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Unmapped USA - Mastodon Bot (lemdro.id)

submitted 7 months ago by governorkeagan@lemdro.id to c/openstreetmap@lemmy.ml

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I thought I’d share this Mastodon bot - @SmallTownUSA - here as I’ve found it great fun.

Posting towns in the USA with a population less than 1000 that are undermapped on OpenStreetMap.org

I quite enjoy mapping areas that have nothing or very little mapped. This bot kind of helps with that. Although, I’d love another one for my home country and current country of residence.

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[–] ray@lemmy.ml 3 points 7 months ago (1 children)

This is so freaking cool thanks for sharing! Would be cool if the author auto kept a gallery of before and after for each place to show how much it is improving places.

Also, I gotta say it must be crazy for someone to live in one of these little towns that's barely on the map and then one day they open whatever map app and boom everything is there! They probably just shake their head and say "technology..."

[–] governorkeagan@lemdro.id 3 points 7 months ago

I LOVE looking at before/after screenshots. Especially when there was nothing there before or very little and then someone comes and adds a whole bunch of stuff.