OSM Survey tutorial

OpenStreetMap Surveying Tutorial

Getting a Signal

Monitor the Tracks and SignalIf it does not have a lock go to an open space and wait

Walking Papers!

Record Data

* Type of highway* Street Name* Parking, Bus Stations* Street Direction (one way street)* Street Addresses* Land use* Stairways, Walking paths, Cycleways, etc* Mosques / Churches* Specific Buildings and Amenities, Schools, Govt Buildings, POI* Fine detail, such as laybys, service roads* Crossings, bridges, and tunnels* Additional Noteworthy Places and Landmarks

Trackpoints

Nodes

Ways

highway = residentialname = Chestnut Laneoneway = truesurface = flags

highway = primaryname = Otley Roadref = A660

Tags!

http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/Map_features

amenity = hospitalname = Saint Jamesemergency = yesPOIs

Areas

leisure=nature_reserve

landuse=vineyard vslanduse=farmcrop=grapes

Recording Media

* Pen & Paper* Camera (these can be mapped)* Dictaphone

Capture enough information to make a map back at the computer later

Download existing data to GPS

Print Out Map for Notes, Bicycle

Network Diagram

Upload Tracks

Draw Over Them

Resources

Wiki is your friendhttp://wiki.openstreetmap.org/http://mapkibera.org/wiki/

Email lists are your friendhttp://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/newbieshttp://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talkhttp://forum.openstreetmap.org/

We're your friends!

Beginners Guide & FAQhttp://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/Beginners%27_Guidehttp://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/FAQ

Hints

The GPS trace is a guideline! It's not the map!

Work together, collaboratively divide up the task.

Write up your progress daily

Let's Register!http://kibera.maps.jsintl.org/

Let's Go!