Mappers Evaluation

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Answer the questions on a sheet of paper and do the other tasks on the computer/GPS before showing the result to Sébastien or Primož.

Contents

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.
  • 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?
  • Delete all waypoints from the GPS
  • Transfer waypoints from the computer to the GPS
  • What are the four 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?
  • What is the difference between GoogleMap and OSM?

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!

KeepRight reports few errors in this area and this one. Fix at least 3 different kinds. (DON'T UPLOAD)

Explain the following terms

  • scale
  • What is the scale of the map on your table?
  • node
  • way
  • relation
  • plugin
  • preset
  • tag
  • key
  • value
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