Nick,
I have noticed an anomaly in the MapThePaths site. Normally, clicking on
a PROW shows its designation. But in my area, it does not seem to work
if the path is within an access area. For example, footpath 505 008
(Blawith, Cumbria) crosses the access area boundary. Clicking outside
the access area shows the reference. Inside the access area does not. If
you close the OSM footpaths layer, the click then works.
Thanks,
Roger
On 23/05/2020 12:28, Nick Whitelegg wrote:
Hello everyone,
To follow up an email of just over a week ago, I have now updated the
MapThePaths Android app (https://mapthepaths.org.uk/app.html;
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=uk.org.mapthepaths.android)
so that tagged GPS traces can be created. You can record a GPS trace,
and tag each segment (GPX <trkseg>) with the current path designation
and path type (grass path, dirt track, paved service road, etc) by
means of drop-down lists.
The GPS traces can be uploaded to OSM and to the MapThePaths server.
The high-level designation and path types are converted to OSM
highway, designation and surface tags, and each track segment tagged
with these three tags.
It will shortly be possible to view the uploaded GPS traces on the
MapThePaths website as a selectable layer.
As I said in my original email, one of my aims is to provide a way for
OSM beginners to easily survey rights of way. The UI is still very
rudimentary; I am not a UX expert so what would be really nice is for
someone with good UX skills to come up with a better UI aimed at
allowing beginners to easily use the app. My general idea is that
users can select high-level, unambiguous designations (public
footpath, etc) and path types (grass path, dirt track etc) via the UI.
If I get some nice designs, which the community is happy with as a
whole, plus some nice graphics, I'm quite happy to then use those
designs and graphics in code.
The other component then needed is the JOSM plugin (either a new one
or, probably bettter, a modification of an existing one - I'm thinking
of the KML plugin that was mentioned - as we discussed last week) to
allow the tagged traces to be imported into JOSM for use by
experienced mappers to actually create the OSM ways. An alert system
would be nice also, to alert experienced users of any new traces in
their area.
I have also added a new option to turn off the 'snap map to current
GPS location' feature, allowing users to pan the map around.
Any further thoughts, please let me know.
Thanks,
Nick
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