Mappers Evaluation

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* GPS handling
* GPS handling
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** Install GPSBabel
** Transfer waypoints from your GPS to a GPX file on your computer
** Transfer waypoints from your GPS to a GPX file on your computer
** Transfer a full-day track from your GPS to your computer using the mass storage mode.
** Transfer a full-day track from your GPS to your computer using the mass storage mode.
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** Delete all waypoints from the GPS
** Transfer waypoints from the computer to the GPS
** Transfer waypoints from the computer to the GPS
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** Install GPSBabel
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** What are the three settings to check on the GPS before going on a survey to ensure that the track will be recorded with a good quality? Alternatively, reconfigure your GPS unit and show it.
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** What are the three settings to check on the GPS before going on a survey to ensure that the track will be recorded with a good quality? Alternatively, configure it and show it.
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* Openstreetmap.org
* Openstreetmap.org

Revision as of 06:53, 25 May 2011

  • GPS handling
    • Install GPSBabel
    • Transfer waypoints from your GPS to a GPX file on your computer
    • Transfer a full-day track from your GPS to your computer using the mass storage mode.
    • Delete all waypoints from the GPS
    • Transfer waypoints from the computer to the GPS
    • What are the three settings to check on the GPS before going on a survey to ensure that the track will be recorded with a good quality? Alternatively, reconfigure your GPS unit and show it.
  • Openstreetmap.org
    • Upload a GPS track to openstreetmap.
    • How would you map an archaeological site?
    • How many NGOs are mapped in openstreetmap?
  • JOSM
    • Find JOSM download page
    • Install josm
    • Display a GPS track
    • Change the colour of a GPS track
    • Install one of the MapKibera preset in JOSM (Education, WatSan, Security or Health)
    • Install the plugin to revert changeset
    • Use Bing Satellite imagery to draw a building in Kibera.
    • Revert a changeset: check WingedStone's history for a changeset with your name.
    • Customize toolbar, add a shortcut to "Zoom to Layer"
    • Enable the remote control
    • Who has edited the office of MapKibera? Write down or show history.
    • Download OSM data for the whole Kibera and show only the toilets.
    • What is the distance between MapKibera office and Karanja road?
  • KeepRight! reports few errors in this area. Fix at least 3 different kinds.
  • Explain the following terms
    • scale
    • node
    • way
    • relation
    • plugin
    • preset
    • tag
    • key
    • value
  • Questions to answer on a sheet of paper
    • Why transferring the GPS track with gpsbabel is not as good as mass storage?
    • What are the limitations of the Garmin eTrex in terms of memory?
    • What is the scale of the map on your table?
    • What is the difference between GoogleMap and OSM?
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