Show HN: Via – Simple Visualization of Cycle Route Quality Every cycle route is plagued with problems - potholes, deviant cars, and random obstacles. Via is an app that detects these issues and visualizes them in a clear way. Quality, speed, and usage can be viewed with the fundamental goals of privacy of contributers providing data to improve road quality and safety of cyclists. https://ift.tt/GEZvXdm April 15, 2022 at 05:45AM
Show HN: StreetComplete, an OpenStreetMap Editor for Humans StreetComplete is an OpenStreetMap[0] editor directed at people who want to contribute and want to do this using their smartphone, without learning how to edit things[1]. It is available as an Android application. It is intended to be used as one walks, with quests appearing as markers on the map. Selecting a marker allows one to answer a simple question. The answer will be added to the OpenStreetMap database, with app handling selecting objects for editing, transforming answer into OSM tags and making edits. OpenStreetMap account is needed to apply edits, but it is possible to start without it, make some edits and login/register later. Note: I am not the main author, but I am one of the active contributors. Github page is at https://ift.tt/2g8lasH and https://ift.tt/3nR9PzS shows what was recently released. [0]OpenStreetMap is a Wikipedia of maps, available on the open licence. This dataset is already used for many interestin...
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