You fill out “quests” like if sidewalks have tactile ramps (for accessibility), what type of roads, road size, store hours, if bus stops are illuminated or have a shelter, bike spots, etc.
It’s been a few days and I’m addicted. And it’s a good way to contribute to OpenStreets and reduce supporting commercial map tools like Google Maps/Apple Maps.
I learned about it during a No Stupid Questions post about mobile games that reward you for walking.
I’m still relatively new and on the Global Leaderboard, ranked 1000 out of 5000.
I think you should’ve linked the game for easy access, just saying.
Beware! This app is an entry drug and soon you might find yourself being heavily invested in OSM, editing more complex data in other apps or on your computer…
Vespucci seems very interesting. Thanks for sharing
I’ve always wanted to try this but is there a privacy implication? I guess it connects to an openstreetmaps account, which will then keep a public history of all the places you’ve been.
Jawg would know everywhere where you go, since they provide the tile data. I don’t think they would be able to link it to an OSM account though
The public would be able to identify where you go because your changes would be published against your username, as it is with Wikipedia
Holy fuck this is great. I’ll be using this thanks.
