[OSM-talk] Introducing SwiftAddress, an highly efficient way of collecting housenumbers

[Mateusz Konieczny]

Jan 24, 2021, 04:38 by ndrw6 at redhazel.co.uk:

> On 24/01/2021 02:13, ndrw wrote:
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>> - StreetComplete - I like the concept but I would like it to defer uploads and to focus only on a task I'm working (e.g. house numbers only, like in this discussion). It's a bit philosophical but a good tool should empower the user in doing what he/she wants, StreetComplete feels like the user is its tool.
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> I had a closer look at StreetComplete and the above is incorrect. It does allow deferring uploads and individual "quests" can be disabled. I'll definitely try it during my next survey - for simple edits it should be as good as Maps.me once was.
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> Some issues I've already noticed wrt house numbers: (1) This quest is only enabled for some houses (building=yes is not enough), but changing the building type doesn't unlock it. 
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That is happening due to technical reasons and maybe will be changed in future.

See https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/StreetComplete/FAQ#Why_doesn.27t_the_housenumber_quest_appear_immediately.3F
if someone is interest in more detailed reason

What worse, addr:street question is delayed in the same way :(

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> (2) I can't select "dot quests", i.e. quests in congested areas, before answering other quests first and I can't zoom any further either. (3) Editing area is very small and can't be controlled, so it is a survey-only tool.
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Yes, it is intended as survey only tool (even if you think that you remember well some answers
- you really should check).

Definitely no guessing across USA because you visited it 10 years ago and remembered
that all roads were surface=asphalt

>  (4) Because of the nature of this tool, I can't add new address points or multiple addresses on the same building.
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Yes, that is one of big limitations of design and would be very hard to change it

>  The last limitation is particularly worrying and may be a good niche for SwiftAddress.
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If you have many such buildings then Vespucci or SwiftAddress will be much better.


> On the plus side - the interface is really good and snappy. This is how a mobile editor should work.
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:)

> The only minor issue I noticed was that I have to press the quest icon and then the text entry box (this shouldn't be necessary) before I could edit the text.
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See https://github.com/streetcomplete/StreetComplete/issues/2131#issuecomment-703248678
for answer from app author why such design was selected

It is result of tradeoffs due to tiny screens and avoiding errors vs faster input.
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