StreetComplete
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StreetComplete is an easy-to-use OpenStreetMap editor that can be used without prior knowledge about OpenStreetMap. The app prompts users to answer questions like "What are the opening hours here?" or "Is this still here?" about places and objects in their surrounding. Answering these questions helps to keep the OpenStreetMap database complete and up to date.
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StreetComplete is an easy to use editor of OpenStreetMap data available for Android. It can be used without any OpenStreetMap-specific knowledge. It asks simple questions, with answers directly used to edit and improve OpenStreetMap data. The app is aimed at users who do not know anything about OSM tagging schemes but still want to contribute to OpenStreetMap. The user's answer is automatically processed and uploaded directly into the OSM database. Edits are done in meaningful changesets using the user's OSM account. Since the app is meant to be used on a survey, it can be used offline and is economic with data usage. To make the app easy to use, quests are limited to those answerable by asking simple questions. There are quite a few different quest types now and more will be added over time. You can see a community-managed list of all quests in the OSM wiki. You can find a list of frequently asked questions in the wiki. Here are a few things you can do: 🐛 Test and report issues 📃 Translate the app into your language 🕵️ Solve notes left by StreetComplete users 💡 Suggest new quests, or, even better, implement them. ➕ and more… Many users are currently supporting this app through GitHub sponsors , Liberapay and Patreon . If you like the app, you can join them ☺️ to support the continued development and maintenance of the app. Since mid 2020, JawgMaps provides their vector map tiles service to StreetComplete for free, i.e. the background map displayed in the app. In August 2020, the OpenStreetMap foundation funded the development of Map Maintenance with StreetComplete within the frame of the microgrants program .
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- Official website
- streetcomplete.app
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- StreetComplete - Sport quest.png
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- software version identifier
- 63.1
- source code repository URL
- github.com/streetcomplete/StreetComplete
- issue tracker URL
- github.com/westnordost/StreetComplete/issues
- social media followers
- 914
- publication date
- 2017-07-20
- Commons category
- StreetComplete
- translation contribution URL
- poeditor.com/join/project/IE4GC127Ki
- IM channel URL
- osmus.slack.com/archives/CRCUH32G5
- privacy policy URL
- streetcomplete.app/privacy
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StreetComplete is an easy-to-use OpenStreetMap editor that can be used without prior knowledge about OpenStreetMap. The app prompts users to answer questions like "What are the opening hours here?" or "Is this still here?" about places and objects in their surrounding. Answering these questions helps to keep the OpenStreetMap database complete and up to date.
== Functionality == thumb|upright|left|StreetComplete being used at an Italy mapping party. The app is based on a map view in which places and things with missing or dated OpenStreetMap data are marked. Users can complete this data by answering simple questions (called quests). These quests are designed in such a way that answering them on site is quick and easy and no special expertise or prior knowledge is needed. In case the answer to a quest does not match one of the selection options, other OpenStreetMap contributors can be asked for help by submitting a note.