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Dashtop

@simon I have attempted to edit OSM and it's absolutely unbearable. Unless they actually improve their tool significantly to be on par with GMap or Street Complete or actually offer a usable map instead of a map editor, I can't deal with them.

13 Aug 2023 at 11:05 | Wall-to-wall | Open on mastodon.online
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Simon Poole

@Dashtop as GIS tools go, iD (the online editor) is considered to be quite user friendly. The intricacies of the subject matter however can't all be abstracted away and tools like StreetComplete don't allow you to change "everything" so that isn't a fair comparison.

13 Aug 2023 at 11:14 | Open on en.osm.town
Dashtop

@simon no it isn't. And that rawness contributes to not being very friendly to new editors.

13 Aug 2023 at 11:16 | Open on mastodon.online
Simon Poole

@Dashtop well iD has over the years taken a couple of million to write and maintain, I think everybody would be open to an even more user friendly editor if you arrange the financing.

13 Aug 2023 at 11:21 | Open on en.osm.town
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