That’s fantastic to hear, great job and good luck!

Thanks for the hard work fixing TIGER data. I’ve done a ton of cleanup in West Virginia, where it is particularly bad, so I feel your pain.

“Folks might turn their noses up at address ranges, but at least ranges give you a location within a few metres without adding millions of nodes.”

This is why I don’t understand the aversion of the OSM community to importing the address ranges from TIGER for the United States. It’s not perfect, but it’s better than nothing.

Looks fantastic, great work!

How is this based on imports? It looks like it’s essentially a front-end for iD, and they seem to ask people to draw buildings and add places manually. I don’t see an issue, there are already multiple tool like that (Stava Slide, etc). I say good for them for trying. The more editors the better, OSM will die if it’s a walled garden.

If you have an issue with the map, fix it yourself. That’s how this works. If you’re not a contributor and want something done, you ask politely or add a note. Threatening lawsuits does nothing.

Regardless of what the OSM old guard thinks, I’m personally a huge fan of the maps.me editor. I use it extensively, and it’s been a fantastic addition to my toolbox that makes adding POIs and POI details much faster and more efficient.

Should there be more safeguards (i.e. First edits from new OSM users have to go by a real person before they are added to the database)? Sure, without a doubt. However, it’s still a net positive in my mind, even if I have to clean up the occasional misplaced/miscategorized POI.

I’m having that issue too. Paste works fine, but copy doesn’t seem to do anything.

That’s a big undertaking, thanks for taking the lead. Good luck!

Ah, the famed OSM hospitality toward new contributors.

Great job, it’s looking fantastic.

Thanks for putting these up!

Awesome work! So is there a plan in place to get the addresses imported at some point soon, as that’s hugely critical to the usability?

Welcome! Thanks for all the work on the LA import, it’s coming together well.

The biggest thing that needs to be implemented is, as PlaneMad said, a check for duplicate POIs before upload. Honestly, that’s the biggest danger in mapping in the Maps.me editor. It’s not like iD where anyone can break roads or major administrative boundaries with a few clicks. The most damage that can be done is a duplicate node or a few incorrect tags on a POI. Not a big concern.

I’ve got to disagree with this assessment on several fronts. First of all, I’d say the number of bad changesets coming out of Maps.me is probably on par with the number coming out of iD, mainly because new editors make mistakes. This is not inherently a problem related to Maps.me.

Second, I think it’s important to get more engagement from the community. That’s what OpenStreetMap is about. It’s not about a walled garden, controlled only by a select few power editors. Sure, people make mistakes when they start, but if they care enough to continue, the quality of the edits increases with time.

Finally, as a power editor, I’ve found the Maps.me editor to be a fantastic addition to my toolset. I’ve edited well over 3500 items in it, as it makes minor POI edits far more simple and immediate.

There may be room to improve (a duplicate checker would be a good start) but the tool is a great way to bring more participation into OSM.

Nice job, I’m sure that wasn’t easy.

That’s odd, you should be able to hit stop and then save just fine. Strange that it failed for you.

Nice job!

Welcome, and thanks for your work. Always good to see another VA mapper.