The entire geographical terrain is diversified with massive rivers, swamps, islands, hills, forests and plateaux, even the fringes of the Himalayas. Mapping such a diversified territory would be a wonderful experience. In order to execute this work, the Bengali language and culture would act as an effective bridge, although many regional and tribal cultures have to be included in the project. English would be a secondary language used in the project, primarily for reporting in the OSM community and other forums.
Therefore l’m calling out to all mapping enthusiasts living inside the region to make this project a grand success.
Also note that “uploaded to OpenStreetMap” on those screens just means that the GPS trace has been uploaded. You could use that as a guide to add things you saw to the map. But it doesn’t mean you have actually added anything to the map data.
Thank you for pointing that out. I don’t know yet how to use that tool. I’ve downloaded it on my mobile and now find out how it works. You know, like if you give a new toy to a child, he presses its buttons to see what happens ?? My approach is just the same
Again, that just means you have recorded a track on your phone. You haven’t touched the OpenStreetMap database.
Organic Maps is not primarily a map editor. It has some limited ability to edit the map by adding Points of Interest. But it can’t draw roads, paths, or buildings.
Similarly OSMTracker is not a map editor. It is a tool to help record a survey. But you have to actually edit the map data to record what you surveyed in the database.
People have been trying to help you with multiple questions you have raised, but you don’t really make clear what you are trying to do. Do you want to start by adding shops, or correcting roads, or drawing buildings, or drawing missing paths, just to name some examples? And are you entirely restricted to mobile tools?
This track l recorded a couple of hours back. This is a very insignificant lane track, no point in uploading it to the main database. I love tracking my routes. There are a number of historical buildings on this route that could be uploaded on the main database :
Am l entirely restricted to mobile tools ? More or less yes. I’ve access to the laptop only for a couple of hours daily, during which time l primarily practice touch typing. It’s pretty challenging on qwerty keyboard. Moreover, because l run my OS from a live USB stick, the system often freezes. Those are my real life challenges. I’m waiting for the natural windows 10 to crash down, only then will my brother discard the laptop for good.
As regarding how l can contribute to the OSM database, l live in a very small town heritagechandernagore.com yet there are quite a few heritage buildings that can be brought up to the database, the district in which l live has got quite a few old places of interest, even a few very old trees, but they need not be recorded on the main map. However, what l found is that prime locations like lskcon Temple Kolkata missing. These things are of prime importance which ought to be there on the main OSM map.
I opened the link which you have provided. It’s a very insignificant area, but l was amazed to find how it pulled in the coordinates. If l have a strong and steady internet, then l might record places directly on the database from my mobile phone. I have to depend primarily on my mobile phone for the time being.
A couple of days ago, l had attended a webinar organised by maps.un.org They’ve got their own database and mappers just like OSM. Young people enrol themselves in their projects primarily because they want a certificate from the UN, which does add value to their biodata. Moreover, they’ve got experts in training and probably well developed mapping tools about which l don’t know yet.
But for me, mapping is not a government or an inter governmental activity. Nor should it be a corporate activity. It should be an activity fostering friendship and camaraderie among people. The call out l’ve given to mappers from Bangladesh as well as from India are full of administrative challenges, considering the times that we’re living in. First we need to grow in trust. Mapping comes in much later !!
I had travelled today morning. I had recorded the train track, unfortunately it didn’t get saved. This is the place l had been to. Do you see the Shiva Temple in the map ? It’s a very famous shrine here. Today being Monday, l didn’t dare to visit the temple today.
