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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!

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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.

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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.

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