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Everything #OpenStreetMap related is welcome: software releases, showing of your work, questions about how to tag something, as long as it has to do with OpenStreetMap or OpenStreetMap-related software.

OpenStreetMap is a map of the world, created by people like you and free to use under an open license.

Join OpenStreetMap and start mapping: https://www.openstreetmap.org/.

There are many communication channels about OSM, many organized around a certain country or region. Discover them on https://openstreetmap.community/

https://mapcomplete.org/ is an easy-to-use website to view, edit and add points (such as shops, restaurants and others)

https://learnosm.org/en/ has a lot of information for beginners too.

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ReferencesType: Webpage. Title: "OpenStreetMap". Author: "Adam Dunn". Publisher: "OpenStreetMap". Published: 2025-06-03T20:13:15Z. Accessed: 2025-06-04T00:18Z. URI: https://www.openstreetmap.org/changeset/167151314.

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[โ€“] akademy@lemm.ee 1 points 6 days ago

Is there a problem here?

[โ€“] digdilem@lemmy.ml 10 points 1 week ago

Personal knowledge can provide a level of detail in mapping simply unavailable elsewhere.

[โ€“] vfreire85@lemmy.ml 9 points 1 week ago

source: "trust me bro"

[โ€“] ticho@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

I mean, the iD editor has "Local Knowledge" as one of predefined options for changeset sources. This is just that, except... less local. :)

exactly, OSM is meant to be based on original surveys rather than external sources, and something like "knowledge" or "local knowledge" is a perfectly fine thing to indicate as a source if you mean "I'm familiar with the area and am very confident that my changes are correct although I have not specifically surveyed it just to make these changes".

[โ€“] dumbass@leminal.space 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[โ€“] Kalcifer@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

omg, I hadn't seen that meme in ages.

[โ€“] dumbass@leminal.space 4 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

I know a guy who did his course and has his certificate of knowledge, that he printed out, framed and hanging on his wall, he always pulls it down to talk about it like it's a real thing.

It literally just says certificate of knowledge and made to look like a diploma. It's the second most useless thing in his house.

[โ€“] Kalcifer@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

It's the second most useless thing in his house.

What's the first?

[โ€“] IttihadChe@lemmy.ml -1 points 1 week ago

Can't spell "Lamborghini" without "L"

Can't spell "Knowledge" without "W"

Checkmate Atheists.