MapComplete: Maps about various topics which you can contribute to (opens in new tab)

I'd also strongly endorse its on-the-street mobile app counterpart, StreetComplete. Splitting stuff into tiny tasks you can focus on really helps if you're just out on foot in an area.

Similarly, `Go Map!!` is an iOS app that makes editing OSM data easy.

Adding missing features is one of my favorite things to do while traveling, and feels like a way of giving back (“take only photos, leave only GIS traces”?)

Could be but needs a serious UI/UX revamp (easy). Maximally remove friction when asking for user contributions. Like literally on the first page it puts adding public clocks, I repeat, PUBLIC CLOCKS (and other such things), on equal footing as adding a restaurant. Like, no.

I've occasionally used the CoMaps OSM editing capability to just get the basics in before doing the big work in JOSM, or more likely the web editor. Now I'll be looking into MapComplete much further.

Thanks for the compliments :)

Yeah, the complexity of the other tools is the pitch of MapComplete

For start StreetComplete is an Android app unavailable (for now) elsewhere.

MapComplete has multiple in-depth layers, while StreetComplete is more general.

StreetComplete puts more focus on being usable out-of the box for newbies, while I would describe MapComplete as having focus on usability but allowing deeper dive in specific topics.

(disclaimer: I helped with developing StreetComplete)

Hi! MapComplete dev here!

One of the major differences is that, in StreetComplete, an object is hidden from the view once all quests are done. That makes StreetComplete a 'contribution-only' tool. (This changed in recent years, where Westnordost created 'overlays'). StreetComplete was a major inspiration though.

In MapComplete, you will see _all_ objects (known in OSM) for a specific topic, wether or not there are unresolved questions. That makes it a tool for both using the data and contributing.

Another difference is that MapComplete started as a webapp (but there is a version packaged as Android app too); whereas StreetComplete is (for now) an Android-only app (iOS is in the works)

A more abstract difference is that MapComplete has some highly specialized questions.

At last, MapComplete has some integrations with other FLOSS-tools, such as: - Wikidata/Wikipedia for additional pictures and articles - Mangrove.reviews for reviews - Panoramax to add pictures - Mapilarry to link pictures to objects - Plantnet to determine the tree species on https://mapcomplete.org/trees

Streetcomplete can filter the map with a variety of filters for features you can edit or complete(Street lighting, Surfaces, Sidewalks, Bike paths, Street parking, Addresses, Places, Things, Buildings). Plus there's some specific "quests" where you can complete information for specific POI ("Does this bench have a backrest? Yes|No", "Where does this fire hydrant lies? On the grass | On the roadway | On a walkway | On a parking).

Mapcomplete also offers filling info about existing POI, but you can filter on specific theme (Drinking water, sports) or very specific theme (etymology) or even your own. There's also an UI to add new POIs; I don't think it's possible with StreetComplete.

Either way both are great.

Mapcomplete is literally an OSM editor though... xd

Looks like you missed that MapComplete is an alternative interface to view OSM data and contribute to it.

I use the app "flush" for this, and it works pretty well.

Checkout https://mapcomplete.org/cycle_infra and https://mapcomplete.org/cyclenodes.html

Editing attributes of relations is possible. Adding or deleting objects to relations might become possible one day. Editing geometries is out of scope for this project.

You can login with an OpenStreetmaps.org (osm) account and edit it yourself. This app is used to add those objects. There is also an app "StreetComplete".

To keep the user interface clean, I hide buttons when they are not relevant. If you are logged out, the 'move this feature' button is hidden.

In other words, you need to log in with an OSM-account. Then, the 'move this feature' button at the bottom of the popup will be visible.

I've been in and out of MapComplete since this arrived on HN and have not had any such problems.

Yeah, it's definitely super slow right now.

thanks!

Thanks for the compliments :)

Who is George? I'm probably missing some (cultural) reference