I first learned of Street-Complete here and I really like it.

It’s satisfying to walk around, complete little tasks, and get prizes, scratching a similar itch to Pokemon Go.

Stuck waiting for someone? Add opening hours for a few local businesses.

Have a long walk ahead of you? See if you can add/check house addresses as fast as you can walk.

Want to walk off a few beers before heading home? Complete some tasks in the bar street.

Its a very constructive way to “be right” on the internet.

  • RealFknNito@lemmy.worldEnglish
    5·
    4 months ago

    I don’t like the implication that Pokémon GO was bad when it got a ton of people to go outside and interact with each other. This is cool too though.

  • toothpaste_sandwich@feddit.nlEnglish
    3·
    4 months ago

    Yes, the gamification elements they’ve been adding lately are brilliant. I was really impressed when I first saw that. Really need to open the app more often…

  • VirtualOdour@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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    4 months ago

    I love this app so much, also if you really get into it go to the open street map website and draw buildings, roads, etc to add missing places or update changes.

    I cleared my whole walkable area of questions then added all the houses and it populates new questions about house number, shop name, etc which I then went and filled out while walking round. In the zone around me the open source map is now by far the best free to access map, Google house numbers are completely random and no where has upto data shops.

    There’s also a lot of cool projects devoted to mapping under-served areas, especially in regions where aid workers need information or natural disasters have changed landscapes. You draw in roads, towns, farms, etc based on areal imagery.

  • Eyedust@lemmy.worldEnglish
    2·
    4 months ago

    I love this app, found it a bit ago on F-Droid. I’m moving to a very rural town up north and there’s nearly nothing done there. Very excited to get up there and start working on it.

    • merde alors@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      1·
      4 months ago

      every time i find myself in a rural town, i go out for a walk with streetComplete. I’m often the first mapper of those areas and it’s a pleasure to complete the map and see your entries on the updates a couple of weeks later. next time you’re there, you have a detailed map of the area available and you know why :)

  • stiephelando@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
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    4 months ago

    I tried it when someone posted about it a couple of weeks ago. It is fun, my son and I go for walks and I include him in the tasks. Unfortunately, we get a lot of road surface questions which are a bit boring.

  • GreyBeard@lemmy.oneEnglish
    1·
    4 months ago

    I hadn’t heard of that. Thanks. Just marked up my neighborhood. This a real clever and simple way to get casual users to contribute.

  • jdf038@mander.xyzEnglish
    1·
    4 months ago

    Just submitted a first update. Yay dopamine.

    The open source community can thank me later. I’ll take a banquet and a linux distro named after me thanks.

    (Seriously this seems fun - thanks for posting about it)

  • inbeesee@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    2 months ago

    This is the most fun app in the world. I hope they keep building on top of this, it’s amazing! Plus, being able to see new “quests” popup as you edit on OSM/edit? Amazing!!

    • inbeesee@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      2 months ago

      If there was some way for the app to create teams trying to fill out details like in Pokemon Go, that would be crazy exciting. Would be difficult to balance that so it didn’t incentivize adding junk… Maybe having a third party keeping players in check? Not sure, but the possibility is tantalizing!

  • abeorch@lemmy.mlEnglish
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    4 months ago

    Can I throw in that once you get your stride with Streetcomplete you’ll love Every Door where you can add Shops and features pretty easily. They really complement each other.

    • blackris@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
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      4 months ago

      Thank you for the tip. Installed.

      Ta add another one: StreetMeasure. But I think that will be suggested in SC if you don’t have it installed?

        • blackris@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
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          4 months ago

          I looked it up in F-Droid. It is only available in the IzzyOnDroid repo. StreetMeasure relies on ARCode and the Google Play Services for AR, so it is against F-Droids inclusion policy.

    • dion_starfire@lemm.eeEnglish
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      4 months ago

      Because it tracks real time location and uses the internet. Unless it’s an app like this where you explicitly want that functionality, that’s usually a sign of some sort of tracking mechanism for advertising or nefarious purposes.