Thanks a lot to everyone who offered advice - I've got a lot to take in!
By the sounds of it, I'd probably be best using JOSM (and then perhaps
Maperitive).
Regards,
Peter
On 01/15/2014 08:17 PM, John Werner wrote:
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.
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*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]
<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
On Tue, Jan 14, 2014 at 2:33 PM, Peter O'Doherty
<[email protected] <mailto:[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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