Re: [HOT] Using a pen tablet for mapping input

So a Wacom,well yes essentially they are a mouse so yes they can be used but the image would be on the screen and I'm unable to see the advantage over a conventional mouse. The Microsoft surface and pen you can point to the image with the pen but you may find it more difficult to control.

Re: [HOT] Using a pen tablet for mapping input

Hi Bryan, Here are a few links relevant to your question, for some reason it is just a very rare topic so not a lot of feedback: https://help.openstreetmap.org/questions/33641/graphics-pen-tablet https://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/hot/2015-January/007079.html There is a JOSM plug in to

Re: [HOT] Using a pen tablet for mapping input

That isn't the type of tablet I am talking about - not an iPad but the type graphic designers use. Bryan Sayer  Original message From: john whelan Date: 03/13/2018 8:48 PM (GMT-05:00) To: Lists Cc: HOT

Re: [HOT] Using a pen tablet for mapping input

My feeling is tablets are not ideal unless you use a mouse, a wireless one would work fine. It's a matter of control, I have a Microsoft surface tablet lying around it has the computing power but until I used a wireless mouse with it I had difficulty with the pen. JOSM should run under ubuntu.

[HOT] Using a pen tablet for mapping input

Does anyone know if it is possible to use a pen tablet input device, ideally in ubuntu, to do the mapping for the missing maps? If so, can anyone recommend a specific tablet? Bryan Sayer ___ HOT mailing list HOT@openstreetmap.org

[HOT] Centre for Humanitarian Data - Data Fellows

Hi, it would be wonderful if HOT community members apply: https://centre.humdata.org/data-fellows/ *Tyler Radford* Executive Director tyler.radf...@hotosm.org @TylerSRadford *Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team* *Using OpenStreetMap for Humanitarian Response & Economic Development* web

Re: [HOT] Board Meeting Minutes March

We should really improve the wiki coverage for at least all major cities (> 100k inhabitants) and capitals. As well as at least the primary divisions of countries: this helps building local teams and get more "flat" support of features across all regions, not just the more developed capital with

Re: [HOT] Board Meeting Minutes March

Dear Philippe, Thank you very much for all these contributions, very appreciated!! And very sorry that I did not get in touch with you earlier on. I will support a workshop about Wikimedia in disaster management next week in Berlin for the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team. The idea behind this

Re: [HOT] Board Meeting Minutes March

Some other languages I have added supports also include Amharic, all languages officially recognized by states or territories in India, all(?) official/national languages shared by several countries. For each country there's now a "place" page with relevant links. I have also included their own

Re: [HOT] Board Meeting Minutes March

I'me sometimes criticized for this huge work, many don't realize the work I4ve done and jusst see that the wiki is now becoming accessible to them and just start using it. I receive very few "thank you". But my goal is always to improve the cooperation between people around the world, and let them

Re: [HOT] Board Meeting Minutes March

Hi Philippe, Thank you very much for all your work on the OSM wiki. For those that might not know, Philippe is very dedicated to improving the OSM wiki as a whole to support translations and internationalization much more effectively (in addition to better organization). If you have ever had

Re: [HOT] Board Meeting Minutes March

Note: I'm recreating a categorization of HOT meetings minutes/logs, by working troup or by year, they are now being collected on hte wiki in https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Category:Humanitarian_OSM_Team_Training (replace Training by the Working group name)

[HOT] Board Meeting Minutes March

Dear HOT community, Please find the link to the minutes of our March board meeting below: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1rGXfVTXDaXrjKSPQbkTxXgnGysqCXh6g/view?usp=sharing As always, feel free to contact me in case you have questions, remarks or comments. You can also access all previous