StreetComplete: Enhancing OpenStreetMap via Micro-Quests 🌐

StreetComplete is a specialized surveyor application designed to refine and expand the OpenStreetMap (OSM) database. Instead of traditional mapping, it gamifies the process of data collection.

The Core Mission: To identify gaps in geographical data and empower users to fill them through simple, on-site interactions.

🛠 How It Works

The application scans your immediate surroundings for missing information and presents these gaps as quests on an interactive map.

You don't need to open a complex desktop editor. The process is streamlined:

1. Locate a quest on the map.
2. Visit the physical site.
3. Respond to a basic prompt.

The data is then uploaded to OSM under your specific user profile automatically.

The Workflow Logic

📊 App Specifications

Mathematical Representation of Improvement: If $D$ represents the total map data and $q$ represents a solved quest, the improvement can be viewed as: $\Delta \text{Map Quality} = \sum_{i=1}^{n} q_i$

🌍 Global Reach

The app is accessible to a diverse global audience, supporting a vast array of languages including, but not limited to:

• European: English (UK/US/AU), Deutsch, Français, Español, Italiano, Polski, Русский, Українська, etc.
• Asian: 中文 (CN/TW), 日本語, 한국어, Tiếng Việt, ไทย, Indonesia, etc.
• Other: العربية, فارسی, አማርኛ, Kiswahili, etc.

💻 Technical Insight

While the user sees a simple question, the app handles the tagging in the background. For example, a quest for a "bench" might look like this in the backend:

{
  "element": "node",
  "tag": "amenity",
  "value": "bench",
  "status": "missing"
}

🤝 Get Involved

Want to contribute to the project? Here is your checklist:

• Visit the Project home on GitHub.
• Join the conversation in the #streetcomplete channel on Slack.
• Help Translate the app into more languages.
• Donate to show your appreciation for the developers!