Do you only contribute what is useful for your own use cases, or whatever you can improve the map with?
I recently installed Streetcomplete. Haven’t tried it extensively yet, but so far it seems like a fun way to add missing data to OSM!
Wiki has a huge article about editor usage statistics: https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Editor_usage_stats
Also a lot of stats here, with up to date graphs: https://piebro.github.io/openstreetmap-statistics/#eb30
TLDR:
You can see your personal editor usage statistics on https://hdyc.neis-one.org This is mine:
@infeeeee @Tyoda @openstreetmap
My hdyc pie chart doesn’t show: “Could not draw pie with labels contained inside canvas”.
List-wise: JOSM, StreetComplete, OsmAnd, Potlatch, Vespucci, iD, JOSM (Reverter), MapComplete, Pic4Review and then the ones that are under 10.
Is this you? https://hdyc.neis-one.org/?InsertUser I think the problem is on your end, I can see your chart. Maybe you block some script required to draw that? It’s drawn by the frontend.
Weird, so that’s just a Firefox thing then.
I use iD editor almost every time. It’s simple to use and I can use it on nearly any computer I have access to. usually put on a podcast for 30min-1h and map while I listen.
On my phone I have Vespucci installed. It’s a lot slower going compared to PC but it can scratch the itch when I’m bored out and about. I use OSMand for actually using the map data.
Street Complete is slick and makes it easy to add a ton of stuff but that is geared towards polishing up the unknown details of stuff that is already mapped. I’d rather finish adding unmapped roads and sidewalks than telling OSM what materials they’re made of.
I like to map land use. I spent some time on a volunteer fire department and working with their K9 Search and Rescue team on real calls and training. Land nav and good mapping is super important to them so I put some extra effort to make it as useful as possible.
It mildly annoys me when mappers add big sections of natual wood but completely ignore the big swampy wetland or other obvious things within that area like ponds. I think some people map it just so it looks nice but a little detail matters when you’re there in person and have to get around.
I like JOSM. It’s complicated but I started with easy things and slowly grew my knowledge of the software. Now it’s quite easy to hop on for a few minutes at a time to an hour or two adding whole neighborhoods.
OSM browser editor and Go Map!!! on my iPhone. I mostly do what interests me (bike parking, pedestrian/bike trails, etc.) but sometimes I work on more general stuff.
