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<td><tt>[ILUG-BOM] OSM - Quick start for first time users</tt></td>
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<td><tt>Wed, 3 Apr 2019 09:54:59 +0530</tt></td>
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<td><tt>Milind Oka <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:oak445@gmail.com"><oak445@gmail.com></a></tt></td>
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<td><tt>GNU/Linux Users Group, Mumbai, India
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</tt><tt>Hi all,</tt><tt><br>
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</tt><tt>Finally I decided to try OSM on my own as I could not
find any local guru.</tt><tt><br>
</tt><tt><br>
</tt><tt>Here is a short report for the benefit of new users in
order to save their</tt><tt><br>
</tt><tt>time (and not to teach them anything as such).</tt><tt><br>
</tt><tt><br>
</tt><tt>● Go to openstreetmap.org</tt><tt><br>
</tt><tt><br>
</tt><tt>● Open an account and then login.</tt><tt><br>
</tt><tt><br>
</tt><tt>● The site has an interactive walk through tutorial which
is excellent so</tt><tt><br>
</tt><tt>spend 4-5 minutes if you want.</tt><tt><br>
</tt><tt><br>
</tt><tt>● The site has three in-browser editors. First one is iD
which is simple</tt><tt><br>
</tt><tt>and sufficient. Select it without fail and proceed.
(otherwise Arial view</tt><tt><br>
</tt><tt>will not be available).</tt><tt><br>
</tt><tt><br>
</tt><tt>● Views can be found in Layer option. There are two main
views that you use</tt><tt><br>
</tt><tt>- First is Arial view from satellite and the second is
OpenStreetMap -</tt><tt><br>
</tt><tt>standard view, which is used for navigation. You can
switch back and forth</tt><tt><br>
</tt><tt>through these two views or layers.</tt><tt><br>
</tt><tt><br>
</tt><tt>● There are three important edits that you are supposed
to do as your basic</tt><tt><br>
</tt><tt>contribution.</tt><tt><br>
</tt><tt><br>
</tt><tt>● First is Point or Point of Interest (POI). This can be
restaurant, cafe,</tt><tt><br>
</tt><tt>chemist etc. There can be several such points in a
building.</tt><tt><br>
</tt><tt><br>
</tt><tt>● Second is Area (building, ground, lake etc),</tt><tt><br>
</tt><tt><br>
</tt><tt>● Third is Line (Road, FOB, Pipelines etc)</tt><tt><br>
</tt><tt><br>
</tt><tt>Ensure that you are logged in and iD Editor is selected.</tt><tt><br>
</tt><tt><br>
</tt><tt>START CONTRIBUTING NOW :</tt><tt><br>
</tt><tt><br>
</tt><tt>● Search any familiar place where you would like to
contribute. Locate any</tt><tt><br>
</tt><tt>building based on its shape and surrounding which is not
yet tagged.</tt><tt><br>
</tt><tt><br>
</tt><tt>● Identify its name by nearby elements. Then click on it
and in the</tt><tt><br>
</tt><tt>resulting popup give its name say "xyz Mansion".
Tick-Save-Upload. Thats it</tt><tt><br>
</tt><tt>!</tt><tt><br>
</tt><tt><br>
</tt><tt>● If a building does not exist on map, then switch to
satellite image. Hit</tt><tt><br>
</tt><tt>Area tool and make a closed region around it and then tag
it (as we did in</tt><tt><br>
</tt><tt>previous step). You may add other details if you want,
for example, level,</tt><tt><br>
</tt><tt>height etc</tt><tt><br>
</tt><tt><br>
</tt><tt>● Do the same for other areas like gardens, grounds and
lakes etc. Points</tt><tt><br>
</tt><tt>are also to be added at appropriate places so that the
map will be even</tt><tt><br>
</tt><tt>more useful to all.</tt><tt><br>
</tt><tt><br>
</tt><tt>Hope this quick tour is helpful.</tt><tt><br>
</tt><tt><br>
</tt><tt>About 80% buildings are shown on map but not tagged.
Remaing 20% are yet to</tt><tt><br>
</tt><tt>be shown (using area tool) and then to be tagged. So
contributions are</tt><tt><br>
</tt><tt>really needed on large scale. Nagarjuna, in our last
meeting, suggested</tt><tt><br>
</tt><tt>that OSM should be introduced to students. We surely have
to do that.</tt><tt><br>
</tt><tt><br>
</tt><tt>My thoughts from ilug-bom viewpoint :</tt><tt><br>
</tt><tt><br>
</tt><tt>This can be taken as a regular activity in our monthly
meetings. No</tt><tt><br>
</tt><tt>separate sessions are necessary. Anybody can start
contributing in 10</tt><tt><br>
</tt><tt>minutes provided someone shows the options and a sample
contribution. We</tt><tt><br>
</tt><tt>can take a small live session in introduction itself . In
fact we will</tt><tt><br>
</tt><tt>upload new member's house/building/bunglow and few other
tags as a part of</tt><tt><br>
</tt><tt>demonstration.</tt><tt><br>
</tt><tt><br>
</tt><tt>There is a desktop application JOSM which is bit more
advanced. Also few</tt><tt><br>
</tt><tt>android apps are there. Two of them are worth using.
OsmAnd+ and Vespucci.</tt><tt><br>
</tt><tt>OsmAnd+ is mainly for OSM users (for navigation etc).
Vessupucci is</tt><tt><br>
</tt><tt>alternative to iD/JOSM. It is for contributors. Found
Vesupucci quite</tt><tt><br>
</tt><tt>satisfactory. Started contributing even from mobile using
Vespucci.</tt><tt><br>
</tt><tt><br>
</tt><tt>Thanks and Regards</tt><tt><br>
</tt><tt>Milind</tt><tt><br>
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