Let's add a trail to OpenStreetMap.

Multi-use trails add character to a neighbourhood and to a map. Here is a way to add your local trail to OpenStreetMap. This is a suitable first mapping project when you get a GPS receiver, and this is the sort of mapping that you can do with family and friends.  read more »

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.  read more »

The terms Mapnik and osmarender can be confusing to OpenStreetMap newcomers. The OSM community uses the term Mapnik to refer to multiple things. osmarender also refers to more than one thing. And if that weren't enough, each of Mapnik and osmarender refer to things that are similar. We can't fix this, but perhaps we can clear it up.  read more »

This is Frank's Log Book.
Look at your log book; now back to Frank's.
Now back at your log book; Now back to Frank's!
Your loose sheets of graph paper are not Frank's log book.
But they could be if they were bound and organized like Frank's log book...  read more »

There is a small group of shops in your neighbourhood and you wish to add them to OpenStreetMap. This is a tutorial that will lead you through the steps required to add a small group of shops to OSM. You'll be able to complete this contribution to OSM in about one hour.

Let's go mapping.  read more »

Adding information about your neighbourhood to OpenStreetMap can be relatively simple when there is local data to use as landmarks. Sometimes you want to explore terra incognita and add data for which there is no local reference for dead reckoning. This tutorial takes a first look at using a GPS receiver to collect a track file for use as a reference when adding information to OpenStreetMap.

Using a GPS receiver to collect data for OpenStreetMap is very helpful for a scenic bicycle trail or relaxing canoe trip.  read more »

Select a GPS

This tutorial for the OpenStreetMap beginner will show you how to make your first contribution to OpenStreetMap in under an hour.  read more »

This tutorial for the OpenStreetMap beginner will lead you through adding your first contribution to OpenStreetMap in under an hour with no special equipment.  read more »

You shouldn't feel lost when you are getting started with OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap is the wiki-style map of everything.

You probably already know this much about OpenStreetMap and now you want to get started by doing something with OpenStreetMap. ... and that's where you are stuck. You had a look at the wiki and found lots of reference material but you still feel lost.

Let's fix that.  read more »

Just a quick note to thank the timing gremlins. My ISP helpfully packed it in shortly after I left for Girona and has mysteriously returned moments before I reached home to punt the DSL box. Grand. Thanks.

Girona was great because of the OpenStreetMap community. I had countless discussions with others in the community who informed, entertained and flattered me. We could plan one of these community meetings in a cardboard box and it would be worth the trip.  read more »