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Re:I ran the length of every street in Pittsburgh: PAC TOM [... by kawsper on Thursday December 29, 2022 @06:08AM (#34171494)
Fun video, I like his style and humor.

If you want to run all the streets in your city, there's loads of us using https://citystrides.com to track how many streets we've run (not affiliated, just a happy subscriber).

It's also a handy way of finding ways to contribute to OpenStreetMaps, you discover lots of little details that isn't mapped correctly on these runs.

I'm at a depressing 83 of 2655 streets (3.13%) in Copenhagen, Denmark. But at a whopping 86 of 446 streets (19.28%) in Malvern, England!

Re:I ran the length of every street in Pittsburgh: PAC TOM [... by GrayShade on Thursday December 29, 2022 @06:15AM (#34171529)
I made something similar for myself. I probably wouldn't have tried it had I known about CityStrides or other apps.

https://blog.dend.ro/mapping-my-walks-osrm-rust/

Re:I ran the length of every street in Pittsburgh: PAC TOM [... by raybb on Thursday December 29, 2022 @08:48AM (#34172544)
What kind of details have you found go not be mapped correctly? It seems a bit difficult to go from running around go looking at a map and seeing what doesn't match.

I like editing OSM after walking around and area but maybe I'll try running!

Re:I ran the length of every street in Pittsburgh: PAC TOM [... by kawsper on Thursday December 29, 2022 @09:09AM (#34172705)
I usually plan my routes a bit before I run, so I'm aware of what streets I am supposed to be running.

I've discovered a street that wasn't mapped at all on OSM (Tanglewood Heights, Malvern), I've discovered a gated community with no public access that were marked as public (Danebury Park, Malvern), and there was another parking lot/street I couldn't access because it was behind gates.

I update the details on OSM, and then CityStrides updates their data sometime later.

Re:I ran the length of every street in Pittsburgh: PAC TOM [... by matsemann on Thursday December 29, 2022 @02:56PM (#34177120)
As someone doing the same but for biking on https://wandrer.earth/

It supports downloading a "map" of everything I haven't done, and then on my Garmin unit I can use that as an overlay on the map. Thus when I'm out and around I can try all sideroads showing as un-biked. Then I often find streets that OSM think are bikeable, but really are not. Either behind gates, a highway etc. And fixing this makes it better for everyone.

Re:I ran the length of every street in Pittsburgh: PAC TOM [... by ibdf on Thursday December 29, 2022 @09:17AM (#34172765)
Is there anything like citystrides but for biking?
Re:I ran the length of every street in Pittsburgh: PAC TOM [... by alephxyz on Thursday December 29, 2022 @09:19AM (#34172783)
Re:I ran the length of every street in Pittsburgh: PAC TOM [... by ibdf on Thursday December 29, 2022 @12:45PM (#34175442)
Thanks, I will check it out.
Re:I ran the length of every street in Pittsburgh: PAC TOM [... by durkie on Thursday December 29, 2022 @02:27PM (#34176763)
Wandrer.earth founder here! Happy to help you get lost :)
Re:I ran the length of every street in Pittsburgh: PAC TOM [... by JeromeLon on Thursday December 29, 2022 @03:31PM (#34177548)
Can you get any taste of the supporter features before paying? I opened an account, got 60 activities imported from Strava, I can see them individually from citystrides, but clicking on one of the "Lifemap" buttons just zooms out, and shows nothing on the map.
Re:I ran the length of every street in Pittsburgh: PAC TOM [... by lom on Thursday December 29, 2022 @06:56PM (#34179780)
Even if not quite the same, you can see all of your Strava activities mapped together for free at http://statshunters.com/
Re:I ran the length of every street in Pittsburgh: PAC TOM [... by kawsper on Friday December 30, 2022 @06:32PM (#34191429)
I think it takes a short while for the LifeMap to update.