neighbourhood

Add a Retail Plaza to OpenStreetMap

rw — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 13:32:13 -0400

There is a small group of shops in your neighbourhood and you wish to add them to OpenStreetMap. This is a tutorial that will lead you through the steps required to add a small group of shops to OSM. You'll be able to complete this contribution to OSM in about one hour.

Let's go mapping. read more »

Explore New Territory with a GPS for OpenStreetMap

rw — Sun, 25 Jul 2010 11:52:08 -0400

Adding information about your neighbourhood to OpenStreetMap can be relatively simple when there is local data to use as landmarks. Sometimes you want to explore terra incognita and add data for which there is no local reference for dead reckoning. This tutorial takes a first look at using a GPS receiver to collect a track file for use as a reference when adding information to OpenStreetMap.

Using a GPS receiver to collect data for OpenStreetMap is very helpful for a scenic bicycle trail or relaxing canoe trip. read more »

Select a GPS

Add a Bike Rack to OpenStreetMap

rw — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 16:24:02 -0400

This tutorial for the OpenStreetMap beginner will show you how to make your first contribution to OpenStreetMap in under an hour. read more »

Add a Restaurant to OpenStreetMap

rw — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 15:00:47 -0400

This tutorial for the OpenStreetMap beginner will lead you through adding your first contribution to OpenStreetMap in under an hour with no special equipment. read more »

OpenStreetMap for the Beginner

rw — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 13:17:56 -0400

You shouldn't feel lost when you are getting started with OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap is the wiki-style map of everything.

You probably already know this much about OpenStreetMap and now you want to get started by doing something with OpenStreetMap. ... and that's where you are stuck. You had a look at the wiki and found lots of reference material but you still feel lost.

Let's fix that. read more »