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.
", "add": { "addNew": "Add {category}", "addNewMapLabel": "Click here to add a new item", "confirmButton": "Add a {category}All data is provided by OpenStreetMap, freely reusable under the Open DataBase License.
", "attributionTitle": "Attribution notice", "codeContributionsBy": "MapComplete has been built by {contributors} and {hiddenCount} more contributors", "donate": "Support MapComplete financially", "editId": "Open the OpenStreetMap online editor here", "editJosm": "Edit here with JOSM", "iconAttribution": { "title": "Used icons" }, "josmNotOpened": "JOSM could not be reached. Make sure it is opened and remote control is enabled", "josmOpened": "JOSM is opened", "mapContributionsBy": "The current visible data has edits made by {contributors}", "mapContributionsByAndHidden": "The current visible data has edits made by {contributors} and {hiddenCount} more contributors", "openIssueTracker": "File a bug", "openMapillary": "Open Mapillary here", "openOsmcha": "See latest edits made with {theme}", "themeBy": "Theme maintained by {author}", "translatedBy": "MapComplete has been translated by {contributors} and {hiddenCount} more contributors" }, "back": "Back", "backToMapcomplete": "Back to the theme overview", "backgroundMap": "Background map", "cancel": "Cancel", "confirm": "Confirm", "customThemeIntro": "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 Different, small, incompatible and outdated maps are not needed anywhere.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.
", "openTheMap": "Open the map", "opening_hours": { "closed_permanently": "Closed for an unkown duration", "closed_until": "Closed until {date}", "error_loading": "Error: could not visualize these opening hours.", "loadingCountry": "Determining country…", "not_all_rules_parsed": "These opening hours are complicated. The following rules are ignored in the input element:", "openTill": "till", "open_24_7": "Opened around the clock", "open_during_ph": "During a public holiday, this is", "opensAt": "from", "ph_closed": "closed", "ph_not_known": " ", "ph_open": "opened", "ph_open_as_usual": "opened as usual" }, "osmLinkTooltip": "Browse this object on OpenStreetMap for history and more editing options", "pdf": { "attr": "Map data © OpenStreetMap Contributors, reusable under ODbL", "attrBackground": "Background layer: {background}", "generatedWith": "Generated with MapComplete.osm.be", "versionInfo": "v{version} - generated on {date}" }, "pickLanguage": "Choose a language: ", "poweredByOsm": "Powered by OpenStreetMap", "questions": { "emailIs": "The email address of this {category} is {email}", "emailOf": "What is the email address of {category}?", "phoneNumberIs": "The phone number of this {category} is {phone}", "phoneNumberOf": "What is the phone number of {category}?", "websiteIs": "Website: {website}", "websiteOf": "What is the website of {category}?" }, "readYourMessages": "Please, read all your OpenStreetMap-messages before adding a new point.", "removeLocationHistory": "Delete the location history", "returnToTheMap": "Return to the map", "save": "Save", "screenToSmall": "Open {theme} in a new window", "search": { "error": "Something went wrong…", "nothing": "Nothing found…", "search": "Search a location", "searching": "Searching…" }, "sharescreen": { "addToHomeScreen": "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.
", "title": "Using the data in internal processes" }, "layers": { "intro": "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, ...)", "title": "What data can be shown with MapComplete?" }, "survey": { "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", "title": "Survey possibilities" }, "text0": "If an existing MapComplete theme is what you, feel free to use it or embed it on your website. Embedding the public themes is free and always will be.", "text1": "Do you need some other data, but does the theme not exist yet? The MapComplete-developers can build it for you on a decent budget. Get in touch via email, github or send a message via osm.org", "text2": "If you still feel unsure, the possibilities are outlined below. Additionally, some common questions are answered", "title": "Using MapComplete in your organization" }, "aboutOsm": { "aboutOsm": { "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.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", "title": "Creating a map from different sources" } }, "title": "A few drawbacks to keep in mind", "unsuitedData": { "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 are 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.", "title": "Data not suited for OpenStreetMap" } }, "indexPage": { "button": "Discover our services", "hook": "Need professional support?", "hookMore": "We can help with setting up surveys, data imports and OpenStreetMap-consultancy" }, "intro": "The developer of MapComplete offers professional support. This document outlines some of the possibilities, common questions and the boundaries of MapComplete", "osmTitle": "What can OpenStreetMap and MapComplete do for your organisation?", "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.", "title": "MapComplete services" }, "text0": "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.
", "title": "Professional support with MapComplete" }, "reviews": { "affiliated_reviewer_warning": "(Affiliated review)", "attribution": "Reviews are powered by Mangrove Reviews and are available under CC-BY 4.0.", "i_am_affiliated": "I am affiliated with this object