One that everyone can use and edit freely. A single place to store all geo-info. Different, small, incompatible and outdated maps are not needed anywhere.
OpenStreetMap is not the enemy map. The map data can be used freely (with attribution and publication of changes to that data). Everyone can add new data and fix errors. This website uses OpenStreetMap. All the data is from there, and your answers and corrections are used all over.
Many people and apps already use OpenStreetMap: Organic Maps, OsmAnd, but also the maps at Facebook, Instagram, Apple-maps and Bing-maps are (partly) powered by OpenStreetMap.
", "search": { "search": "Search a location", "searching": "Searching…", "nothing": "Nothing found…", "error": "Something went wrong…" }, "returnToTheMap": "Return to the map", "save": "Save", "cancel": "Cancel", "skip": "Skip this question", "oneSkippedQuestion": "One question is skipped", "skippedQuestions": "Some questions are skipped", "number": "number", "osmLinkTooltip": "Browse this object on OpenStreetMap for history and more editing options", "add": { "addNewMapLabel": "Add new item", "disableFiltersExplanation": "Some features might be hidden by a filter", "disableFilters": "Disable all filters", "addNew": "Add a new {category} here", "presetInfo": "The new POI will have {tags}", "warnVisibleForEveryone": "Your addition will be visible for everyone", "title": "Add a new point?", "intro": "You clicked somewhere where no data is known yet.All data is provided by OpenStreetMap, freely reusable under the Open DataBase License.
", "themeBy": "Theme maintained by {author}", "iconAttribution": { "title": "Used icons" }, "mapContributionsBy": "The current visible data has edits made by {contributors}", "mapContributionsByAndHidden": "The current visible data has edits made by {contributors} and {hiddenCount} more contributors", "codeContributionsBy": "MapComplete has been built by {contributors} and {hiddenCount} more contributors", "openOsmcha": "See latest edits made with {theme}", "openMapillary": "Open Mapillary here", "openIssueTracker": "File a bug", "josmOpened": "JOSM is opened", "josmNotOpened": "JOSM could not be reached. Make sure it is opened and remote control is enabled", "editJosm": "Edit here with JOSM", "editId": "Open the OpenStreetMap online editor here", "donate": "Support MapComplete financially" }, "readYourMessages": "Please, read all your OpenStreetMap-messages before adding a new point.", "fewChangesBefore": "Please, answer a few questions of existing points before adding a new point.", "goToInbox": "Open inbox", "removeLocationHistory": "Delete the location history", "getStartedLogin": "Log in with OpenStreetMap to get started", "getStartedNewAccount": " or create a new account", "noTagsSelected": "No tags selected", "testing": "Testing - changes won't be saved", "customThemeIntro": "Use it to add OpenStreetMap info on a single theme. Answer questions, and within minutes your contributions are available everywhere. The theme maintainer defines elements, questions and languages for it.
MapComplete always offers the next step to learn more about OpenStreetMap.
Did you notice an issue? Do you have a feature request? Want to help translate? Head over to the source code or issue tracker.
Want to see your progress? Follow the edit count on OsmCha.
", "backgroundMap": "Background map", "openTheMap": "Open the map", "loginOnlyNeededToEdit": "if you want to edit the map", "layerSelection": { "zoomInToSeeThisLayer": "Zoom in to see this layer", "title": "Select layers" }, "download": { "title": "Download visible data", "downloadAsPdf": "Download a PDF of the current map", "downloadAsPdfHelper": "Ideal to print the current map", "downloadGeojson": "Download visible data as GeoJSON", "downloadFeatureAsGpx": "Download as GPX-file", "downloadFeatureAsGeojson": "Download as GeoJson-file", "downloadGpxHelper": "A GPX-file can be used with most navigation devices and applications", "uploadGpx": "Upload your track to OpenStreetMap", "exporting": "Exporting…", "downloadGeoJsonHelper": "Compatible with QGIS, ArcGIS, ESRI, …", "downloadCSV": "Download visible data as CSV", "downloadCSVHelper": "Compatible with LibreOffice Calc, Excel, …", "includeMetaData": "Include metadata (last editor, calculated values, …)", "licenseInfo": "Maintaining a set of up-to-date geodata is hard, error prone and expensive.
To add insult to injury, many organizations end up collecting the same data independently - resulting in duplicated efforts, non-standardized data formats and many incomplete, unmaintained datasets.
At the same time, there is a huge community which gathers a lot of geodata into one shared, global and standardized database - namely OpenStreetMap.org.
", "text1": "MapComplete is the editor to make contributing data to OpenStreetMap easy.
", "aboutOsm": { "aboutOsm": { "title": "What is OpenStreetMap?", "intro": "OpenStreetMap is a shared, global database, built by volunteers. All geodata can be contributed to OpenStreetMap, as long as it can be verified on the ground.MapComplete has a powerful templating system, which allows to quickly create a map showing precisely those features that you need and showing relevant attributes in the popups.
This data can be fetched from OpenStreetMap directly, but MapComplete can also use external datasets - e.g. to compare OpenStreetMap with another dataset or to show data that is not suited for OpenStreetMap (planned activities, statistics, ...)" }, "survey": { "title": "Survey possibilities", "intro": "
MapComplete is an easy to use survey tool. It is ideal to collect the necessary in a few clicks, both on desktop and on mobile. This data is contributed directly into OpenStreetMap.
We can setup a custom survey tool, asking precisely the data you need in a future-proof way.
Do you have a dataset that has to be (re)surveyed? This is the perfect moment to make the switch to OpenStreetMap.MapComplete can show your dataset and OpenStreetMap at the same time, making it easier to visit all the locations and to see what the community already contributed.
\n" }, "internalUse": { "title": "Using the data in internal processes", "intro": "Once the data is in OpenStreetMap, you'll probably want to use the data as well. Your MapComplete theme can have a convenient export-button, offering to download the data in many open formats usable in QGis, ArcGis, Excel, LibreOffice-calc, ...
Someone with basic spreadsheet-skills can thus easily create graphs and insights about the data, whereas the GIS-experts within your organisation can easily work with this data in their preferred application.
If an automated setup is needed, a free-to-use, community-run API is available.
" } }, "services": { "title": "MapComplete services", "intro": "The developer of MapComplete can help you with the following services:", "li0": "Setting up a theme tailored for your need", "li1": "Help with setting up the internal data flow to integrate OpenStreetMap", "li2": "Training on how to contribute data with MapComplete", "li3": "Advanced training (e.g. for the GIS-team) on how to add advanced data to OpenStreetMap", "li4": "Training on how to download filtered data from OpenStreetMap", "outro": "These services are offered at competitive prices. A simple theme without extra support can be setup for as little €2000, and a small additional yearly hosting cost." }, "drawbacks": { "title": "A few drawbacks to keep in mind", "intro": "While joining this community has tremendous benefits, there are a few topics to carefully consider.", "unsuitedData": { "title": "Data not suited for OpenStreetMap", "intro": "The basic rule for OpenStreetMap is that all data must be verifiable on the ground and are somewhat permanent. This implies that some data cannot be sent to OpenStreetMap directly - but some workarounds exist.", "li0": "Subjective data (such as reviews) are not suited for OpenStreetMap. However, MapComplete has an integration with Mangrove.reviews, an openly licensed review website", "li1": "Events of a few days, road works that are planned next month are thus not recorded, neither are road works which only last a few days.", "li2": "Temporal data (e.g. statistics of air quality, traffic intensity, ...) can not stored on OpenStreetMap as they are hard to verify by a volunteer. Note that, if this data is available elsewhere, it can still be visualized within MapComplete as extra layer." }, "licenseNuances": { "title": "Implications of ODbL: some use cases", "intro": "OpenStreetMap is licensed unter the Open Database License which states that:", "li0": "All data can be reused for any purpose - including commercial purposes", "li1": "Applications or products using OpenStreetMap should give a clear copyright notice", "li2": "Any dataset or product which contains OpenStreetMap-data must be republished under ODbL too, including modifications to this dataset and in a usable format.", "outro": "This has a few implications which should be considered for some usecases, as explained below", "usecaseMapDifferentSources": { "title": "Creating a map from different sources", "intro": "For example, one could make a map with all benches in some city, based on the benches known by OpenStreetMap. This printed map needs a clear statement that the map data is based on OpenStreetMap. Selling these maps is permitted.If the mapmaker notices that the benches are missing in some area and adds them on the printed map, the data on the missing benches are automatically open data too. This means that an OpenStreetMap-contributor is allowed to take the paper map and use it to add the missing benches back into OpenStreetMap.
This contributor also has the right to ask for the dataset of the missing benches, which should be provided too.
If the mapmaker notices that the benches are missing in some area and adds them on the printed map, the data on the missing benches are automatically open data too. This means that an OpenStreetMap-contributor is allowed to take the paper map and use it to add the missing benches back into OpenStreetMap. This contributor also has the right to ask for the dataset of the missing benches, which should be provided too.
Of course, a map with only benches can be boring. The mapmaker might also decide to add in a layer with shops, possibly sourced from another geodata provider under another license. This is permitted to, if the map clearly states that the benches are sourced from OSM (under ODBL) and the shops have a different source (eventually with an all rights reserved).
However, mixing two datasets into one undistinguishible layer might not be permitted. For example, the mapmaker migth find that OSM has excellent data on benches in one part of the city and the closed-source provider might have excellent data on benches in another part of the city, merging these datasets into one could be problematic:
", "li0": "the open license would require the modifications to be openly republished...", "li1": "...whereas the all-rights-reserved license would prohibit this.", "outro": "As a result, this kind of mixing is not allowed" }, "usecaseGatheringOpenData": { "title": "Gathering open data", "intro": "MapComplete is an excellent way to create Open Data, also for governments. By default, this data will be freely redistributable under the ODbL. However, if there is a requirement to publish the gathered data under a public domain-license (where all rights are granted to the public and no attribution is required), the ODbL is too restrictive. In this case, one can ask the contributors to add data as Public Domain (e.g. by informing them in the mapcomplete theme). " } } } } }