beginner

Let's go to the park, and put the park on the map.  read more »

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 »

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 »