OpenStreetMap
First posting - Biking through 'Hildener Stadtwald'
Posted by purestrain on 10 August 2008 in English.Hi,
I've heard of osm project earlier, and already did some minor mapping. But today i actively rode some 'unknown' bicycle tracks just for this project - So, mapping was this time no more a by-product of just sports activity.
The downside is to stop for every crossing - 6 clicks on gps for every waypoint is horrible time consuming and interrupts training effords :-(
Greetings
Discussion
Comment from Pixel83 on 10 August 2008 at 22:08
Whenever I want to mark a spot like a crossing I either take a short detour into those ways for about 10 meters or so or I simply mark the spot by switching from the current side of the lane to the other and immediately back. That leaves a small bump in the line.
The drawback of this is that it only helps you remembering WHERE something was, if you don't remember there was anything to mark at all you might ignore the mark...
Comment from Chris Morley on 12 August 2008 at 11:53
You could consider using a using a voice recorder to make a continuous audio commentary. This way you can record positional and other information without stopping and without taking your hands off the handlebars. JOSM supports the synchronization of the audio and GPS records.