MapComplete – Contibute to OpenStreetMaps

Re:MapComplete – Contibute to OpenStreetMaps by pwnguide on Thursday June 11, 2026 @10:33AM (#48490910)

This is genuinely one of the best tools to emerge in the OpenStreetMap ecosystem in recent years. If you've ever tried to onboard a non-technical person to OSM, you know the struggle. The default web editor (iD) can still be overwhelming with its sheer amount of data, and JOSM (the desktop power-user tool) is entirely out of the question for casual contributors. Thanks!

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Re:MapComplete – Contibute to OpenStreetMaps by bulder on Thursday June 11, 2026 @11:40AM (#48491887)

I'd also strongly endorse its on-the-street mobile app counterpart, StreetComplete. Splitting stuff into tiny tasks you can focus on really helps if you're just out on foot in an area.

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Re:MapComplete – Contibute to OpenStreetMaps by matkoniecz on Thursday June 11, 2026 @11:46AM (#48491973)

Or if you are looking for pretext to walk a bit in area known to you :)

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Re:MapComplete – Contibute to OpenStreetMaps by jmaw on Thursday June 11, 2026 @02:51PM (#48494781)

What do you mean by this? Does the app have a way of showing you new things in familiar areas?

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Re:MapComplete – Contibute to OpenStreetMaps by matkoniecz on Friday June 12, 2026 @12:55AM (#48500080)

I like to have some goal on walk even silly one.

"Solve the quest asking about opening hours of shop I have not spotted before" qualifies for me. Even "check footway surface there" qualifies. At least for me.

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Re:MapComplete – Contibute to OpenStreetMaps by fstrelok on Thursday June 11, 2026 @12:31PM (#48492575)

This is the app I miss the most switching from android to ios. I so wish there was an ios app of streetcomplete.

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Re:MapComplete – Contibute to OpenStreetMaps by BHSPitMonkey on Thursday June 11, 2026 @12:42PM (#48492749)

It's being worked on!

https://github.com/orgs/streetcomplete/projects/1

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Re:MapComplete – Contibute to OpenStreetMaps by Zverik on Friday June 12, 2026 @04:46AM (#48501547)

You could use Every Door — a bit harder to learn, but more powerful too. MapComplete is a web app, so it should work.

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Re:MapComplete – Contibute to OpenStreetMaps by quinncom on Thursday June 11, 2026 @11:53AM (#48492076)

Similarly, `Go Map!!` is an iOS app that makes editing OSM data easy.

Adding missing features is one of my favorite things to do while traveling, and feels like a way of giving back (“take only photos, leave only GIS traces”?)

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Re:MapComplete – Contibute to OpenStreetMaps by cf100clunk on Thursday June 11, 2026 @10:37AM (#48490971)

I've occasionally used the CoMaps OSM editing capability to just get the basics in before doing the big work in JOSM, or more likely the web editor. Now I'll be looking into MapComplete much further.

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Re:MapComplete – Contibute to OpenStreetMaps by ProofHouse on Thursday June 11, 2026 @12:36PM (#48492662)

Could be but needs a serious UI/UX revamp (easy). Maximally remove friction when asking for user contributions. Like literally on the first page it puts adding public clocks, I repeat, PUBLIC CLOCKS (and other such things), on equal footing as adding a restaurant. Like, no.

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Re:MapComplete – Contibute to OpenStreetMaps by pietervdvn on Thursday June 11, 2026 @06:20PM (#48497198)

Thanks for the compliments :)

Yeah, the complexity of the other tools is the pitch of MapComplete

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