One thing that I really hope for in the future is improvement for both @CoMaps and @organicmaps when it comes to searching for and finding residential addresses.
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One thing that I really hope for in the future is improvement for both @CoMaps and @organicmaps when it comes to searching for and finding residential addresses. The majority of the time I try to do so, they can't quite find what I'm looking for. Typically the home address of a friend. I get why this might be challenging given that people don't typically spend time mapping out private residential areas, but I'm not sure how else I'm supposed to avoid falling back to Google or Apple when it comes to navigation.
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One thing that I really hope for in the future is improvement for both @CoMaps and @organicmaps when it comes to searching for and finding residential addresses. The majority of the time I try to do so, they can't quite find what I'm looking for. Typically the home address of a friend. I get why this might be challenging given that people don't typically spend time mapping out private residential areas, but I'm not sure how else I'm supposed to avoid falling back to Google or Apple when it comes to navigation.
@zak @CoMaps @organicmaps so much of the data is actually public record, so it doesn't seem impossible to aggregate it! But I seem to recall hearing that OpenStreetMap at least doesn't want to ingest this sort of aggregated data rather than having individuals contribute it.
@AdrianVovk I think we talked about this at Delirium at FOSDEM?
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@zak @CoMaps @organicmaps so much of the data is actually public record, so it doesn't seem impossible to aggregate it! But I seem to recall hearing that OpenStreetMap at least doesn't want to ingest this sort of aggregated data rather than having individuals contribute it.
@AdrianVovk I think we talked about this at Delirium at FOSDEM?
@cassidy I sort of understand the logic, but at the same time, there's a pretty massive gap here when it comes to actual usability. I'm sure there are people smarter than me working on this stuff, but if the final answer here is waiting for individuals to map out private residential areas, I'm not sure that I'd personally consider these maps to be extremely usable any time soon. And I'm much more willing to compromise on tech than the average person.
