JOSM/Plugins/WalkingPapers
The JOSM WalkingPapers Plugin allows the JOSM editor to bring in images from Walking Papers
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What is Walking Papers?
Walking Papers is a web service that lets you select a map area from OpenStreetMap and creates a print-ready PDF for that area. You can then walk around and scribble notes on the paper. Later, you scan the paper and upload it to the Walking Papers server which makes the scan available as georeferenced map tiles.
For more information, see http://www.walking-papers.org/.
The Plugin
The JOSM plugin is loosely based on the SlippyMap plugin. After entering the identifier for a scanned Walking Papers map, it zooms to the right place and loads the Walking Papers tiles in the background.
How can I install the plugin?
Simply go to the Edit/Preferences menu, refresh the plugin list, and select the "walkingpapers" option. You will have to restart JOSM afterwards. Once restarted, a new "Walking Papers" menu should appear, and the plugin should be listed under "Help" > "About" > "Plugins". If the install was not successful, retry, and restart JOSM.
How do I use the plugin?
- Under the "Walking Papers" menu select "Scanned Map..." and enter in the id number of the scan you want to load. Note that this is not the same as the (print) id located on the printout. To determine the scan id, visit http://www.walking-papers.org/ and find the webpage for the scan. The scan id appears after the "?id=" in the URL.
- The scan will be downloaded and displayed, and the corresponding OSM data can be downloaded and edited as usual, overlayed on top of the scan (and the all-important handwritten notes).
Known Issues
- JOSM 2255 and the WalkingPapers plugin # 17821, JOSM won`t load the walkingpaper. Please update JOSM to # 2485 or higher and the WalkingPaper Plugin to # 18597.
