you know if there are markings on the ground on street crossings (for people with poor vision), each path has clear info of what's it's made of, and stores has open/close hours provided. Super cool, easy to use and has real impact.

[0] https://streetcomplete.app/ [1] https://f-droid.org/packages/de.westnordost.streetcomplete/ [2] https://play.google.com/store/search?q=street%20complete&c=a...

StreetComplete is great for newbies, especially those that need the gamification approach to be more motivated. But if you are already an experienced OSM editor, you likely have developed muscle-memory in Vespucci or EveryDoor that lets you quickly add additional tags while barely looking at the screen.

Also, as I mentioned in my other post, adding POIs and additional tags in some regions’ urban areas is difficult because you don’t want to walk around with your phone out. And the USA makes it challenging to add and update POIs because you often can’t just walk down a street, the sprawl sets everything too far apart for that. The existing mobile editing apps, alas, cannot make up for political failures.

> I know it doesn't let you provide all and any data, but I find it super friendly.

But shops can be added (using shop overlay).

(I am one of people developing StreetComplete)

I adore this app and it makes it even more fun to wander around new areas on foot.

One thing I ran into is that there are buildings that aren't shown in Street Complete. I tried adding a note but there seems like no way to add them in. If there was some easy way to flag a property as having a new building and relying on desktop users to fill in the details that would be super helpful!

long tap to create note, attach photo of location, is the best StreetComplete specific solution

You can install Vespucci to draw buildings directly on smartphone

Didn't realized.l, thanks!

Kudos to you, as you can see I love the app.

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