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Street-Complete, like Pokemon Go but for good. (europe.pub)

submitted 11 months ago by vatlark@lemmy.world to c/openstreetmap@lemmy.ml

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I first learned of Street-Complete here and I really like it.

It's satisfying to walk around, complete little tasks, and get prizes, scratching a similar itch to Pokemon Go.

Stuck waiting for someone? Add opening hours for a few local businesses.

Have a long walk ahead of you? See if you can add/check house addresses as fast as you can walk.

Want to walk off a few beers before heading home? Complete some tasks in the bar street.

Its a very constructive way to "be right" on the internet.

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[–] toothpaste_sandwich@feddit.nl 1 points 11 months ago

Yes, the gamification elements they've been adding lately are brilliant. I was really impressed when I first saw that. Really need to open the app more often..

[–] RealFknNito@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I don't like the implication that Pokémon GO was bad when it got a ton of people to go outside and interact with each other. This is cool too though.

[–] InsertUser@en.osm.town 1 points 11 months ago

@RealFknNito @vatlark @openstreetmap

It caused a lot of fake stuff to be added to OSM even though its update frequency was slow enough that very little of the fake stuff actually made it into Pokemon Go.

I think it did bring in a few good mappers too though so it wasn't all bad.