OpenStreetMap
Brian Schimmel
- Mapper since:
- 8. Dezember 2007
- Last map edit:
- 30. September 2011
Student in Wernigerode, originally from Castrop-Rauxel.
Mapping
I don't have a car, but I map what I can with my bike. I use a SE V600i mobile phone and external GPS, and I tried mapping street names by memory, digtial photos and audio. Now I am a big fan of audio mapping.
Other OSM work
I'm working here and there: general writing in the wiki, discussion about tags, a JOSM plugin for audio mapping (might be released soon), small fixes for J2ME software, the virtualTiles@home client (also to be released soon)...
Latest Diaries
My previous try to fix germanys bigges continous wood turned out to be more destruction than fixing. It was reverted by user rrissek. It created s...
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9. Februar 2008
Normally, I spent 30 to 90 minutes a day cycling, which results in another 30 to 90 minutes editing in JOSM. Yesterday, for the first time, I felt ...
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2. Februar 2008
The Harz is said to be the largest continous wood in germany... some say it was the even the largest one in europe, but who knows. At least it is ...
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31. Januar 2008
Areas and Landuse in Wernigerode
Yesterday I tried out the maximum capycity of my mobile phone. For GPS + audio mapping it is about 3.5 hours. I drove along the border between resi...
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26. Januar 2008