[OSM-newbies] Mapping a Technology Institute campus

[Iván Sánchez Ortega]

El Sábado, 19 de Septiembre de 2009, Sajjad Anwar escribió:
> >    1. Use JOSM to compare the existing map data against the aerial
> >    imagery.
>
> Where do I get the aerial imagery?

Check if there is Yahoo imagery available for your zone. If not, use landsat-7 
at least. The JOSM WMS plugin is able to use both.

> >    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..? 

For densely mapped urban areas, a scanned "walking paper" is quite good, as 
GPS signal tends to be imprecise. In a technology campus, with buildings 
apart from each other, GPS will be good for the roads and such.

> >    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? 

Play around with JOSM until you find the plugins that help you the most.

> >    1. Have one person collect and start scanning all of the walking
> >    papers.
> >
> What is the necessity for scanning the walking papers?

Scanning a walking paper lets you import that image into JOSM, and draw nodes 
and ways on top of your notes.

> >       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?

http://www.openstreetmap.org/traces/mine

> I just need to mark the waypoints GPX into the data downloaded from OSM?

The GPX waypoints serve as a reference to help you draw nodes and ways.



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