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> Let a thousand flowers bloom
MapComplete is an OpenStreetMap viewer and editor. It shows map features on a certain topic, and allows to see, edit and
**MapComplete is an OpenStreetMap viewer and editor.** It shows map features on a certain topic, and allows to see, edit and
add new features to the map. It can be seen as a
webversion [crossover of StreetComplete and MapContrib](Docs/MapComplete_vs_other_editors.md). It tries to be just as
easy to use as StreetComplete, but it allows to focus on one single theme per instance (e.g. nature, bicycle
infrastructure, ...)
The design goals of MapComplete are to be:
**The design goals** of MapComplete are to be:
- Easy to use, both on web and on mobile
- Easy to deploy (by not having a backend)
- Easy to set up a custom theme
- Easy to fall down the rabbit hole of OSM
The basic functionality is to download some map features from Overpass and then ask certain questions. An answer is sent
**The basic functionality is** to download some map features from Overpass and then ask certain questions. An answer is sent
back to directly to OpenStreetMap.
Furthermore, it shows images present in the `image` tag or, if a `wikidata` or `wikimedia_commons`-tag is present, it
follows those to get these images too.
An explicit non-goal of MapComplete is to modify geometries of ways. Although adding a point to a way or splitting a way
**An explicit non-goal** of MapComplete is to modify geometries of ways. Although adding a point to a way or splitting a way
in two parts might be added one day.
**More about MapComplete:** [Watch Pieter's talk on the 2021 State Of The Map Conference](https://media.ccc.de/v/sotm2021-9448-introduction-and-review-of-mapcomplete) ([YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zTtMn6fNbYY)) about the history, vision and future of MapComplete.
# Creating your own theme
It is possible to quickly make and distribute your own theme