You’re only supposed to use slabs (plates) if they were pre-made. If it was poured (whether in one batch or multiple), the wiki says it should be just “concrete”.

https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:surface :

concrete: Portland cement concrete, forming a large surface, typically cast in place and may have predetermined breaking joints. For pre-fabricated plates, please use concrete:plates or concrete:lanes if you know how the concrete is laid out and one of these tags fits.

edit: Tbh most people probably don’t realize this, I probably mistagged some myself. I assume even advanced software would treat “concrete” and “concrete:plates” equally, perhaps giving some special treatment for “concrete:lanes”.

SC redownloads map data if it is over 12 hours old on your device, so you’re likely seeing up to date information. And you can always download manually in an area to see the absolute freshest data, if you think that’s necessary.

Organic Maps doesn’t update the data nearly as often, as it’s not really meant for editing. That being said, unless you are in a busy area, the chances of a fellow mapper already having submitted that data since the last update in OM is slim.

At the end of the day, you should just do what is convenient for you and allows you to contribute easier.

Ah! I would assume the imported sources were decent

I think mapping them might be decent with SCEE. (Might be in normal StreetComplete as well.) You have to enable the quest type as it is disabled by default, but then it offers the quest and even displays recently used values.

That is if you know your stuff, me I would have to have a tree identification book in my other hand, so I guess a specialized app with that functionality would be neat.

6.6% of trees have the species tag filled out! That’s much more than I expected!

I am relatively new as well. Someone asked for some clarification on an edit I made, and it turned out I had made a mistake.

In addition, if you leave notes, those may go without interaction for a long time. Although it is true that notes can be resolved without any further input from the original account.

I don’t think that’s good etiquette in such communities. I realize the privacy concerns, but what if someone wants to message you about your edits?

Not editing around such sensitive areas is a better choice IMO. Hopefully someone else will.

Every edit will have your username on it. If you edit a lot in certain areas, one might guess that you live/work around there. Other than that, I doubt there are any such considerations.

Some apps allow uploading photos when making a note. These services may not clear some of the metadata, though geolocation is already obvious from the note itself.

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I use that one for finding stuff, but I had no idea you could also add places with it! The interface actually seems pretty decent!