[HOT] Using a pen tablet for mapping input

[Julio Costa Zambelli]

I have been using a Wacom Intuos CTL-490 (probably the cheapest Wacom
available, around USD110 here) combined with JOSM and its FastDraw plugin
for over a year now. All of this in Ubuntu(Gnome) 16.04.

They work great together, specially if you want to map forests, woods,
reservoirs, riverbanks and any other large polygon. Take into consideration
that you will have to tune the preferences of the FastDraw plugin to
balance node density and shape quality. You do not want to make something
with an excesive number of nodes but at the same time you want to take
advantage of the level of detail that the pen alows you to get.

Hope this helps you.



Julio Costa Zambelli
Fundación OpenStreetMap Chile

julio.costa at openstreetmap.cl

https://www.openstreetmap.cl/
Cel: +56(9)89981083

On 13 March 2018 at 21:41, Lists <blslists at gmail.com> wrote:

> Does anyone know if it is possible to use a pen tablet input device,
> ideally in ubuntu, to do the mapping for the missing maps? If so, can
> anyone recommend a specific tablet?
>
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> Bryan Sayer
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