Hello,
Viking (http://viking.sf.net) may be a good place to start. I have used it to
create maps for various events. The software uses a layer paradigm: you can
stack different layers of data. Normally I use it with an OSM map as the
bottom layer them overlay routes and points of interest. For the school
application, you could leave out the map layer and just have them out in
points. Later, as a check, you could add an actual map layer to see how close
they came.
-------- Original Message --------
From: ianmac nz <[email protected]>
Sent: Tue Jan 14 19:40:04 EST 2014
To: Help for newbie mappers <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [OSM-newbies] "Fresh" map
I would suggest you take a incremental approach.
1) Graph paper and a compass, get them to do a traditional survey, where
they measure distances (paces) and angles (compass) and plot this on graph
paper.
2) Repeat the exercise - this time with a GPS.
3) As per Craig's Suggestion - then use JOSM to go digital, import the
traces, digitise from air photos, with an off-line .osm file.
4) After that they should be well qualified to get their own OSM accounts
and start contributing to the shared map!
good luck.
On 15 January 2014 05:04, Serge Wroclawski <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Tue, Jan 14, 2014 at 2:33 PM, Peter O'Doherty <[email protected]>
> wrote:
> > Thanks Serge and Andy for your advice.
> >
> > I don't have the technical skills or knowledge of OSM to undertake a
> project
> > of the scope my original idea seems to entail. Therefore I think I need
> to
> > go back to the drawing board and simplify.
> >
>
> > My alternative idea was the software equivalent of "tracing" where one
> uses,
> > say, tracing paper (or sheet of perspex) laid on top of a paper map - the
> > new map is drawn on the paper using the map underneath as a guide and
> when
> > finished, after removal of the original map, you're left with a
> simplified
> > map.
>
> What is the age of the kids?
>
> If they're young enough, I think there's value in teaching them how to
> make the map itself the way a renderer does- with lines, and then
> drawing them in (think graph paper).
>
> There are a couple of tools to trace paper maps. There's the famous
> one Field Papers, which works in conjuction with OSM.
>
> There's this new tool
> http://www.gislounge.com/automating-extracting-gis-data-scanned-maps/
>
> But honestly, I think you could do a lot with just collecting data
> with GPSes, traces, and then displaying that as vector data.
>
> How old are the kids?
>
> - Serge
>
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