/surway

An OSM surveyor app.

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Surway

Deploy Surway

An OpenStreetMap surveyor app. Runs on https://surway.hovland.xyz.

The development progress of this app has been documented in this blog series.

Features

  • Shows nearby OSM ways on a map.
  • Shows OSM tags for the way nearest you.
  • Editor for notes geo-located at your current position (useful for later editing).
  • Uploading notes to OSM.
  • Screen wake-lock; ability to keep screen on (on supported browsers/devices).

Planned features

  • OSM authentication, so notes are not posted anonymously.

  • Uploading to OSM

    • GPX tracks
    • Points of interest (POI)
  • Turn map position tracking on/off, including auto off when panning.

  • Being able to add a geo-located note or POI anywhere on the map.

  • PWA features

    • Manifest for showing the web app as a phone app.
    • Being able to reopen the app and show the previously downloaded ways while being offline.
    • Push notifications when an alert triggers (see below).
  • Downloading third-party nearby notes from OSM (for surveying).

  • Configurable alerts, e.g.

    • When you are no longer near a way.
    • When a major road is missing a name.
  • Choosing between north up/head up.

Building and running

Install Trunk, then run:

trunk serve      

Contributing

Issues, discussions, and pull requests are welcome!