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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.

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Using OpenStreetMap to play the game in any location (store.steampowered.com)

submitted 7 months ago by variants@possumpat.io to c/openstreetmap@lemmy.ml

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Pretty cool idea by using open street maps you can download the location you want and play the game there, defend your neighborhood or loot your house.

The reviews seem decent but mention it needs a lot of tweaking as it just released on early access, like water not affecting where zombies can walk or elevation not being a thing.

Maybe this can get some more people interested in mapping

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[–] shortwavesurfer@monero.town 25 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

That seems pretty cool.

Edit: It would be even cooler if that made players want to map more in order to have more realistic gameplay scenarios.

[–] SomeAmateur@sh.itjust.works 14 points 7 months ago (2 children)

If you want to play in your hometown and nothing is mapped it might motivate you.

...now I'm thinking of some gamers mapping strategically to min/max the game mechanics

[–] Gnorv@feddit.de 5 points 7 months ago

Oh please no

[–] InsertUser@en.osm.town 5 points 7 months ago

I wonder if they pull the data straight from Overpass or if they use a cached copy on their servers.