OpenStreetMap
When I was in Hyderabad and Bengaluru, I used to map the roads and buildings of the places in my hometown in Bhubaneswar.
Today, I got a chance to visit those places physically. It felt good on the mapping I did from more than a thousand kilometers away. Those road additions helped me add other features like adding streetlamps and POIs easily. I have an obsession with streetlamps 1.
Moreover, the early morning walk also has a new motivation now. I am using the Every Door and StreetComplete apps to add the POIs immediately as I walk past them. Thanks to these apps contributors.
I wonder, apart from streetlamp addition and road surface mapping. What else can I do?
Discussion
Comment from GOwin on 10 October 2025 at 01:21
Kudos! Mapping on the ground is always a different kind of mapping experience.
Apart from POIs, and road surfaces, there are countless other things you can do, depending on your interest and time you want to spend for it. Here are some ideas: * checking for new and defunct POIs, * opening hours, * street addresses, * improving (wheelchair) accessibility* kerbs and crossings, * traffic signals * adding building names, entrances
Have you tried collecting imagery? If you’re not planning to collect street-level imagery using Panoramax, or Mapillary, you can try to collect photos of the features themselves (e.g. especially interesting streetlamps, maybe?).
Check out the Streelight theme is available from MapComplete, and it has the ability to take photos.
Comment from soumendrak on 13 October 2025 at 19:38
Thanks a lot for your valuable suggestions. I will try these out.