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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.

Join OpenStreetMap and start mapping: https://www.openstreetmap.org.

There are many communication channels about OSM, many organized around a certain country or region. Discover them on https://openstreetmap.community

https://mapcomplete.org is an easy-to-use website to view, edit and add points (such as shops, restaurants and others)

https://learnosm.org/en/ has a lot of information for beginners too.

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Neostumbler has has a huge update! Better maps, higher scan interval, customizability!

It is an app to contribute to open geolocation through wifi, cell towers or bluetooth beacons. This is faster, energy efficient, resilient and can be fully anonymous.

The database is beacondb.net and can already be used!

Neostumbler can be installed via

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[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Go to beacondb.net, there is ongoing documentation. Currently Firefox, geoclue (Linux) and microG.

Theoretically a client app on Android could be done, as there is the option "spoof location" for some reason, which works without special system integration

https://codeberg.org/beacondb/beacondb/issues/83

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago

Thats super cool, thanks!