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**Author:** berkley | **Author:** berkley | ||
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- | <WRAP todo round center 60%>This page is obsolete | + | Locus Map allows to use great vector maps with map data from OpenStreetMap. As OSM is an open project everybody can improve the map quality. |
+ | It's quite easy to put roads, tracks, house numbers | ||
- | Locus allows to use great vector maps with map data from OpenStreetMap. As OSM is an open project everybody can improve the map quality. This How-To is not meant to cover all the details for mapping on OSM, but it should help you, to get a step into it. | + | **What do you get for mapping on OSM?** |
- | It's quite easy to put roads, tracks, house numbers and POIs on the map. OSM really made some great work to help new users getting started. And you - as a Locus user - can be one of them!!! | + | Nothing! Yes, correct, NOTHING! |
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- | What do you get for mapping on OSM? | + | |
- | Nothing! Yes, correct, NOTHING!!! | + | |
Nobody gets anything. No Money! No fame! No honor! | Nobody gets anything. No Money! No fame! No honor! | ||
- | So why should you do this? | + | **So why should you do this?** |
- | Because you are using maps with data that has been collected by other volunteer | + | Because you are using maps with data that has been collected by other volunteers |
But enough talking now, time to get started! | But enough talking now, time to get started! | ||
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- | ===== Mapping without mapping ===== | ||
- | Yes, correct. You can even help without doing a lot of work. Locus offers direct support for OpenStreetBugs: | ||
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- | ==== Open Street Bugs ==== | ||
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- | OpenStreetBugs is a very easy service. No registration needed. Just click on the map and tell there what is missing. You can do this from Locus by going to the "Main Menu", click on " | ||
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- | It is pretty self-explanatory: | ||
- | * Under " | ||
- | * To report a bug, you can choose the location and add the description to let other mappers know, what is wrong. | ||
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- | So next time you are walking, cycling or driving around something, that is missing on your vector map, simply submit a bug on OpenStreetBugs and maybe somebody will care about it sooner or later. Remember, this is not a service. It might take some time untill any volonteer has a look on it. | ||
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- | ==== Open Street Bugs - Perfect Example ==== | ||
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- | That screen on the left is a perfect example, how this could work. | ||
- | * Somebody reports what is missing or wrong. | ||
- | * Some time later a voluntary cares about the problem. | ||
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- | As you see on the timelines, this might really take some time. If you want to make changes faster, you could do it yourself!!! So why not dive deeper in that matter? | ||
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- | You probably noticed that it wasn't hard to improve map data on OSM that way. It's not harder to do mapping by yourself. If you are interested, you can keep on reading... | ||
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- | And who knows, maybe one day you can solve the problem from another person! :) | ||
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===== Mapping ===== | ===== Mapping ===== | ||
- | When it comes to mapping by yourself, you need to have an account on OpenStreetMap.org: | + | When it comes to mapping by yourself, you need to have an account on **[[http:// |
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Registration is free and takes just a minute. | Registration is free and takes just a minute. | ||
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- Part 3: [[http:// | - Part 3: [[http:// | ||
- | So far so good - This wouldn' | + | So far so good - this wouldn' |
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==== Send your track to your OSM profile ==== | ==== Send your track to your OSM profile ==== | ||
- | {{:community: | + | {{ :manual: |
+ | {{ :manual: | ||
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- | After recording a track with unmapped roads, simply go to " | + | After recording a track with unmapped roads, simply go to "Data > Tracks > Chosen |
Now, Locus sends your track directly to the GPS traces in your OSM account. You can choose them to map the missing roads. This can't be done more easily! | Now, Locus sends your track directly to the GPS traces in your OSM account. You can choose them to map the missing roads. This can't be done more easily! | ||
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There are really nice people willing to help you out with your problem. | There are really nice people willing to help you out with your problem. | ||
- | There are also support forums and you can even find and contact mappers around you. Give it a try!!! | + | There are also support forums and you can even find and contact mappers around you. Give it a try! |
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