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The Go Map!! editor on iOS recently added StreetComplete-style quests.


It does on iOS - maybe not for the Android version?


Yes, should've clarified I was talking about Android.


And even Apple don’t use it everywhere. I don’t see any OSM data in Apple Maps for Australia, at least.


I get a kick out of seeing my changes appear in Organic Maps every month or so. Great motivator for contributing to OSM :D


I highly recommend OrganicMaps. It’s leagues better than Google Maps for walking & hiking paths, thanks to being powered by OpenStreetMap data. Not to mention it’s much lighter on resource usage.


OrganicMaps supports this too though?


It's new, many people aren't aware.


OrganicMaps is worth supporting IMHO: https://organicmaps.app/donate/

It’s a FOSS maps app for iOS/Android that uses OpenStreetMaps data. Offline support & minimal battery usage make it ideal for walks/hikes/travelling.


Organic Maps is great. It's close to a drop in replacement for Google Maps on Android.


It's the best we have and has made so much headway, but it's got so many little usability issues, big and little missing features and insufficient data in OSM (location reviews/pictures, often even opening times, highway lane indicators, traffic jam avoidance, car parking location save feature, stop signs, speed limits...) and little annoyances that even as an Open street map contributor I stick to GoogleMaps for anything other than hiking.

It's rendering style is sooooo nice though, I really wish Osmand could render in the same style.

I do think it is a great project to support, where donations can have an outsized impact. Organic maps is our best shot yet at having OSM get wide use for general navigation. I just worry that it's ideological stance (e.g. no data collection ever) means it will never be able to support some things (e.g. traffic aware time estimates and routing, accident and speed trap warnings or sharing own live location with friends) that people just expect.


Agreed about the UX quirks. They're fairly small though and could probably be easily fixed.

I think data collection should be an option.


Might be a silly question, but why not walk outdoors? I find this a lot more enjoyable, though I guess it’d depend a lot on how foot-friendly your local area is.


I do this every now and then, but this becomes a conscious decision with tradeoffs when I work from home, so I cannot do it daily. I'm not immediately surrounded by conducive walking areas, so there's a threshold of effort and time commitment before reaching the better places. When I go to a workplace, there's no decision to make I just have to walk without question.


This was thankfully fixed in iOS 16. The “hide” option is now in the triple-dot menu in the top right corner.


Not for me.


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