Mappers Evaluation

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GPS handling
- 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 waypoints from the computer to the GPS
- Install GPSBabel
- Install USB driver for Garmin GPS
- Configure the GPS unit to save track points every 1 second
- Configure the GPS unit to save track on the memory card
Openstreetmap.org
- Create an account on OSM
- Profile complete
- Upload a GPS track
- View edits of another user
- Find a tag on the wiki
- Find usage statistics of a tag
- What is the difference between GoogleMap and OSM?
JOSM
- Find JOSM download page
- Install josm
- Display a GPS track
- Change colour of a GPS track
- Install a preset in JOSM
- Install a plugin in JOSM
- Use imagery
- Attribute use of imagery with source=*
- Revert a changeset
- Customize toolbar
- Enable the remote control
- Show history of a feature
- 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.
- almost junction
- crossing
- polygon not-closed
Explain the following terms
- scale
- node
- way
- relation
- plugin
- preset
- tag
- key
- value
Questions
- 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?