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als ( als@lemmy.blahaj.zone )  to OpenStreetMap community@lemmy.mlEnglish · 2 years ago

I'm always surprised how poor legibility the most used digital map has

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I'm always surprised how poor legibility the most used digital map has

als ( als@lemmy.blahaj.zone )  to OpenStreetMap community@lemmy.mlEnglish · 2 years ago
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One shows only a few shops, often the ones that pay the most, the other shows the true number of different places in the area.

  • Taasz/Woof ( MangoPenguin@lemmy.blahaj.zone ) 
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    2 years ago

    Sort of, OSM doesn’t really have much to search for. For example if I search “gluten free lunch” google will search the reviews and menus, and is pretty decent at showing me options. OSM would not be able to return anything most likely.

    • pietervdvn ( pietervdvn@lemmy.ml ) 
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      2 years ago

      Have a look at https://mapcomplete.org/glutenfree

      • Taasz/Woof ( MangoPenguin@lemmy.blahaj.zone ) 
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        2 years ago

        Looks neat, but most of the time just sits on ‘loading data’ and when I can get it to load, doesn’t show anything for like 100 mile radius around me lol

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          @MangoPenguin @pietervdvn You’re exactly the kind of person who can make a difference by adding this data!

          I’ve found it a lot easier to map for my own dietary needs/preferences.
          Just try to open up mapcomplete next time when you’re in a restaurant and answer a few questions, it’s really worth it!

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            @ame @MangoPenguin @pietervdvn
            StreetComplete does have a couple of quests for this that default to disabled so you can turn them on if you’re interested.

          • Taasz/Woof ( MangoPenguin@lemmy.blahaj.zone ) 
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            For my area it wouldn’t really be possible, there’s maybe 1 place that regularly has gluten free stuff, but the rest need real-time data pulled from their facebook or something because it changes daily/weekly what they offer.

            • pietervdvn ( pietervdvn@lemmy.ml ) 
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              Then, please, add this single place :)

              You might make the difference for someone else

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      @MangoPenguin @Sidyctism2 Google ecosystem aside, this could be solved partially by just having more POIs with tags (cuisine=Thai;gluten_free) or such.

      Google still isn’t absolutely amazing at it, I regularly try to find dog friendly stuff via Google and fail, even though it searches reviews and the Q&A.

      But metadata helps, always!

      Overture POI could help with this too, not sure if gluten free but stuff like Halala and Vegetarian are restaurant categories for Overture POIs

      • Taasz/Woof ( MangoPenguin@lemmy.blahaj.zone ) 
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        The problem with tags is they can go out of date so quickly, whereas most restaurants publish a menu on their website or ordering site, and google can pull info from that.

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