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JOSM on the Eeepc
Have tried using JOSM on the Eeepc 701 netbook, seems to work nicely.
I mapped West Perth using the Eeepc based on street addresses, collecting business information in a openoffice spreadsheet. You can see the results at www.mineraldata.com.au under the West Perth Business Map section.
I think for taking down street numbers JOSM and the eeepc may not be the easiest method, the old pen and paper method with a print out of building outlines is probably easier and quicker.
However for recording a lot of business names (often long), bus stops, post offices, public phones car parks etc etc JOSM, wireless internet, livegps and a usbGPS might be a good and cheap setup. I have yet to try livegps but the usbGPS and internet connection would be optional as long as building outlines & address are already in OSM.
I also see that there is a wikipage on Asus Eee http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Asus_EEE.
Would be curious to know if anyone has any success with a setup like this.
In my experience I found it do-able by cradling the eee in one arm and typing with the other!
Coordinates:Posted by David_mds at Sat, 07 Nov 2009 08:58:02 +0000 in English (English)
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Two Moors Way
Yesterday walked the southernmost 10 miles or so of the Two Moors Way from Ivybridge upto the junction of paths just south of the old Red Lake Clay Works. This section mostly follows the path of an old disused tramway so is easy to follow.
Couldn't see any official starting point for the trail in Ivybridge, in fact the only signage I saw for the trail at all was "MW" carved into a couple of gate posts along the way.
Coordinates:Posted by devonshire at Fri, 06 Nov 2009 16:15:13 +0000 in English (English)
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highlighting and Marking Unnamed streets on Garmin ??
Okay - so I have been a bit busy trying to map kaduna. The ariel imagery was great and little has needed to be added, though I am collecting all my GPX traces for upload on my return to the UK.
What I have been adding is tags, local details, banks, hotels and street names etc.
When I downloaded the Nigeria map for Garmins ( IMG format ) from Cloudmade all the unnamed streets were highlighted in red which was really useful.
This download understandably is only updated weekly and I am currently completing nightly builds of Kaduna OSM, saving that ( from JOSM ) and using MKGMAP to convert to an IMG.
My question is, does anybody have a tool that will allow me to mimic Cloudmade's OSM to IMG tool and highlight streets in Red making my life a bit easier?
cheers bri
Coordinates:Posted by bri g at Fri, 06 Nov 2009 11:56:35 +0000 in English (English)
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abandoned no more
It looks like abandoned railway lines are at long last rendered.
Anything else 'new'?
Coordinates:Posted by wilpin at Fri, 06 Nov 2009 10:59:25 +0000 in English (English)
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West Perth, Western Australia
Added some traffic signals, bus stops, rail crossings and a few other features in West Perth, Western Australia.
Car Parking seems to be the next logical addition. I will add these as polygons -- thus making it clear how much space they really take up! There is a fair amount of private parking and fee parking in West Perth. Looks like this is the scheme to use along with key=fee.
http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Proposed_features/Additional_parking_types_for_amenity%3Dparking
Posted by David_mds at Fri, 06 Nov 2009 08:27:18 +0000 in English (English)
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Tarifa / Spain
I am doing my best mapping Tarifa (the most southern city on the european continent), but now all gps tracks are used (and some are really unexact).
We need some fresh tracks (I am not there to get some) or a local balloon photographer.
Posted by el Capitán at Fri, 06 Nov 2009 02:47:37 +0000 in English (English)
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TopOSM-Colorado update
While I've had less time than usual to spend on TopOSM lately (due to me, and my servers, moving), I just finished re-rendering Colorado with new, fresh data from planet.osm, as well as a few bugfixes thrown in. Among the latter are that ski lifts, aerial tramways and other "aerialways" are now rendered on the map, and that I fixed the bug with disappearing unpaved roads/tracks. As usual, you can check the update at http://toposm.com/co/ Enjoy!
Posted by Ahlzen at Fri, 06 Nov 2009 01:04:37 +0000 in English (English)Comment on this entry | Reply to this entry | 0 comments
if-modified-since for tiles
1) Why do the OSM mapnik tiles not have timestamps via the if-modified-since HTML header?
2) I saw the question on http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Talk:Tile_usage_policy#.22If-Modified-Since.22_HTTP_header as well. Is that the right place to discuss the topic, and if not, where should I ask?
Posted by slashme at Thu, 05 Nov 2009 19:50:57 +0000 in English (English)Comment on this entry | Reply to this entry | 1 comment
Cyclemap problems with waterways
What's with most of the northern Willamette Valley appearing flooded here?
http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=45.253&lon=-122.795&zoom=9&layers=00B0FTF
Posted by Paul Johnson at Thu, 05 Nov 2009 18:47:51 +0000 in English (English)Comment on this entry | Reply to this entry | 0 comments
Cyclemap problems with waterways
What's with most of the northern Willamette Valley appearing flooded here?
http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=45.253&lon=-122.795&zoom=9&layers=00B0FTF
Posted by Paul Johnson at Thu, 05 Nov 2009 18:47:46 +0000 in English (English)Comment on this entry | Reply to this entry | 1 comment
Finally back mapping....
After having my bike stolen, its been a while since I did some mapping. The new one is much better anyway, so am trying to get on it as much as possible in between the rubbish weather we're having.
My first attempt on Monday was rather disappointing though. The GPS data I got was completely wrong and traces showed me travelling through large buildings and rivers...
Posted by Steeley at Thu, 05 Nov 2009 11:52:00 +0000 in English (English)Comment on this entry | Reply to this entry | 6 comments
should every OSMer be an expert in Geodesy?
Found this from a blog comment about OSM.
"I suggest that you should invite a mapping professional into your group. Mapping is not a kiddy thing. It requires knowledge on Geometric Geodesy and GPS Systematic Errors. Without the required knowledge, doing mapping is just like wearing a blindfold blindly."
http://mapping.ideacampdavao.com/2009/07/davao-mapping-party-post-party-report.html
newbie: I want to contribute to OSM
OSM "expert": Welcome! I suggest you start reading ASPRS journals on Geodesy and GPS geometric corrections.
newbie: OH OK, bye.
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I accidentally my neighborhood
http://rax.tumblr.com/post/233811853
Posted by roondi at Thu, 05 Nov 2009 11:25:21 +0000 in English (English)Comment on this entry | Reply to this entry | 1 comment
First edits
Started reading the beginners guide and using JOSM (nice). Made a few edits and added the remaining post boxes in West Perth south of the railway line.
Also tried out the osm features in qgis by adding some parks in West Perth. I have all the data for the West Perth Business Map (www.mineraldta.com.au) in gis layers so qgis will make it much easier to upload this data. qgis 1.3 returned a python error when trying to upload but version 1.2 worked but the tags weren't uploaded....something to figure out...
I'm pretty impressed!
Coordinates:Posted by David_mds at Thu, 05 Nov 2009 11:08:36 +0000 in English (English)
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Changes on OpenTouchMap
Hi there,
if you are using an Iphone or an Ipod touch have a look at:
http://www.opentouchmap.org/
It is now more usable as I changed from openlayers to touchMapLite (http://sourceforge.net/projects/touchmaplite/)
Posted by nochmaltobi at Thu, 05 Nov 2009 10:48:14 +0000 in English (English)Comment on this entry | Reply to this entry | 0 comments
Mapping footpaths on WUR campus
I'm out to map all the footpaths on WUR's new campus. (WUR is Wageningen University in Wageningen, Netherlands.) I have noticed the current OpenStreetMap this region of the Netherlands is somewhat incorrect. Hopefully in the next month or so, I can clean it up.
I'm using my trusty old Garmin GPSMAP 60CSx. The mapsource on it is the OpenStreetMap of the Netherlands.
Yesterday, I've upload some tracks, but I'm not sure if I have done it correctly. I'm waiting to see if my uploads show up on the GPS Traces page.
I'm a newbie to this project, so my contributions may not be perfect for the first few.
Coordinates:Posted by brain_head at Thu, 05 Nov 2009 09:10:48 +0000 in English (English)
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Shanghai
Leaving in Shanghai, I just updated my home street, but I see Shanghai is still full of mistakes. Come on Shanghaiese, let's get to work!
Posted by photoluc at Thu, 05 Nov 2009 02:39:36 +0000 in English (English)Comment on this entry | Reply to this entry | 0 comments
Car mapping
I had such fun doing bike mapping over the weekend, that I figured I'd go a bit further out this afternoon in the car. Eish.
1) Mapping alone in a car is silly. Dangerous and inefficient.
2) Mapping by bike is more fun. Easy to stop and take photos
3) Geotagged photos absolutely rock for remembering what goes where on the map. Faster than voice or typing, and easy to interpret afterwards.
I'm quite happy with TrekBuddy as a track and waypoint recorder for my phone. It seems to be relatively stable and it has the features I need. I especially like the snapshot waypoint feature. The brilliant part is that it's written in proper gpx which is understandable to JOSM: if I just dump the waypoints directory onto my computer, and then import the waypoints file into JOSM, it puts clickable photo icons on the right places on the map.
Coordinates:Posted by slashme at Wed, 04 Nov 2009 19:41:10 +0000 in English (English)
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1 year later, different Country
I am back, more than one year later, I just added all the hiking trails I did during the summer, with new huts and new trails in the Brenta, over Trento and over Val Gardena.
I really hope that more will come during the winter and that I won't be away for a full year again.
I still have to perfect the tagging of mountain hiking tracks though... How do you mark laders, hard paths, etc. etc.
Coordinates:Posted by Mortimer at Wed, 04 Nov 2009 18:29:31 +0000 in English (English)
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