[OSM-newbies] "Fresh" map

[Peter O'Doherty]

Thanks a lot to everyone who offered advice - I've got a lot to take in! 
By the sounds of it, I'd probably be best using JOSM (and then perhaps 
Maperitive).
Regards,
Peter



On 01/15/2014 08:17 PM, John Werner wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> Viking  (http://viking.sf.net) may be a good place to start.  I have 
> used it to create maps for various events.  The software uses a  layer 
> paradigm:  you can stack different layers of data.  Normally I use it 
> with an OSM map as the bottom layer them overlay routes and points of 
> interest.  For the school application, you could leave out the map 
> layer and just have them out in points.  Later, as a check, you could 
> add an actual map layer to see how close they came.
>
>
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> *From:* ianmac nz <ianmacnz at gmail.com>
> *Sent:* Tue Jan 14 19:40:04 EST 2014
> *To:* Help for newbie mappers <newbies at openstreetmap.org>
> *Subject:* Re: [OSM-newbies] "Fresh" map
>
> I would suggest you take a incremental approach.
>
> 1) Graph paper and a compass, get them to do a traditional survey, 
> where they measure distances (paces) and angles (compass) and plot 
> this on graph paper.
>
> 2) Repeat the exercise - this time with a GPS.
>
> 3) As per Craig's Suggestion - then use JOSM to go digital, import the 
> traces, digitise from air photos, with an off-line .osm file.
>
> 4) After that they should be well qualified to get their own OSM 
> accounts and start contributing to the shared map!
>
> good luck.
>
>
> On 15 January 2014 05:04, Serge Wroclawski <emacsen at gmail.com 
> <mailto:emacsen at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>     On Tue, Jan 14, 2014 at 2:33 PM, Peter O'Doherty
>     <mail at peterodoherty.net <mailto:mail at peterodoherty.net>> wrote:
>     > Thanks Serge and Andy for your advice.
>     >
>     > I don't have the technical skills or knowledge of OSM to
>     undertake a project
>     > of the scope my original idea seems to entail. Therefore I think
>     I need to
>     > go back to the drawing board and simplify.
>     >
>
>     > My alternative idea was the software equivalent of "tracing"
>     where one uses,
>     > say, tracing paper (or sheet of perspex) laid on top of a paper
>     map - the
>     > new map is drawn on the paper using the map underneath as a
>     guide and when
>     > finished, after removal of the original map, you're left with a
>     simplified
>     > map.
>
>     What is the age of the kids?
>
>     If they're young enough, I think there's value in teaching them how to
>     make the map itself the way a renderer does- with lines, and then
>     drawing them in (think graph paper).
>
>     There are a couple of tools to trace paper maps. There's the famous
>     one Field Papers, which works in conjuction with OSM.
>
>     There's this new tool
>     http://www.gislounge.com/automating-extracting-gis-data-scanned-maps/
>
>     But honestly, I think you could do a lot with just collecting data
>     with GPSes, traces, and then displaying that as vector data.
>
>     How old are the kids?
>
>     - Serge
>
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