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pietervdvntoday at 7:39 PM0 repliesview on HN

Hi! MapComplete dev here!

One of the major differences is that, in StreetComplete, an object is hidden from the view once all quests are done. That makes StreetComplete a 'contribution-only' tool. (This changed in recent years, where Westnordost created 'overlays'). StreetComplete was a major inspiration though.

In MapComplete, you will see _all_ objects (known in OSM) for a specific topic, wether or not there are unresolved questions. That makes it a tool for both using the data and contributing.

Another difference is that MapComplete started as a webapp (but there is a version packaged as Android app too); whereas StreetComplete is (for now) an Android-only app (iOS is in the works)

A more abstract difference is that MapComplete has some highly specialized questions.

At last, MapComplete has some integrations with other FLOSS-tools, such as: - Wikidata/Wikipedia for additional pictures and articles - Mangrove.reviews for reviews - Panoramax to add pictures - Mapilarry to link pictures to objects - Plantnet to determine the tree species on https://mapcomplete.org/trees