Post by @watmildon@en.osm.town

@watmildon@en.osm.town

2026-03-28 22:00 UTC

My favorite portion of the How Did You Contribute page is the collection of &quot;earned&quot; flags at the bottom. It&#39;s a bit hard to tell what you&#39;re still needing so now we have OSM Vexillophile! Open each region in a common editor or (if you need ideas about what to do) links out to MapRoulette, Osmose, or HOT tasking manager. Explore the world a bit more and happy mapping! #OpenStreetMap #OsmoseQA #MapRoulette https://watmildon.github.io/osm-vexillophile/

Replies (5)

@jimkats@infosec.exchange 2026-08-16 15:28

@watmildon@en.osm.town I just found out about this app, through today's #WeeklyOSM ( https://weeklyosm.eu/archives/18803 ), and even though it's a cool concept, I fear this will bring cases of extreme gamification from some #OpenStreetMap contributors who in order to earn a flag, they will do whatever edit, without properly checking what they are doing and if it's proper. I may be overthinking this, but there are cases where #OSM users tend to do more harm with their edits than actually improve things, in the name of gamification/earning points.

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@Claudius_Henrichs@en.osm.town 2026-08-16 17:29

@watmildon@en.osm.town Thanks a lot for creating visibility on what is remaining. Looks like I am on my final stretch. #ActiveMapper #OSM

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@forteller@tutoteket.no 2026-08-21 22:12

@watmildon@en.osm.town Haha, that's so cool! :D

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@ediyes@en.osm.town 2026-10-02 15:18

Hi @watmildon@en.osm.town, I’m enjoying the app! I was curious to see how many flags I’d earned and realized I was only a few short, so I challenged myself to complete the set. 🚀 :openstreetmap: I’ve now completed everything, but the app still shows that I’m missing one flag. My HDYC count is 260, while the app shows a different total. Could you help me understand the discrepancy?

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@rphyrin@mastodon.social 2026-08-08 14:43

@watmildon@en.osm.town cool...

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