I  am not sure, since I didn't build the app, but my experience is that it
download the quests of the direct area in a range of 1 km or so, witch
means, you need a working data connection, be it WiFi or 3/4G. The upload
of your answers will happen when you get a data connection, until then it
will be stored.

Op 11 jun. 2017 00:06 schreef "john whelan" <jwhelan0...@gmail.com>:

> >It is the same issue.  Not every location is covered by wifi either.
>
> I'm missing something here. The application stores the quests and tile
> images on the device when connected to wifi.  Then I wander off and whilst
> unconnected from wifi I complete the quests or some of them.  If I return
> to a civilisation within a week the data is uploaded to OSM silently.  I
> understand the week is configurable but I usually like to return home each
> day.
>
> Why does the location need to be covered by wifi? or a data network?
>
> Thanks John
>
> On 10 June 2017 at 17:03, Greg Morgan <dr.kludge...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> On Sat, Jun 10, 2017 at 2:01 PM, john whelan <jwhelan0...@gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> > Every location is not covered by cellular networks.
>>>
>>> I use only wifi, it will store the area image tiles on the phone and the
>>> changes until you get back to wifi.
>>>
>>>
>> It is the same issue.  Not every location is covered by wifi either.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>> Cheerio John
>>>
>>> On 10 June 2017 at 16:48, Greg Morgan <dr.kludge...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Fri, Jun 2, 2017 at 3:17 PM, Paul Johnson <ba...@ursamundi.org>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> On Fri, Jun 2, 2017 at 9:06 AM, James <james2...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Mean while in other common wealth countries like Canada or Australia,
>>>>>> it's not economically viable to pave every road. This is a very closed 
>>>>>> view
>>>>>> on the world we live in.
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Heck, that's pretty true in the US as well; I actually did the
>>>>> research on this for a bet recently.  Unpaved centerline miles outnumber
>>>>> paved centerline miles by around 3:1 in Oklahoma and closer to 7:1 in
>>>>> Oregon (with over 60 of those unpaved centerline miles being Portland city
>>>>> streets!).
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> It feels like the map orients itself to urban mapping too much.  My
>>>> stereo type is that if an urbanite runs into a dirt road they usually tag
>>>> it as a track.  I laughed when I came a cross dirt road that was silky
>>>> smooth and could comfortably fit three semi-tractor trailers as a
>>>> highway=track. Or there is the well maintained AZ 88[1] that was downgraded
>>>> to unclassified from tertiary[2] presumably because the road is unpaved.
>>>> There are mile markers, a state ref number, and at least one hotel.
>>>>
>>>> I've used a number of these phone applications.  Each has their
>>>> strengths and weaknesses.  Pick one or more to meet your mapping needs.  In
>>>> the case of StreetComplete I thought that the whole point of the
>>>> application was to read OSM data; ask a few questions; and change the map.
>>>> There's another weakness of the application.  Every location is not covered
>>>> by cellular networks.
>>>>
>>>> [1]https://www.mapillary.com/app/?lat=33.527969006834496&lng
>>>> =-111.31676532746405&z=17&pKey=sS6f6s5B_jMurb7qt4bfeQ&focus=photo
>>>> [2] http://www.openstreetmap.org/way/124976509
>>>>
>>>>
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