Index

[smichel17]

Regulars around here frequently want to refer back to old discussions. For example, when someone opens a duplicate issue, we'd like to say which it is a duplicate of. However, sometimes these discussions are hard to find via search.

Like an index in the back of a reference book, this post is intended to help locate an issue or comment when you already know what you're looking for. It may also be useful as an FAQ or a list of interesting discussions to get up to date on StreetComplete development history, but that's not the primary purpose.

There are 3 overlapping parts, ordered alphabetically*: by quest, by OSM feature (e.g. tag), and by StreetComplete feature.
There is also a Misc section for anything else, including meta-discussion (about this index). *Alphabetizing is a work in progress.

To suggest an addition or change, reply to the part you want changed. I (@smichel17) will edit it in, then your hide your comment.

[smichel17]

By Quest…

Building Type

Adding the quest

• Quest for type of building #25
• Add quest to determine the type of a building #774

Clarifying types

• Clarity in building type quest (house/garage) #1716
  • includes barn
• Additional "On a farm" building types #2180
  • includes storage tank

Residential, especially house vs (semi)detached house vs apartment

• Quest Clarification: How to answer building type for detatched, 2-family houses? #2257
• Residential: Multiple values "match" for same building type #2467
• Inaccurate description for semi-detached house #2685 (comment)

Abandoned/ruined buildings

• Add categories to the "What kind of building is this?" Quest #2177

Adding additional types

• Label buildings as libraries #2265 (comment)
• Building type answer: not listed #3109
• building_type quest missing 'supermarket' type #3078

Buildings with multiple parts

• Add 'this is only a part of a building' for house (number) quests #1870

Cycleway

Resurveying when previous tagging is ambiguous

• resurvey of cycleways does not show the old value on oneways  #2120 (comment)

Remove option "No cycleway, but using the sidewalk is allowed"

• Cycle ways and defaults in different territories may be misleading #2276 (comment)

Making tagging "no cycleway" more obvious

• Provide hint in "can't say" menu for cycleways than you can tag "cycleway:both=no" with SC #2285

Road Lanes

Phrasing

• "How many lanes for cars does this road have?" is problematic with bus lanes #2284 (comment)

Multi-step UX

• Lanes quest needs to be improved, for cases where lane count is different for each side #2350

Don't ask…

…for unmarked lanes:

• Lanes: Difficult to decide, especially for unmarked lanes #2299

…in low-speed residential areas

• Too many lane quests with the same answer! #2324

Road Max Speed (Speed Limit)

Always tag maxspeed:type (not source:maxspeed) for implicit speed limits

• Misuse of source:maxspeed for edits in UK #492 (comment)

Phrasing of implicit speed limits (urban/rural)

• Clarify in-town vs out-of-town speed limits #757

Why they are not resurveyed

• Map Maintenance with StreetComplete #1998 (comment)

[smichel17]

By StreetComplete Feature…

"Other Answers" menu

People being unaware that there are more answers in this menu

• Lanes: allow selecting odd numbers for marked lanes #2322 (comment)
• Feature: Undo Edits #2970 (comment)
• Convert "Does the bus stop have a shelter?" quest to a grid of responses. #2973

Too much time to reach "hide quest" option

• Make option to hide a quest accessible more easily #3023

Proposal to change menu to "can't say"

• Add clarifications / details for quests #1913 (comment)
  • It would help a little with Help users anticipate consequences of "Can't Answer" by re-wording #1296

Quest Display

Density

• [Meta] Switch from Overpass queries to full OSM Data download + local processing #1874 (comment)
• Some quests are always dots in map view #2359 (comment)
• Use cases for Quest Presets #2457 (reply in thread)
• Declare some quests as unimportant (show them only if all important quests are solved) #2944

Order

• Quest filters #2565 (comment)
• c1336a4 sort quests by how easy they can be solved

Presets (quickly toggle groups of quests)

• Add quest presets #1654
• [WIP] add quest presets #2069
• Use cases for Quest Presets #2457
• Quest filters #2565
• 🌟 Allow to save/load current state of enabled quests #3034 🌟

Won't implement since filters are better

• Deactivate quest from map pin #2292

Misc

• Making disabled quests more discoverable #2243
• Maintenance quest: Switch off option (opt-out) #2174 (comment)
  • Deliberately no opt-out of maintenance quests

Quest Selection

Answer all quests for one element

• Show all quests for element at once #124
• show new quests immediately after completing one #1969
  • Follow up: Open all quests at same point #2710 (comment)

Multiple tags in one quest

• Multiple simple tags in one quest #2127

Answer the same quest for multiple elements at once

• Feature: solve multiple quests with same solution #73
• Multiselection of quests #2353
• improve multiple quest answer #1303
• Provide answers to batched quests for identical local map items #3098 (comment)
  • Comment has a proposed plan how this can be implemented, for interested people
• "same as adjacent street" option #2968

Making it faster to answer specific (time-consuming) quests

• Make it faster to answer the building levels quest #1772
• Repeat last answer for bicycle lane quests #2542

Resurvey

Why some resurvey quests are not distinguishable from "normal" quests

• Maintenance quest: Switch off option (opt-out) #2174 (comment)

[riQQ]

Layers:

• Layers - Pitch #2461
• Discussion of the first alpha version of layers implementation v45.0-alpha1 #4113

[smichel17]

By OSM Feature…

This comment is intended to be a one-stop-shop for OSM folks arriving here. It is also going to be the most work to maintain, so I'd appreciate folks suggesting links.

Changesets

Are split by quest type:

• Upload bulk of answer in a single changeset #21 (comment)

Are not split when they contain elements which are far apart

• Huge changesets (spanning large bbox) #2908 (comment)

Data Model

Quests apply only to a single element

• Undo changes after a way was split #3765 (comment)
• Ask what happens where waterway and highway cross #3749 (comment)
  • Handling missing ford/culvert/bridge #2426

Tags

maxspeed:type

• Misuse of source:maxspeed for edits in UK #492 (comment)

source:maxspeed

• Misuse of source:maxspeed for edits in UK #492 (comment)

[smichel17]

Tooling / Meta

GitHub

• Efficiently working together #3450
• Best practices for threading in GitHub discussions #3348

Creating this post

• Organizing Github issues — labels for specific quests #2283.