I’ve tried using it over the years but I never liked it because there was no information. So last night I looked at my local city and there is almost no information at all. I spent a few hours last night adding buildings and restaurants and removing incorrect items. It was actually kind of fun and therapeutic and I plan to do more of it tonight. My girlfriend thinks it’s dumb and I’m wasting my time because Google maps and Apple maps and Bing maps exists but she just doesn’t understand open source.
Edit: Apologies, I just realized this question is not Linux specific.
I’m honestly very confused by OSM. I always wanted to use it as an alternative to Google Maps, but it’s so hard to use.
Anyone got some tips or good ressources to share?
What is your main objective for using OSM?
Is it for navigation? Bike routes? Route planning? There are so many services/apps/websites that use OSM data that you can really get as specific as your use-case needs!
If you just need a basic navigation solution for your smartphone, Organic Maps (uses OSM data) or (OSMand+) on Android are good options.
Nice, Organic Map is awesome. Do you also know a webapp similar to Google Maps?
My go-to website for route creation (bike, car, or otherwise) is https://brouter.de/brouter-web/ It’s got a lot of options, but it’s far more powerful than Gmaps.
For which purpose? As feature rich as gmaps? Nope.
The OpenStreetMap website isn’t really menant for general consumption. It’s more menant as a databse that other services can build upon.
For Android I recommend the excellent OrganicMaps, but you can also use Magic Earth (proprietary). Both are built on top of OSM data.
Nice, Organic Map is awesome. Do you also know a webapp similar to Google Maps?
There’s qwant maps which is proprietary