[PLUG] Fwd: [ILUG-BOM] OSM - Quick start for first time users

[Amey Abhyankar]

+ some interesting info/update from Mapillary =
https://blog.mapillary.com/update/2019/05/09/launching-map-2020.html

Participate in #map2020 and if your project gets selected, then you
get ticket to Germany to attend HOT Summit & present your project.

Regards,
Amey.


On Thu, 16 May 2019 at 20:35, rajudev <rajudev at disroot.org> wrote:
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> Subject: [ILUG-BOM] OSM - Quick start for first time users
> Date: Wed, 3 Apr 2019 09:54:59 +0530
> From: Milind Oka <oak445 at gmail.com>
> Reply-To: GNU/Linux Users Group, Mumbai, India <linuxers at mm.ilug-bom.org.in>
> To: GNU/Linux Users Group, Mumbai India <linuxers at mm.ilug-bom.org.in>
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> Hi all,
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> Finally I decided to try OSM on my own as I could not find any local guru.
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> Here is a short report for the benefit of new users in order to save their
> time (and not to teach them anything as such).
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> ● Go to openstreetmap.org
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> ● Open an account and then login.
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> ● The site has an interactive walk through tutorial which is excellent so
> spend 4-5 minutes if you want.
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> ● The site has three in-browser editors. First one is iD which is simple
> and sufficient. Select it without fail and proceed. (otherwise Arial view
> will not be available).
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> ● Views can be found in Layer option. There are two main views that you use
> - First is Arial view from satellite and the second is OpenStreetMap -
> standard view, which is used for navigation. You can switch back and forth
> through these two views or layers.
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> ● There are three important edits that you are supposed to do as your basic
> contribution.
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> ● First is Point or Point of Interest (POI). This can be restaurant, cafe,
> chemist etc. There can be several such points in a building.
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> ● Second is Area (building, ground, lake etc),
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> ● Third is Line (Road, FOB, Pipelines etc)
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> Ensure that you are logged in and iD Editor is selected.
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> START CONTRIBUTING NOW :
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> ● Search any familiar place where you would like to contribute. Locate any
> building based on its shape and surrounding which is not yet tagged.
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> ● Identify its name by nearby elements. Then click on it and in the
> resulting popup give its name say "xyz Mansion". Tick-Save-Upload. Thats it
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> ● If a building does not exist on map, then switch to satellite image. Hit
> Area tool and make a closed region around it and then tag it (as we did in
> previous step). You may add other details if you want, for example, level,
> height etc
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> ● Do the same for other areas like gardens, grounds and lakes etc. Points
> are also to be added at appropriate places so that the map will be even
> more useful to all.
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> Hope this quick tour is helpful.
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> About 80% buildings are shown on map but not tagged. Remaing 20% are yet to
> be shown (using area tool) and then to be tagged. So contributions are
> really needed on large scale. Nagarjuna, in our last meeting, suggested
> that OSM should be introduced to students. We surely have to do that.
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> My thoughts from ilug-bom viewpoint :
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> This can be taken as a regular activity in our monthly meetings. No
> separate sessions are necessary. Anybody can start contributing in 10
> minutes provided someone shows the options and a sample contribution. We
> can take a small live session in introduction itself . In fact we will
> upload new member's house/building/bunglow and few other tags as a part of
> demonstration.
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> There is a desktop application JOSM which is bit more advanced. Also few
> android apps are there. Two of them are worth using. OsmAnd+ and Vespucci.
> OsmAnd+ is mainly for OSM users (for navigation etc). Vessupucci is
> alternative to iD/JOSM. It is for contributors. Found Vesupucci quite
> satisfactory. Started contributing even from mobile using Vespucci.
>
> Thanks and Regards
> Milind
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