Hi,
(I'm writing in english as this seems "common practice")
My name is Dirk Roels, I will be 59 next month.
I discovered OpenStreetMap 2 or 3 days ago.
I'm using a Garmin Nuvi 350 device (I know, it's not a fancy hiking
GPS), but I would like to "extend" its use to hiking paths,
although my main reason for my interest for the time being is the
everlasting price of updates with "brand"-maps.
As I'm using this "free" map, I feel I have to give something in return
(and multiple contributors can achieve more than one).
I live in 's-Gravenwezel (Schilde) near to Antwerpen, so you can guess
my mothertongue is some kind of Dutch.
My mapper name is 'Koalake'.
I noticed that my area has a a number of unnamed streets and unmapped
paths, so my intention is to verify, correct and add
where appropriate (actually I already started doing that).
As I was laid-off with HP last October due to a "mass reorg" and I am in
"pseudo brugpensioen", I got quite some spare time,
but I don't have the luxury of a company-car anymore, so my mobility
(iow covering other areas) is rather limited.
As I'm new in this matter I have 3 questions:
In the Kolb "leerstijlen"-model, I tend to be in the "actief
experimenteren" quadrant... in other words, I tend to read the manual
as I encounter difficulties performing tasks. This has some advantages
and some risks, so here's the first question: is there any
absolute vital advise you can give me before/when contributing in
OpenStreetMap?
Although my use of OSM currently is pretty "car"-focused, I DO like to
hike and regularly organise walks with a group of people
as well as "wandelzoektochten". Of course, that is the moment to verify
and map paths which are not yet represented in OSM.
I noticed somewhere (but can't remember wher exactly) that the belgian
OSM-chapter were given some (I believe 11) real
hiking-GPS-devices and I interpreted the remarks as if some of those
devices would be available for tracking (this is quite
cumbersome with a NUVI). Has anyone got an idea about the fact if this
is correct and what the procedure would be to "lend"
one of those devices when I set up a hike?
If there are any active mappers in the Antwerp-area that would like to
get in touch with me, please don't hesitate and if I can
be of any help in "Antwerp"-projects, let me know.
I know... this is quite a lenghty introduction (I'm normally not that
lengthy in my words), sorry about that.
In any case if I can be of any other help, let me know how.
Cheers,
Dirk
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