A more "exciting" https://openstreetmap.org would have made me sign up months earlier.

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OpenStreetMap

#3: directions. Typing in a destination and hitting enter immediately picks the top search result, rather than finding destinations based on the starting point or user's current location. If I type in my home address, then type "walgreens" into the destination, I'll be given directions to a walgreens in a different state. Even though I should be impressed by how quickly turn-by-turn guidance is generated for a 7 hour drive, my first thought will always be, "wow, the closest Walgreens from my house is 7 hours away?" Now that I use OSM regularly, I always get directions using OsmAnd; finding the correct destination on https://openstreetmap.org is just too inconvenient.

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AlternativeTo

I first found OSM through alternativeto.net. I went in blind; there was no tutorial to follow and nobody to show me around. I didn't spend much time on the website because it was just one item in a list. (And since I didn't have a good time on OpenStreetMap.org, I didn't look too far into the other OSM-based services.) My point is, I didn't create an account or experience the iD editor tutorial, so the website seemed lifeless and empty. I want to go over the parts of the website that failed me and how I would improve it.

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