[OSM-newbies] Mapping a Technology Institute campus

[Sajjad Anwar]

Thank you Chris for the information.
I have the following queries.

On Sat, Sep 19, 2009 at 12:58 PM, Chris Hunter <chunter952 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Here's a timeline based on what I learned from the first of the Atlanta,
> GA, USA mapping parties (prep work for SOTM '10).
> Warning: contains shameless plugs.
>
> Week before the event:
>
>
>    1. Use JOSM to compare the existing map data against the aerial
>    imagery.
>
> > Where do I get the aerial imagery?

>
>    1. If the imagery is high enough resolution, identify and tag as many
>    landmarks as practical (buildings, parking lots, etc...)
>    2. Divide the campus out into to whatever size chunks make sense to you
>    and make sure there's at least 1 GPSr available per chunk.
>    3. If possible, start assigning chunks to people as they sign up for
>    the event. Try for groups of 2-4 mappers.
>    4. Make sure you have access to a flatbed scanner.
>
> > Do we need to scan the maps printed with the points marked? I thought GPS
points could be enough to use with JOSM..?


> Day before the event:
>
>    1. Go to http://walking-papers.org/ and print hard copy reference maps
>    of each chunk at various zoom levels.  Make sure to leave some overlap
>    between printouts. Mark each printout with whatever chunk it applies to.
>
> > I went to http://walking-papers.org
   But since this is a campus, I dont find any printable data there. What
should be wrong?

>
>    1.
>    2. Install JOSM, GPSBabel, Yahoo Imagery fix for JOSM, etc... on each
>    workstation that will be used after the walking portion of the event.
>    3. Install whatever JOSM plugins you feel are appropriate. (walking
>    papers, buildings tool, WMS, usertools, etc...)
>
> > Im not sure about the plugins for JOSM and new to them. How do I identify
those required for this purpose?


> Start of the event:
>
>    1. Pass out pens, walking papers and GPSrs to each mapping group.
>    2. Make sure each group knows how to use the Average function in the
>    GPSr.
>    3. Have each group use the walking papers to sketch / write down their
>    observations.  Whenever practical, shoot a waypoint next to anything
>    interesting and mark the waypoint number on the walking papers (saves time
>    trying to name the waypoint in the GPSr memory).  Alternatively, use
>    netbooks with the LiveGPS and Surveyor plugins)
>
> After finishing the groundwork portion of the event:
>
>    1. Have one person collect and start scanning all of the walking
>    papers.
>
> > What is the necessity for scanning the walking papers?

>
>    1.
>    2. Have each group use GPSBabel to generate 2 GPX files from their
>    GPSrs.
>    1. File 1 should be only the waypoints without any tracks.  - Each
>       mapper in each group will need a copy of this file.
>       2. File 2 should be the tracks without any waypoints. - Upload this
>       file to the OSM servers as a public trace.
>
> > How do I upload the trace file?

>
>    1.
>       2. (NOTE: This was a workaround for a JOSM bug that kept waypoints
>       from importing if the GPX file had tracks in it).
>
>
>    1.
>    1. Pass the paperwork back to each group.  Open the waypoints GPX in
>    JOSM, and download the OSM data for the area.
>    2. Use the walking-papers plugin to download the scanned paperwork as a
>    rectified image in JOSM.  (Note: there's a bug in the walking-papers plugin
>    that will freeze JOSM if you download the walking-papers imagery before the
>    OSM data.)
>    3. Start Mapping.
>
> > I just need to mark the waypoints GPX into the data downloaded from OSM?


> Hope this helps,
> DiverCTH (Chris)
>
>
>
> On Sat, Sep 19, 2009 at 1:32 AM, Sajjad Anwar <sajjadkm at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Hello.
> > We are planning a micro mapping party to map the National Institute of
> > Technology, Calicut, Kerala, India. The campus and the surroundings comes
> to
> > an approximate 300-350 Acres. We are trying to arrange the GPS devices.
> We
> > plan to use JOSM editor.
> >
> > What should be the steps to map the region, buildings, paths, roads etc?
> > How do we collect the data?
> >
> >
> > Regards.
> > --
> > Sajjad Anwar
> > http://geohackers.in
> > http://fsugcalicut.org
> > geohackers.in at gmail.com
> > +91 9995 19 13 12
> >
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Sajjad Anwar
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