Why “OSM” is being discussed
The most recent Hacker News stories and comments contributing to this topic's mentions.
im using OSM in my app but its not clear how much usage i can get before i get rate limite ?
by zergrush · Sep 13, 2026
I highly suspect Apple and Google maps are auto tracing satellite images. Apple maps has perfect coverage of every road marking on their maps that exactly lines up to the satell…
by Gigachad · Sep 13, 2026
I am a long-time OSM contributor and I will just point out that much of the OSM mapping community have very strong opinions on automated/AI mapping. I mostly stay out of th…
by MRPockets · Sep 13, 2026
Thank you so much for this tutorial, I've made my fist OSM updates. As a former gis guy, this is awesome!
by ecommerceguy · Sep 13, 2026
As a side note, there is an Android app called StreetComplete [1] which creates 'quests' for you that let you contribute to OSM in a fun way. [1] - https://streetcompl…
by MollyRealized · Sep 13, 2026
After you create an OSM account, there is also https://maproulette.org , which has tons of little tasks to fix, grouped into challenges, and many of them can be done u…
by pferde · Sep 12, 2026
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