[HLUG] Tuesday's OpenStreetMap Presentation Demo

[Ben Proctor]

Hi Steve

Great that you are mapping.

You a
Cannot upload a route directly into OSM. You need to draw a way(nodes connected in a line) and then add relations (something I didn't cover in my talk). 

The definitive line is in the wiki here http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Cycle_routes

In general you should not create your personal routes in OSM but it should be acceptable to create routes that are generally published and accepted.

You can trace a way using bing sat data and improve detail or accuracy with GPS traces from your mobile

As you say, many apps exist to facilitate this. I really like OSMTracker

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=me.guillaumin.android.osmtracker

Cheers 

Ben

Sent from my iPad

On 3 Jul 2013, at 11:05, Steve Horsfield <horsfield.steve at gmail.com> wrote:

> Ben
> 
> I've managed to get JOSM working and ignored the fact it is telling me I
> need to upgrade Java. I've managed to put a few elementary things like my
> house and postcode into Openmap. Some might wonder whether or not that is
> such a good idea.
> 
> What I am struggling with is putting cycling routes into OSM, the sort of
> thing I do with the special purpose route mapping systems and that other
> popular
> mapping system.
> 
> Do you have any recommendations for Android openmap apps? There appear to
> be a large number of them.
> 
> Steve Horsfield
> 
> 
> On 3 July 2013 10:26, Ben Proctor <ben at benproctor.co.uk> wrote:
> 
>> Hi all
>> 
>> I'd also like to thank everyone who turned.
>> 
>> And I'd particularly like to thank Julian for organising the venue.
>> 
>> Cheers
>> 
>> Ben
>> 
>> 
>> On Fri, Jun 28, 2013 at 8:02 AM, Julian Robbins <joolsr1 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>>> Hi Everyone
>>> 
>>> Great talk last night from Ben Proctor <
>>> https://www.facebook.com/benproctor> on
>>> OpenStreetMap - thanks Ben. Anyone who missed the talk can catch up with
>>> the tweets.
>>> 
>>> Thanks also to everyone who turned up, 15 came along so it proves that
>> the
>>> organised events in a suitable surroundings work out well. May have had
>>> even more if we had more time to promote it. St John's Ambulance were
>> easy
>>> to deal with but lots of little niggles, in booking the event and during
>>> it. The alarm went off when we put in the code they supplied, as ....
>> they
>>> supplied the wrong code !
>>> 
>>> Likewise, no-one could get wifi there, as it was the wrong code again.
>>> 
>>> Mainly these issues seemed to be from a disjunct between the the local
>>> Hereford folk/site and the Birmingham centralised booking office, where
>>> Birmingham seemed to have incorrect info all the way along.
>>> 
>>> In fact we were lucky to use the main hall, we had only paid a much
>> smaller
>>> amount to book the smaller meeting room, which when we entered had lots
>> of
>>> fake dead bodies and stretchers, ie it was a more a store room for St
>>> Johns, and never setup as a 'meeting room'
>>> 
>>> But all in all once the alarm was sorted, Ben put on a great
>> presentation,
>>> and lots turned up to attend!
>>> 
>>> We hope to put on more events like this every so often.
>>> 
>>> Julian
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