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Discussion on the Openstreetmap service that has the most open map data that began in 2004.

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JOSM: Map editor

Comaps: Offline maps that's great for walking/hiking/cycling

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How can you search for particular elements in OSM? (aussie.zone)
submitted 1 week ago by Zagorath@aussie.zone to c/osm@feddit.uk
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If I want to search for drinking fountains along my planned running route, or to search for where I can park my bicycle, how do I do that?

Obviously they're the type of more niche tag that may not be added everywhere it theoretically should be, but the tags do exist. But if I search for "drinking water", it takes me to eastern Paris, and if I search "bicycle parking", it takes me to northern Sri Lanka.

More generally, how do I search for specific types of amenities, operators, etc. which may not show up as an address (or where I don't know or care for the address)?

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[โ€“] schnurrito@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

The openstreetmap.org website has a search feature but I think its abilities to search for kinds of POIs are limited. I never use it for that, only to search for names.

You discovered what I meant in CoMaps. Maybe your experience could be turned into a feature request for it.

[โ€“] Zagorath@aussie.zone 1 points 1 week ago

Maybe your experience could be turned into a feature request for it.

Maybe. I think it may actually be more useful for the OSM front end to improve its editor experience though, so what a user entering data is prompted with is more likely to result in consistent data.