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this post was submitted on 18 Feb 2026
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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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This doesn't compensate at all for mapping coverage, which makes it really bad data.
From what little I know of research projects data is never ever complete enough. Or recent enough. Or analysed enough.
OSM is nice because it's open source but as a mapper I agree it's far from complete.
@SomeAmateur @balsoft For my purpose at least it is way more complete than any other map. I just wish that businesses would update their own entries properly.