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I will spending some days in St-Michel-des-Saints, definitely
bringing the Android tablet + phone for some on-the-side
surveying.<br>
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I would bet lots of you on this list will be going to some
uncharted territory across Canada :) Or just visiting the
neighbors. Is your street well covered in OpenStreetMap?<br>
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I thought I'd share this neat, easy way to prepare for such
mapping:<br>
- Use <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://walking-papers.org/">http://walking-papers.org/</a> and the "Cloudmade: noname"
provider to get nice prints of maps clearly indicating
streets/roads without names (in red)<br>
- Print a few copies of the area you'll be visiting for
friends/kids - sometimes they will know features not present in
any map<br>
- If using an Android device, download your area maps in advance.
Offline maps are great when no 3G/data coverage is possible.
OSMAnd~ can provide such maps including routing and GPS "follow
me". OSMTracker can also be useful for basic GPS tracks recording.
Both are free open source software.<br>
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Printing a few more copies or Walking papers maps is also a great
way to get the OpenStreetMap project known among locals. If the
map is really up-to-date, it looks impressive. If it's not, then
you explain why you're doing mapping: win-win :) Maybe even get a
second invitation to come back and focus on mapping?<br>
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Cheers,<br>
<br>
Fabian R.<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://openstreetmap.magcifab.ca">http://openstreetmap.magcifab.ca</a><br>
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Fabián Rodríguez
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://fsf.magicfab.ca">http://fsf.magicfab.ca</a></pre>
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