[OSM-talk] Street Complete

[john whelan]

>It is the same issue.  Not every location is covered by wifi either.

I'm missing something here. The application stores the quests and tile
images on the device when connected to wifi.  Then I wander off and whilst
unconnected from wifi I complete the quests or some of them.  If I return
to a civilisation within a week the data is uploaded to OSM silently.  I
understand the week is configurable but I usually like to return home each
day.

Why does the location need to be covered by wifi? or a data network?

Thanks John

On 10 June 2017 at 17:03, Greg Morgan <dr.kludge.gm at gmail.com> wrote:

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> On Sat, Jun 10, 2017 at 2:01 PM, john whelan <jwhelan0112 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
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>> > Every location is not covered by cellular networks.
>>
>> I use only wifi, it will store the area image tiles on the phone and the
>> changes until you get back to wifi.
>>
>>
> It is the same issue.  Not every location is covered by wifi either.
>
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>> Cheerio John
>>
>> On 10 June 2017 at 16:48, Greg Morgan <dr.kludge.gm at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Fri, Jun 2, 2017 at 3:17 PM, Paul Johnson <baloo at ursamundi.org>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Fri, Jun 2, 2017 at 9:06 AM, James <james2432 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Mean while in other common wealth countries like Canada or Australia,
>>>>> it's not economically viable to pave every road. This is a very closed view
>>>>> on the world we live in.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Heck, that's pretty true in the US as well; I actually did the research
>>>> on this for a bet recently.  Unpaved centerline miles outnumber paved
>>>> centerline miles by around 3:1 in Oklahoma and closer to 7:1 in Oregon
>>>> (with over 60 of those unpaved centerline miles being Portland city
>>>> streets!).
>>>>
>>>
>>> It feels like the map orients itself to urban mapping too much.  My
>>> stereo type is that if an urbanite runs into a dirt road they usually tag
>>> it as a track.  I laughed when I came a cross dirt road that was silky
>>> smooth and could comfortably fit three semi-tractor trailers as a
>>> highway=track. Or there is the well maintained AZ 88[1] that was downgraded
>>> to unclassified from tertiary[2] presumably because the road is unpaved.
>>> There are mile markers, a state ref number, and at least one hotel.
>>>
>>> I've used a number of these phone applications.  Each has their
>>> strengths and weaknesses.  Pick one or more to meet your mapping needs.  In
>>> the case of StreetComplete I thought that the whole point of the
>>> application was to read OSM data; ask a few questions; and change the map.
>>> There's another weakness of the application.  Every location is not covered
>>> by cellular networks.
>>>
>>> [1]https://www.mapillary.com/app/?lat=33.527969006834496&lng
>>> =-111.31676532746405&z=17&pKey=sS6f6s5B_jMurb7qt4bfeQ&focus=photo
>>> [2] http://www.openstreetmap.org/way/124976509
>>>
>>>
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