Moving a business' location in OSM? (sopuli.xyz)

submitted 4 months ago by nokturne213@sopuli.xyz to c/openstreetmap@lemmy.ml

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I have always been real good about ensuring my business and the surrounding businesses (and other locations) are up to date in Apple, Bing, and Google Maps. I just started looking at OpenStreet Maps and see it has not been updated in over 3 years (and 2 locations ago). I updated the address, but the marker did not move. I do not see a way to move the marker to the correct location.

I am guessing I need to move all of the info (most of it is inaccurate) to where my business is currently located and then mark the old location as closed, or is there a better way to do that?

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[-] SomeAmateur@sh.itjust.works 21 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

If you update point info or building info, when you change the address the spot doesn't move. It just changes the info listed about that old location spot/building.

You'll have to find the new location, map the building if it isn't and then fill in the info about it to include the address. You can drag the marker over or place a new one

Thank you for taking the time to look after your local businesses!

[-] eatham@aussie.zone 8 points 4 months ago

At least on the id editor (which you are probably using) you can copy all the info at once, delete it , and make a new location then copy the info. When I am on my computer I will check exactly how.

[-] uneabeille@en.osm.town 4 points 4 months ago

@nokturne213 To move a node, one need only drag can drop it, or press M to move it. It will not move if you only change the address tags. But if it moved quite far, you may want to retag the original node with whatever it has there now (or as a vacant shop if it is vacant,) and then make a new node at its new location.

[-] nokturne213@sopuli.xyz 7 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

~~When I try and do that it wants to move the area of the building too, not only the point.~~

Okay, I had to extract the point then I could move the point to my current shop.

[-] uneabeille@en.osm.town 2 points 4 months ago

@nokturne213 You can right click the building and "extract" the shop from the building. You should probably move the address information back onto the building, though.

[-] nokturne213@sopuli.xyz 2 points 4 months ago

Got it moved. Waiting on approval now. Thank you.

[-] pietervdvn@lemmy.ml 1 points 4 months ago

We don't do "approval" here, all changes are live directly. However, it might be that your application of choice simply didn't update yet.

[-] nokturne213@sopuli.xyz 1 points 4 months ago

I am using organic maps on iOS. It shows the business that was in my shop two businesses ago (they left in the spring of 2021, while the business before me left in February 2024).

Is there a way to get it to use updated maps?

[-] mcliquid@en.osm.town 2 points 4 months ago

@nokturne213 @pietervdvn @organicmaps updates the map once a month

[-] organicmaps@fosstodon.org 2 points 4 months ago

@mcliquid @nokturne213 @pietervdvn The goal is to update at least weekly, maybe even more often. More donations = more money to scale the development and server load = more cool features, including more frequent updates.

[-] pietervdvn@lemmy.ml 1 points 4 months ago

As MC dev, I'm a bit curious on how your data pipeline works. Is there some documentation around for this?

[-] organicmaps@fosstodon.org 1 points 4 months ago

@pietervdvn there is some documentation on GitHub.

[-] pietervdvn@lemmy.ml 1 points 4 months ago

Check OpenStreetMap (e.g. using MapComplete.org) if the data there is correct. If it is, update Organic Maps or the maps in Organic Maps. (I'm more of an OsmAnd person, so don't know how that is done)

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