OpenStreetMap Contributions

I wish they'd have contributed to openstreetmap instead!http://www.openstreetmap.org/

Why not use and contribute to OpenStreetMap instead?

You can contribute to the OpenStreetMap project to fix the data, which is an an outstanding project. Even without registration you can leave notes and contributors will pick them up: https://www.openstreetmap.org

> Notice it doesnt have where i want to go listed in its searchI live in an area where OSM is really good with that (just because people contributed the data). If your area is less complete, it feels like it's a good opportunity to contribute!There are many apps that will help you contribute to the map, or you can do it directly from the website: https://www.openstreetmap.org.It doesn't mean you

The data is taken from OpenStreetMap, which is like Wikipedia for maps. You can improve coverage in your area!

It's probably better to outsource manual map updates to OpenStreetMap

How can I contribute to OpenStreetMap? (currently spending a few 5-15 minutes chunks of time on Google Maps)

Shameless plug for my project where one can easily see data from and add data to OpenStreetMap: https://MapComplete.org

There's an app called StreetComplete (recently discussed on HN) that allows you to easily contribute missing information like local business information to OSM. If you can find the time, you can use that to solve some of the issues you have and help others at the same time! :)

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