[HOT] Need help for Walking papers / Field papers...

maning sambale emmanuel.sambale at gmail.com
Fri Apr 12 04:59:16 UTC 2013


I got it working in JOSM similar to the above steps (I should have
read Kate's message before trying various options). I posted it here:
https://epsg4253.wordpress.com/2013/04/12/using-fieldpapers-in-josm/

I hope JOSM plugin developers can build a FieldPaper plugin like that
of WalkingPapers.

On Fri, Mar 1, 2013 at 1:07 PM, Kate Chapman <kate at maploser.com> wrote:
> Hi Thomas,
>
> Unfortunately the scanning on Walking Papers hasn't worked in almost a year.
>
> As for Field Papers I think there is a way to add it into JOSM, but it
> is not just a matter of using a plugin. You would need to figure out
> the path to tiles for your scan. You can then add it as a TMS in the
> JOSM settings under WMS/TMS. The format would look like this:
> http://fieldpapers.org/files/scans/scan_id/%7Bzoom%7D/%7Bx%7D/%7By%7D.jpg
>
> Note: you need to replace "scan_id" with the ID of your actual scan.
> That is what "id=" in your url when viewing the scan for example the
> ID of this scan: http://fieldpapers.org/snapshot.php?id=z5c738fw would
> be "z5c738fw".
>
> Hope this helps.
>
> -Kate
>
>
>
> On Fri, Mar 1, 2013 at 5:40 AM, Thomas Williamson <wiltoma at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>> I had no success on the talk-fr french OSM mailing list so I try to ask HOT
>> mappers that could be used to Walking papers / Field papers mapping method.
>>
>> I can't find how to display a Walking paper (or Field paper) that I have
>> previously printed out and annotated in the field in either Potlatch2 or
>> JOSM. I have tried to use the JOSM specific plugin
>> (http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/JOSM/Plugins/WalkingPapers) but it does
>> not work !
>>
>> I have noticed that the last Walking papers updates on Walking papers
>> website were very old (>250 days old)... This website has probably become
>> unused after the new Field papers one was launched. But the latter one does
>> not seem to allow a display of a printed paper through Potlatch2 or JOSM.
>>
>> When reading the wikis and various websites about OSM, it seems quite
>> obvious that these printed papers can then be displayed in both editors, but
>> I have found no explanations on how to do it...
>>
>> I hope you can help me... Many thanks in advance !
>>
>> Thomas
>>
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