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Does anyone have tips on mapping out all the buildings in your town quicker? (self.openstreetmap_ca)

submitted 10 months ago by Beaver to c/openstreetmap_ca

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I’m outlining rooves block by block. It takes so long but I don’t want my maps to be barebones.

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[–] Showroom7561 3 points 10 months ago

https://rapideditor.org/ can be incredibly helpful in those situations. It's not perfect (i.e. you may need to tweak the shapes), and it doesn't usually get the newest subdivisions, and it's made by Meta (Facebook)... but it can get buildings in an empty area very quickly.

It was my primary tool to complete all the buildings in my own city (of almost 200,000 people) when only major stores were mapped previously.