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Re:OpenStreepMap 2012 vs. 2022 by JeremyNT on Friday September 30, 2022 @01:54PM (#33038239)
This thing is so much fun! I love wandering around a new area and filling in the details.

One thing I wish it had was the ability to add an entirely new building. I'm currently living in a town that is experiencing massive growth and I'll often see a structure that's still a vacant lot on osm, and I don't think you can add it with StreetComplete.

Re:OpenStreepMap 2012 vs. 2022 by betamaxthetape on Friday September 30, 2022 @03:11PM (#33039341)
The easiest thing to do for such cases is to add a note, perhaps with a picture of the building if you're comfortable.

There must be folk who dedicate their time to searching the OSM database for unresolved notes, because whenever I leave a note on StreetComplete mentioning an inaccuracy (e.g: a path where there isn't actually one, a driveway marked incorrectly as a road, etc.) I get an email alert a few days later notifying me that the note has been resolved - often by someone who lives in an entirely different country (and who can use the information I provide in the note plus the satellite imagery to resolve the note).

Re:OpenStreepMap 2012 vs. 2022 by matkoniecz on Sunday October 02, 2022 @08:26AM (#33055306)
I am one of such people (I do this partially to catch problems in StreetComplete design).

So thanks for leaving notes allowing remote fixing!

Re:OpenStreepMap 2012 vs. 2022 by JeremyNT on Wednesday October 05, 2022 @06:40PM (#33102134)
Amazing, thanks for your efforts! I've just now sent a couple such notes up into the ether :)
Re:OpenStreepMap 2012 vs. 2022 by pwg on Friday September 30, 2022 @06:05PM (#33041411)
> One thing I wish it had was the ability to add an entirely new building.

If you want to add an entirely new building on the go, there is Vespucci:

https://f-droid.org/en/packages/de.blau.android/

But, honestly, adding a building on a phone sized screen, while quite possible, is much more easily done with either of the two desktop editors:

JOSM, Java based: https://josm.openstreetmap.de/

iD, Web based, this is the editor available from the "Edit" button from the OSM website: https://www.openstreetmap.org