Mapping progress - Getting used to OSM Tracker for Android, walking papers
Δημοσιεύτηκε από τον/την MagicFab στις 2 Αύγουστος 2010 στα English. Τελευταία ενημέρωση στις 3 Αύγουστος 2010.I've been adding new tracks regularly now, it's getting much easier as time goes on.
I've decided I'll focus on urban features around my office and living place (Mont-Royal and Outremont respectively), kids features - because I have 3 :) (water parks, drinking water, picnic areas, family-friendly hiking) and cycle routes.
With my limited time those are mapping activities I can do during a lunch break, or while going for groceries, or while spending time with the family.
Here are a few tricks that I found by trial and error:
- When mapping a trail you know you'll visit again in your way back, adopt a convention - ie. "all POIs mapped are only at my right". I once mapped all POIs on both sides and couldn't make sense out of it later :)
- Use walking-papers.org to print an area you know you will spend time at. OSM Tracker or other mobile apps for mapping may just not be that convenient for some surveys
- Walking-papers printouts also help explain what you're doing. While surveying a pool one of the security people thought I was taking pictures with my mobile phone!.. I'll spare you the rest.
- Break your GPS traces in small manageable sizes. I once did a huge trace (5 hours hike) and the job to put it on OSM was too much to tackle in one session.
- Add a note at the beginning of your surveys indicating what they are about. I have some traces I completely forgot why I had saved in the first place.
For now I don't rely much on other mappers, I like experimenting a bit before asking for help. So far the Wiki has been very effective to find features I didn't know how to map so I guess I'll need help with more advanced stuff as I progress in my contributions.
Happy mapping!
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Σχόλιο από τον/την VARTA στις 3 Αύγουστος 2010 στις 06:02
You know osmand?
http://de.androlib.com/android.application.com-osmand-jzCDB.aspx
Great tool for android. Easy mapping of POIs.
Σχόλιο από τον/την elecnix στις 13 Αύγουστος 2010 στις 03:25
Mapping with an audio recording is fantastic. You can pack a lot of information quickly, and you're not limited to what your Android app supports, or it saves you the time to figure out how to record the information. Your kids won't have to wait for you as much ;-) But when you're alone and walking, audio is overkill. I found it most useful when cycling, where both of your hands are better on the handlebar...
Σχόλιο από τον/την MagicFab στις 13 Αύγουστος 2010 στις 12:38
OSMTracker only produces 3GP audio which is not supported yet in Ubuntu. The AMBR audio codec could not be included for patent problems, apparently a compromise has been found and I will be able to listen to such sound files (without hacking its support into Ubuntu) in a couple of months when I upgrade :)