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@lanodan_wtch Good point.
@lanodan_wtch Yep! Actual characters is better than having images, which won't age well, customisability etc.
There's been some extensibility with #unicode like the skin colour stuff. (and new characters are always added)
What are you thinking about?
Never apologies for using #emoiji. They are a part of our #character sets now (as a part of #unicode). Oldie geeks might not like they, but do they like the euro sign (€)? That's part of unicode!
@lanodan_wtch Yes that's what I mean. "this year" isn;t that old. :D
@lanodan_wtch Oh? Emojipedia tells me it was only added in 2017... 🤔
@GOwin @stefanieschulte @saper There is sometimes ownerships in #OpenStreetMap. Some people really like one topic and map that a lot, and care for that type of data.
e.g. the Germans #train fans have lots of detailed docs about how to tag train signal in #OSM: https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:railway%3Dsignal
@AkuAnakTimur Are you sure they use #OSM globally? I know many PoGo players *believed* they were, and I heard they use #OpenStreetMap in Korea or something.
Has something new been released to say they were using it?
via @naval@birb
"One of the most damaging and widespread social beliefs is the idea that most adults are incapable of learning new skills".
Especially computer skills, with the creation of an infantile society falling prey to the Surveillance industry. An infantile society is an innocent society ripe for the ripping off.
The onus is on us to help educate people about value, cost, and trade-offs they make.
Only then we can talk about autonomy and economic independence truthfully.
@kensanata @stefanieschulte @saper For socialising, you should check out a local #OSM meetup, or stammtisch!
@saper @stefanieschulte I am thinking of writing an #OSM watchlist feature myself actually. But there's so much data! :(
@stefanieschulte @saper Well a new user wouldn't know about these things! #OpenStreetMap doesn't have anything like #Wikipedia's watchlist feature. You can monitor all changes in an area, but not all your changes. #OSM, unlike #WP, is lots of little changes.
@stefanieschulte @saper yes #OpenStreetMap has, and requires, that you comment every edit. What I'm talking about to then messaging the original contributor(s) to tell them that I have changed what they added originally, and why. My goal is to help educate new users, because it's easy to make mistakes in #OSM.
@saper get mapping!
@stefanieschulte @saper The context for this is the #OpenStreetMap project, which is a wiki map. So the idea of correcting and changing other's work is taken for granted.
Most of my mapping is done outside of Germany, because the Germans have done it all!
@saper but 18 is a higher/larger number!
@saper I wouldn't do this sort of message for a building=yes, that's still a legit contribution, and possibly the best someone can do.
Just adding area=yes though....
My secret #OpenStreetMap shame: I can never remember if zoom 18 is high zoom or low zoom. (likewise for z0/1/etc).😐
@saper a rough draft is always better than no contribution. If you can improve the map, then do it. Even if it's a little improvement.
I'm not suggesting this sort of tool for when someone does building=yes and you replace it with building=house, I'm thinking of cases where someone is obviously new. Like mapping a barn as landuse=farmland name=pig shed. (fixed that today).