Hi
Try *OsmAnd *app (link
<https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.osmand>). You can also
use the latest nightly from here
<http://download.osmand.net/latest-night-build/OsmAnd-nightly.apk>.
This is offline GPS navigation app. Feature-rich and user-friendly.
It has a built-in OSM editor plugin.
1. Activate the plugin, using the Start> Plugins> OSm Editing
2. Go to its Settings, and enter your OSM username and password.
3. In the Settings menu, activate the *offline editing* option.
This allows to create new POIs offline, and upload them when you have
the WiFi connection.
4. Now switch back to the OsmAnd's main screen.
Long-press on any point on the map. A card pops up from bottom of the
screen.
Tap on the *overflow* button (three vertical dots, at far right).
From the context menu that pops up, select *Create POI* option.
Enter the data and save.
5. If you have selected the *offline editing* option (step-2), then the
POIs will be added to OSM only when you upload them.
For this, tap on any POI, and select the *Upload* option.
Hope that helps.
Regards,
Nagesh
On Thursday, March 16, 2017 at 7:11:58 PM UTC+5:30, Shrinivasan T wrote:
>
>
> Hi all,
>
> I am shrini from Chennai. Joined datameet group today.
>
>
> When exploring on creating maps in Tamil using OpenSteetMaps [
> https://goinggnu.wordpress.com/2017/03/04/let-us-create-maps-in-tamil/ ]
> found that the current data available on OSM is not equivalent with Google
> Maps.
>
> We can not copy data from Google Maps and import to OSM as it is a big
> copyright violation. Yes. We dont have control over the data for the area
> where we live.
>
> We can do the following.
>
> 1. Look for the data sources who may have the data about the streets,
> villages, cities. I think think the government departments like Postal,
> Revenue,Rural development, Public Works may have these data. How can we ask
> them to share the data in public? Will a RTI help on this?
>
> I am seeing some data collected by reading our archiees.
> Is it possible to share the available data in a single blogpost or page?
>
>
>
> 2. Add the data manually.
>
> By this way, we can add any data manually, edit, improve the existing
> data. But editing on the browser is not possible for many.
>
> It will be nice if we have a mobile app to add data to OSM. When I had a
> smartphone, few years ago, searched for a OSM mobile app. Cant find any
> app, which helped to edit OSM.
>
> I dont use smartphone nowadays.
>
> If you have a smartphoe, can you search for the apps, which can help to
> edit the OSM easily?
>
> The app should be very simple. The user should should open the app. It
> should capture the latitude, longitude from its GPS or mobile tower. Then
> it should ask for the name of the building, building number, type of the
> place, street name, area name,city name, if required a photo, etc. Once the
> user entered these data, it should be synced on OSM. Contribution should
> very simple as filling few forms only.
>
> If we have such app, we can create communities/volunteers to add data to
> OSM with their smartphones. Just open app, fill data. They are done.
>
> If there is no such easy editing app for OSM, it is high time to create
> such one. If you are a mobile developer, please create such app and help to
> build the Openstreetmaps as content rich.
>
> Wondering how the Google, Apple, Bing maps collected data. What kind of
> mobile app they used, what ate the data they collected. If you have worked
> for these maps, please share more details about them. It will help a lot.
>
> There may be other easier, better ways to add data to OSM. Please share
> the details or connect with the communities.
>
> Let us build content rich Open Street Maps.
>
>
>
>
>
>
> --
> Regards,
> T.Shrinivasan
>
>
> My Life with GNU/Linux : http://goinggnu.wordpress.com
> Free E-Magazine on Free Open Source Software in Tamil : http://kaniyam.com
>
> Get Free Tamil Ebooks for Android, iOS, Kindle, Computer :
> http://FreeTamilEbooks.com
>
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