Street TallyQuestions and answers
For the Woodbine entrance doors campaign.
About Street Tally
What is Street Tally?
A quick way to check places in your neighborhood and put what you find on the map. For this campaign, you check the doors at building entrances around Woodbine Food Hall: how each door opens, and whether it opens by itself.
What is OpenStreetMap?
OpenStreetMap is a free map of the world that anyone can use and improve, a bit like Wikipedia for maps. Many apps and websites use it. Your answers go there.
Do I need an account?
No. Just start checking entrances. Your answers are saved as you go. To put them on the map, finish on a computer later: sign in to OpenStreetMap or create a free account there. Unfinished answers are kept for 30 days.
Why do my answers need an OpenStreetMap account to go on the map?
Every change to OpenStreetMap is made under the account of the person who made it. When you finish, your answers go on the map under your username. Already use OpenStreetMap? Sign in in the app and your next answers go straight on the map.
Privacy
Will my answers be public?
Once they're on the map, yes. Anyone can see what changed and which username changed it. Until you finish, they're not on the map at all.
Is Street Tally tracking me?
No. Your phone uses your location to find the nearest entrances, and it stays on your phone. The one exception is when you report that an entrance has moved and tap “I'm standing at it”: then that one spot is saved so the organizer can fix the map. The map pictures load for the area on your screen, like in any map app.
What does Street Tally keep about me?
Which entrances you checked and when, so nobody checks the same door twice and the organizer can see progress. If you give your email, we only use it for these answers, and we delete it once they're on the map or removed. Answers that aren't on the map yet are removed 30 days after your last one. They still count in the campaign's totals.
Can I delete my data?
Yes. In Street Tally, go to Settings, then Account, then Delete my data. That removes your email and any saved answers that aren't on the map yet. Answers already on the map stay there, because they're part of OpenStreetMap now. More in our privacy page.
Answering
Do I have to check them all?
No. There are a lot of entrances, some a half-hour walk from the food hall. Check the ones near you; the app shows the nearest first. Others can do the rest, and the campaign stays open after the meetup.
What if I'm not sure?
Tap “I'm not sure”. That's fine. Nothing changes on the map for that question.
The door is propped open. Does it open by itself?
Not necessarily. If you can't see it open on its own or a button for it, tap “I'm not sure”.
There's no door, just an opening or a gate.
Tap “Something's wrong here”, then “There's no door”. Nothing on the map changes, and the organizer gets the report.
The entrance isn't there, or it's somewhere else.
Tap “Something's wrong here”, then “It's not here” or “It's moved”. If you report a move, the spot you pick is saved so the organizer can fix the map.
I can't get to an entrance.
Tap “Skip this entrance”, or “I can't check this entrance” if you're near it but can't see the door. Don't go into private or staff-only areas.
My answers didn't save.
Check your connection and tap Try again. If the app isn't sure whether they were saved, it says so and lets you check again.
The questions
How does this door open?
Swings open (on hinges, like most doors), slides sideways, revolves, or folds. Look only at the door at this entrance.
Does it open by itself?
No, you push or pull it. Yes, with a button (usually a square push plate with a wheelchair symbol). Yes, when you walk up. Or yes, but you can't tell how.
These answers tell people with wheelchairs, strollers or walkers what to expect at the door. They don't say whether the whole entrance is step-free.
What happens next
What happens to my answers?
When you tap Done, your answers are saved and the entrance shows as checked. They go on OpenStreetMap when you finish on a computer, or right away if you signed in with OpenStreetMap.
Who runs this?
This campaign is organized with OpenStreetMap Utah. Street Tally is a free, open-source app run by Martijn van Exel. Questions? Email martijn@osm.lol.