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MapAm💜re<p>Some photos from a municipality in the <a href="https://en.osm.town/tags/Philippines" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Philippines</span></a>, who&#39;s been using <a href="https://en.osm.town/tags/FieldPapers" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>FieldPapers</span></a> for their <a href="https://en.osm.town/tags/DisasterPreparedness" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>DisasterPreparedness</span></a> activities, involving various stakeholders, and utilizing aerial images from their own drones.</p><p>The data they collect will eventually be uploaded to <a href="https://en.osm.town/tags/OpenStreetMap" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>OpenStreetMap</span></a></p>
MapAm💜re<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.ie/@BUnicycling" class="u-url mention">@<span>BUnicycling</span></a></span> </p><p>At this point, no. <a href="https://en.osm.town/tags/FieldPapers" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>FieldPapers</span></a> will remain as your only option for that.</p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mapstodon.space/@heigit" class="u-url mention">@<span>heigit</span></a></span></p>
MapAm💜re<p>The <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://chirp.social/@pinoy" class="u-url mention">@<span>pinoy</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://chirp.social/@OSM" class="u-url mention">@<span>OSM</span></a></span>—PH communities in <a href="https://en.osm.town/tags/Manila" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Manila</span></a> , <a href="https://en.osm.town/tags/Philippines" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Philippines</span></a> got together last Sunday, for a field mapping party (&quot;AlayData&quot;), celebrate <a href="https://en.osm.town/tags/OpenDataDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>OpenDataDay</span></a>, and got to play with the <a href="https://en.osm.town/tags/SCEE" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>SCEE</span></a> app (a fork of <a href="https://en.osm.town/tags/StreetComplete" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>StreetComplete</span></a>) and <a href="https://en.osm.town/tags/FieldPapers" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>FieldPapers</span></a> , while another team opted to collect ground level photos for <a href="https://en.osm.town/tags/Panoramax" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Panoramax</span></a>.</p><p>While most of the folks have experience with <a href="https://en.osm.town/tags/OpenStreetMap" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>OpenStreetMap</span></a> mapping, we had a couple of novice participants, who seemed to have enjoyed it as much as we did.</p><p>We ought to do this more often.</p>
거윈 🍉🌾<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://en.osm.town/@MapAmore" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>MapAmore</span></a></span></p><p>The <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/StreetComplete" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StreetComplete</span></a> fork called SCEE, for "experienced editors" supports custom tile layers.</p><p>Though there's a bug on the UI that refers to the custom layer by it's default name. Otherwise, it works. </p><p>See attached screenshot of the <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/SCEE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SCEE</span></a> app, with a <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/FieldPapers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FieldPapers</span></a> tile as background. </p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://en.osm.town/@vespucci_editor" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>vespucci_editor</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://bird.makeup/users/osmandapp" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>osmandapp</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://lemmy.ml/c/openstreetmap" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>openstreetmap</span></a></span></p>
b-unicyling<p>Met some farmers yesterday to get information about mass paths. Result: 4 more mass paths leading to Freshford:<br><a href="http://overpass-turbo.eu/s/1AVj" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">http://</span><span class="">overpass-turbo.eu/s/1AVj</span><span class="invisible"></span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/masspath" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>masspath</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/OpenStreetMap" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpenStreetMap</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/fieldpapers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fieldpapers</span></a></p>
b-unicyling<p>After preparing the <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/fieldpapers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fieldpapers</span></a> and conducting the <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/hedgerow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hedgerow</span></a> survey in the field, in this video, I'm transferring the data onto <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/OpenStreetMap" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpenStreetMap</span></a>: <a href="https://youtu.be/7U_dUC2TmdM" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">youtu.be/7U_dUC2TmdM</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/OpenData" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpenData</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/biodiversity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>biodiversity</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/wikidata" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wikidata</span></a></p>
b-unicyling<p>2nd part of the hedgerow video series is now finally available. Sorry about the shakiness, my gimbal doesn't do a great job: <a href="https://youtu.be/x1tFQLjqPbk" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">youtu.be/x1tFQLjqPbk</span><span class="invisible"></span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/hedgerow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hedgerow</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/fieldpapers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fieldpapers</span></a></p>
Stamen Design<p>This week we're at the <span class="h-card"><a href="https://en.osm.town/@OpenStreetMapUS" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>OpenStreetMapUS</span></a></span> State of Map US conference! We've got four great presentations lined up about Full Stack Cartography, Field Papers, Vector Tile Engineering, and our recent work designing basemaps for Amazon Location Services! Read our blog post for more about these talks: <a href="https://stamen.com/stamen-at-state-of-the-map/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">stamen.com/stamen-at-state-of-</span><span class="invisible">the-map/</span></a> <a href="https://vis.social/tags/OpenStreetMap" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpenStreetMap</span></a> <a href="https://vis.social/tags/StateOfTheMap" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StateOfTheMap</span></a> <a href="https://vis.social/tags/SOTMUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SOTMUS</span></a> <a href="https://vis.social/tags/cartography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cartography</span></a> <a href="https://vis.social/tags/FieldPapers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FieldPapers</span></a></p>
MapAm💜re<p>If you&#39;ve been using <a href="https://en.osm.town/tags/OpenStreetMap" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>OpenStreetMap</span></a> for a while, you might have heard of the tool called <a href="https://en.osm.town/tags/FieldPapers" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>FieldPapers</span></a>, which lets mappers collect geodata the old school, low-tech way -- pen and paper. </p><p>It&#39;s easy to use, and requires very little training</p><p>The smart folks at <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mapstodon.space/@heigit" class="u-url mention">@<span>heigit</span></a></span> improved on that idea with their new <a href="https://en.osm.town/tags/SketchMap" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>SketchMap</span></a> tool</p><p>RT <a href="https://mapstodon.space/@heigit/110417165953530309" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mapstodon.space/@heigit/110417</span><span class="invisible">165953530309</span></a></p>
MapAm💜re<p>While mapping a random neighborhood in Leyte, <a href="https://en.osm.town/tags/Philippines" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Philippines</span></a> on <a href="https://en.osm.town/tags/OpenStreetMap" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>OpenStreetMap</span></a>, I stumbled on these detailed drainage maps.</p><p>I got curious and left a comment in the changeset, wondering how they&#39;re being used.</p><p>The team behind the effort apparently published a paper about it last year, with Open data and software (<a href="https://en.osm.town/tags/OpenStreetMap" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>OpenStreetMap</span></a>, <a href="https://en.osm.town/tags/FieldPapers" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>FieldPapers</span></a>, <a href="https://en.osm.town/tags/QGIS" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>QGIS</span></a>) : &quot;An Open Data Approach to Mapping Urban Drainage Infrastructure in Developing Communities&quot;</p><p><a href="https://mdpi.com/2073-4441/12/7/1880" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">mdpi.com/2073-4441/12/7/1880</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
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