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OpenStreetMap Inspector helps you improve OSM data
The OpenStreetMap contributors at GEOFABRIK have been doing good things for OpenStreetMap for years. One service, called OSM Inspector, highlights potential errors in the OSM database so that OSM contributors can inspect and correct them. The potential errors are presented … Continue reading
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Tagged error check, GEOFABRIK, JOSM, OSM Inspector, Potlatch 2, quality, WMS plugin
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Mapnik cookie style sheet and tutorial
In the spirit of previous OpenStreetMap tutorials, here are the instructions to make your own awesome OSM tiled map “cake”. Select your area of interest, scale and tile dimensions Bake sugar cookie tile bases. Choose your projection carefully. We used … Continue reading
OpenStreetMap 7th Birthday
Mapnik has a new feature coming in v3 and it will revolutionize how you consume OpenStreetMap data. For the seventh anniversary of OpenStreetMap, Toronto OpenStreetMap users Meggo and rw__ made a map cake. Breaking from previous cakes, this one was … Continue reading
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Tagged consuming OpenStreetMap data, edible map tiles, Map Cake, Mapnik
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Better maps for Geocachers
Hello Geocachers Don’t you wish you had a better map for your Garmin, so that you could find some caches after following the best available trails? Why go bushwhacking when you can approach from the other side by a manicured … Continue reading
OpenStreetMap for GeoCachers
A correspondent on Reddit asked if a trail map could be combined with a geocaching map. The answer is Yes, kinda. This post fills in some of the blanks. Can the beautiful trail map shown in the reddit thread be … Continue reading
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Tagged better maps, fix the map, Geocaching, hiking trial, OpenStreetMap, POI
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OpenStreetMap Tutorial JOSM POI
There are several editors for contributing OpenStreetMap data. Some describe JOSM as powerful. Others describe it as opaque or User Unfriendly. The truth is that it is just selective about its friends. Let’s make friends with JOSM. JOSM Background JOSM … Continue reading
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Tagged fast food, JOSM, OpenStreetMap, OSM, Point of Interest, restaurant, tutorial
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Improve your Locate Us web page
I don’t want ads on my business map I don’t blame you. Why would you advertise your competitors on your company web site? You wouldn’t, if you had a choice. And you have a choice. This tutorial shows you how … Continue reading
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Tagged competitive advantage, Contact Us, GMAPS API ads, Locate Us, no ads on my map please, Store Finder
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