TY  - BOOK
AU  - Bennett,Jonathan
TI  - OpenStreetMap: be your own cartographer 
SN  - 9781847197511
AV  - GA139 .B46 2010
U1  - 562.0285 22
PY  - 2010///
CY  - Birmingham, U.K.
PB  - Packt Pub.
KW  - Digital mapping
KW  - Geospatial data
KW  - Geographic information systems
KW  - Geographic Information Systems
KW  - Cartographie par ordinateur
KW  - Données géospatiales
KW  - Systèmes d'information géographique
KW  - geographic information systems
KW  - aat
KW  - NATURE
KW  - Fossils
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - fast
KW  - Electronic books
KW  - lcgft
KW  - rvmgf
N1  - Cover; Copyright; Credits; About the Author; About the Reviewers; Table of Contents; Preface; Chapter 1: Making a Free, Editable Map of the World; What is OpenStreetMap?; Why use OpenStreetMap?; Why contribute to OpenStreetMap?; History; Does it work?; Structure of the project; The OpenStreetMap Foundation; Achievements; Summary; Chapter 2: Getting started at openstreetmap.org; A quick tour of the front page; Creating your account; How to use the slippy map; Interacting with the data; Project documentation: the wiki; Communicating with other mappers; Mailing lists; Chatting on IRC; Forums; Planet.openstreetmap.orgReporting problems with OpenStreetMap software; OpenStreetMap on social networks; Don't be afraid to ask; Summary; Chapter 3: Gathering Data using GPS; What is GPS?; What's a GPS trace?; What equipment do I need?; Making your first trace; Configuring your GPS receiver; Checking the quality of your traces; Making your traces more accurate; Surveying techniques; Making your survey comprehensive; Photo mapping; Audio mapping; Getting your traces into the right format; Adding your traces to OpenStreetMap; Collecting information without a GPS; Have you finished?; Summary; Chapter 4: How OpenStreetMap Records Geographical FeaturesData primitives; Nodes; Ways; Relations; Changesets; Tagging; ""Any tags you like""; ""Don't tag for the renderer""; Verifiability; A few core tags; Other useful keys; Creating a new tag; Summary; Chapter 5: OpenStreetMap's Editing Applications; Potlatch; Launching Potlatch; Understanding Potlatch's user interface; Editing data using Potlatch; Using presets in Potlatch; Using GPS traces in Potlatch; Practicing with Potlatch; Learning more about Potlatch; Potlatch 2; Java OpenStreetMap Editor (JOSM); Understanding JOSM's user interface; Loading images into JOSMEditing data in JOSM; Using presets in JOSM; Adding your account information to JOSM; Extending JOSM with plugins; Learning more about JOSM; Merkaartor; Loading images in Merkaartor; Editing data in Merkaartor; Uploading edits to OpenStreetMap; Learning more about Merkaartor; Summary; Chapter 6: Mapping and Editing Techniques; Drawing and tagging features; Drawing area features; Drawing ways with loops; Mapping residential streets and complex streets; Barriers and gates; Points of interest; Mapping overlapping features; Other civic amenities; Finding undocumented tags; Estimating area featuresFinished; Summary; Chapter 7: Checking OpenStreetMap Data for Problems; Inspecting data with openstreetmap.org's data overlay and browser; Inspecting a single feature; Checking a feature's editing history; Inspecting changesets; Finding unsurveyed areas with the NoName layer; OSM Mapper; Creating an area to analyse; Filtering and sorting data; Creating a view; OSM Inspector; Summary; Chapter 8: Producing Customised Maps; The openstreetmap.org exporter; Choosing an image format; Generating image files; Embedding maps in a web page; Rendering maps on Windows using Kosmos
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