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Street Complete Notes - Am I doing this right? (feddit.nu)

submitted 3 months ago by hanke@feddit.nu to c/openstreetmap@lemmy.ml

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I just started "playing" Street Complete and noticed there was no way to add stuff like new bemches amd trash cans to the map. I found the "create note" feature and started using that for this purpose.

Before I continue like thisI just wamted to check with you guys and see; Am I doing this right?

https://www.openstreetmap.org/user/Hannes%20Knutsson/notes

I made some note about a new trash can, some new bench and some new stairs.

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[–] strubbl@lemmy.ml 9 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (6 children)

Yes, this is one way. But you can use StreetComplete's overlay feature (since release https://github.com/streetcomplete/StreetComplete/releases/tag/v57.0) to directly add benches and trash cans. This helps in avoiding to flood the note system with very small map features. When the overlay feature was not implemented i also added a lot of notes for benches/bins, but got a lot attention of other mappers because of this. So i switched to using OSMTracker to take notes. But now, i am a very happy user of the new things overlay.

Adding stairs is also possible, but a bit more complicated, so adding a note is fine.

Do you know this overlay feature already? This is definitely worth to check out.

[–] cosmoscoffee 1 points 3 months ago (3 children)

How do you add stairs in StreetComplete? I already had a few situations where knowing how to add stairs on an existing path while being outside would have been really useful

[–] IronKrill@lemmy.ca 5 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

You actually don't need a quest, although it does make it easier to access. If you go to the "Surface" layer you can add steps like so:

Tap on a path to select it.
If you need to select a smaller section, tap the 3 dots in the bottom left and select "Split Way".
To make them steps, tap the 3 dots in the bottom left and tap "These are steps".

[–] cosmoscoffee 4 points 3 months ago

I just tried it and it worked! Thank you so much, that was really helpful!

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