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Everything #OpenStreetMap related is welcome: software releases, showing of your work, questions about how to tag something, as long as it has to do with OpenStreetMap or OpenStreetMap-related software.

OpenStreetMap is a map of the world, created by people like you and free to use under an open license.

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Dedicated phone for mapping? (lemdro.id)

submitted 10 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Does anyone here have a phone/device just for mapping? A lot of the mapping I’m doing now is updating details of already mapped items.

I was thinking of getting a cheap secondhand android phone to use just for mapping. I’d also love to use StreetComplete again!

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Why don't you get a proper android phone?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 10 months ago (1 children)

What do you mean?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 10 months ago (1 children)

You wrote that you want to get a cheap android. Why not getting a more expensive one and replace the iphone?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I don’t have a need to replace the iPhone outright yet, I’ve only had it for just under a year.

If anything happened to a cheap phone while I’m out, I won’t be overly concerned

[–] [email protected] 0 points 10 months ago

You can think about getting an 2nd hand Android Phone. If go for one which has broken sound/microfon/camera you may can get a pretty solid device for cheap money.

Recommondation for sure is Google Pixel Phone which have long term updates and you can play arround with alternative Android versions like GrapheneOS.