Hi all! We launched Scout for iOS powered by OpenStreetMap a little over a month ago now, followed by the Android version in early June. While the feedback in general has been overwhelmingly positive, I am really curious to hear about your experiences. Have you tried Scout? What are your impressions? Have you given any feedback using the map error reporting function in the app?
Nothing major to report from our side. We're looking closely at the map feedback coming in through the apps. Our main objective right now is to make sure the feedback we get is useful so we can fix OSM based on it where necessary. Of course, we would like to involve you in that process - either through MapRoulette, or OSM notes, or some other means - but right now there is too much 'noise' for that to work without us looking at every report first. Which is what we are doing. You may see the odd note appear on the map as a result of this. (see an example here: http://www.openstreetmap.org/note/187143) Some other OSM related things we're working on currently: * We are fixing ways in OSM that are marked with fixme=dual carriageway (or a variant thereof). * We are adding exit_to information to selected stretches of freeway * We are working on getting fresh data to Scout users faster (currently 2 weeks). * I am working on improving MapRoulette - specifically better statistics As always, feel free to email me directly with questions, feedback or concerns! -- Martijn van Exel OSM data specialist Telenav http://www.osm.org/user/mvexel http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/User:Mvexel http://hdyc.neis-one.org/?mvexel _______________________________________________ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us
