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So in the spirit of this community and not just to focus on the Reddit... issues... I thought it might be nice to get a topical conversation going in here.

Basically, what open source projects are you currently working on or are you heavily involved with?

I think it would be nice to see what projects people have on the go, get some publicity out there and otherwise talk about stuff that we should be discussing here.

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[–] amir_s89@lemmy.ml 19 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

Few times a week i do some editing or writing comments within OpenStreetMap. I see the whole task as a game, results being implemented & used for people in need. Good feelings afterwards.

Focus on your neighborhood & community, as it continues to change, if you want to participate. Few weeks later changes are implemented into Organic Maps as example.

[–] em2@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I do the same, but through the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team. Helps those in need from natural disasters, getting access to vaccines, or whatever else.

[–] amir_s89@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago

Thank you, will check this out later.

[–] zkikiz@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Tagging off OpenStreetMap to say I also contribute to Organic Maps, the best mobile app for OSM in my opinion.

[–] amir_s89@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Organic Maps is my main navigation app past approx 3 years now. Have all my places bookmarked within it. It's not the best navigation app, but i am optimistic because the dev team are doing plentiful. Meanwhile the progress can be followed at their GitHub page.

Soon it will work with Android Auto.

[–] zkikiz@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

Yeah I'm really excited! OsmAnd obviously has a foothold and is a swiss army knife of GPS stuff, but I don't think I'll ever be able to recommend it to my friends and family. Whereas with OM the developers seem open to accomplishable FOSS privacy-respecting improvements while keeping things simple and usable, so I have hope that I can help nudge it in the right direction.