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I used to add photos to Google Maps. As I grew up, I feel that I dont want to support us corporation.

Which alternative is the most popular in your country? In Poland I use mapy.com, and I add ratings, photos of the places. Is there any better platform? What do you use in France, Germany, Italy etc?

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[โ€“] kantor@lemmy.ml 108 points 3 days ago (27 children)

Welcome to openstreetmap.org

Once you start contributing you'll notice that a surprising amount of stuff relies on OSM as a map provider

[โ€“] Kwdg@discuss.tchncs.de 59 points 3 days ago (17 children)

For osm I can recommend https://streetcomplete.app/ which gamifys adding entries

[โ€“] MIXEDUNIVERS@discuss.tchncs.de 12 points 3 days ago (5 children)

i tried it, but it mostly asks about Roadsurfaces and such minor details. its cool but i would say its to fine detail and i see now where options to add buisnesses...

[โ€“] BlackEco@lemmy.blackeco.com 8 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (3 children)

It's a bit hidden: press the layer button, then "Places". You should see a red button with a cross at the bottom of your screen, you can use it to add a business. Same thing to add benches, trash bins, bike locks, etc: use the "Objects" layer.

You can also use the layer button to fill details about street lighting, parking spaces, etc.

[โ€“] Shimon@slrpnk.net 4 points 3 days ago

You can also filter what quests are show, if it seems a bit overwhelming or you don't want to contribute to road surfaces, roof shapes, etc.

Burger menu > Settings > Quest selection and display order

[โ€“] Nickelalloy@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago

This was a good thing to know, it changed a lot! Thanks.

Maybe they should be more clesr about this in the app!

[โ€“] elvith@feddit.org 0 points 3 days ago

Oh, wow. Thanks!

I only ever did the surveys and did all other edits using osmand (or just saved some point/tracks to a gpx and edited from my PC). That's so much easier at a first glance!

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