Unfortunately the OSM website has a limit to how many it can show you at once and it shows the most recently updated ones, so you can't see how many unclosed notes still exist.
One of them is over five years old and requires on-site verification, so I know what I'm doing this weekend!
It's very simple in comparison, but for some that's a feature. If it could show bike lanes on roads then it would be all I need in 95% of cases, but since it can't I find myself using OSMAnd with the CyclOSM tile layer a lot.
StreetComplete is by far the most accessible way to get into OSM, in my opinion. It's like a gateway drug, because eventually you find something missing that you can't add with StreetComplete and then you begrudgingly open iD on your computer, find out how easy it is, and the rest is history.
There's a whole section on the Canadian page in the OSM wiki for how to map Tim Horton's depending on if they're inside of other places or not, haha.
I'm dealing with some weird ones, like laundromat cafés and stationery shop cafés. But at least it looks like I can add an amenity tag to most of these. It's just the bar/café that I'm really struggling with.
In the case of the café/bar, they are distinctly the same place. It's actually something I've run across several times in different places, usually they're more upscale than your typical café. Pretty good venue for a date that you're not sure how long you want it to last!
Ah, I didn't see the further examples! This is definitely the right choice. Thank you!
OSM is not popular in Canada, partially due to a vicious cycle where there isn't enough information filled in so people don't use it so nobody contributes. I used it because in my old city the map was basically perfect (I think it was imported from City data,) and I had no data plan so I needed offline maps.
After I moved I noticed that the map was incomplete so I started contributing again. There are around 5 names in my area that I see contributing on a nearly daily basis. That might not seem like much, but I've singlehandedly nearly finished my neighborhood's buildings and sidewalks in the last two months.
Still, get your friends into it. I showed a friend of mine who bikes OrganicMaps after Google Maps routed him on a 4" wide dirt footpath in the dark one night. He was sold right away when I showed him that he can search for water fountains. Another friend of mine loved how detailed OSM was compared to Google Maps and switched as well, and now they help me with Street Complete sometimes. Every bit helps.
I did a write-up on how I have been mapping sidewalks to help out someone locally who was just starting out, and some asshole decided to come berate us for mapping sidewalks as separate ways (as was already the standard in our area) and for following the OpenSidewalks schema. They wouldn't stop even after being asked multiple times.
I do hope they add moderators like the document mentions. I've had a bad interaction already that made me consider quitting contributing, and it seems like there's no accountability for people who bully others as things currently stand.
F-Droid always has slower releases due to the vetting system.
I use OSMAnd~ for navigation, and the "expert" version of StreetComplete for surveying.
When I get bored of adding in buildings (much of my city doesn't have buildings yet.) then I like to do a little "micro-mapping" of local parks. I got the idea from Reddit and immediately fell in love. It makes me so happy to see them on the map when I'm navigating later!
I wish Notes Review let you filter out a user. One person makes a lot of notes in my area, and many of them are ones that are low-priority to add. It would be nice to be able to see everything else. I know I can do this on StreetComplete, but it would be helpful to be able to do it on desktop as well.