On Friday 18 April 2008 19:58:46 Sunburned Surveyor wrote: > I want to make a quick introduction. I hope to get started with > contributions to Open Street Map in the next few weeks. I'm located in > Stockton, California. I'll be performing most of my mapping there, > with a little mapping in the Sierra Nevada during the summer months.
Welcome! > I work as a Land Surveyor and as a volunteer programmer for the open > source GIS program OpenJUMP, so I really enjoy mapping a great deal > already! > > I read through the FAQ, but I still have a couple of unanswered > questions. I thought this would be a good place to ask those > questions. > > [1] How do I find out if there are other mappers working in my area? Go to your user page (e.g. mine is http://www.openstreetmap.org/user/Milliams) and you'll see there a map of the nearest 10 mappers to you. If you don't have one, be sure to get one. > [2] Is there a list of features that mappers should collect for Open > Street Map? Is it only roads? What about other traveled routes? What > about land marks like major structures? You can tag anything you want but see below for explanation of the tagging schemes. However, the things I tag include roads, footpaths, landuses , schools and of course pubs! > [3] I see that you can associate tags with mapped features. Is there a > standard set of tags? Where do I learn more about this? There is a set of 'commonly accepted' tags but there is no official or enforced set. The commonly accepted tags can be found at http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/Map_Features but remember that you can tag things however you want. However, pretty much only the tags on that page will show up on the two major renderers. > [4] Is there a place to look at OSM mash-ups? I'd be especially > interested in the type of tool that allows people to manage metadata > about their mapping efforts, or to associate photos and other > supplemental data with the features they map. Has there been work done > in this area? Browse around the wiki or wait for people to reply to your email here showing off the work they've done :) > I think that will get me started. :] If there is another OSM mapper in > Stockton, I'll see if I can get in touch with them for more direct > help and coordination of local mapping efforts. > > The Sunburned Surveyor Matt Williams (the distinctly unsuntanned surveyor)
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