User:AJim

I am in Arden, Delaware, USA

We are currently interested in using OSM to map tree resources in common areas of Arden.

• Category:United States
  • Category:Delaware - Delaware
    • the Arden Wikipedia article - no page in this Wiki yet

• My OSM account page: OSm user AJim - I have the same user name as in this Wiki
• I also have an account on openstreetview.org under this name

getting started

• Beginners' guide - how to get started
• Browsing - basic browsing of OpenStreetMap
• Wiki Help - An article on using this Wiki
  • Wiki guidelines - article standards
  • Wiki organisation - article organizational priciples
  • Wiki labels - wiki administrative templates
  • wiki markup help
  • Category:Tagging guidelines - general and regional Category:American tagging guidelines
• Feeds - keep track of different aspects of OpenStreetMap via RSS/atom feeds.
• Mailing lists - many lists for many purposes. consider joining some.
• Contact - how to make contact for various purposes
• FAQ - the wiki FAQ page
• Category:HOWTO
• Category:Technical - help in finding advanced mapping techniques and applications
• Category:Administrative - more detail
• Userboxes
• jargon I had to research
  • SBAS - satelite based augmentation system, e.g. WAAS
  • GBAS - ground based augmentation system, e.g. USCG DGPS on radio beacons

en	This user is a native speaker of English.

	This user hails from the USA

	AJim is a bicyclist.

notes

I am trying to learn how to use OSM most effectively to produce the maps we need.

• Elements - basic definitions of data structure
• Query-to-map - a project to provide a tool to use the map data as a database
• Creating city pages - a project to coordinate local data collection in the wiki
  • Template:Place - the full place template
• JOSM - Java OpenStreetMap Editor: a desktop application that may be helpful
• Merkaartor - another editor application to consider
• USGS High Resolution Orthoimagery - an aerial data source
  • USGS info - as of 2011-09-09
    • New Castle County, Apr 2010, 0.3M, UTM projection, Color, Public Domain, Tiled
  • USGS GNIS - geographic names database
  • WMS - Web Map Service - see wikipedia:Web Map Service
• USCG Nav Site DGPS list - Reedy Point, DE
  • near C&D canal on Delaware river
    • ~ 17.8 miles (28.7 km) South of our location in Arden
  • RBn Antenna Location: 39 33.69 N, 075 34.19 W
  • REFSTA Ant Location (A): 39 33.70061 N, 075 34.19703 W
  • REFSTA RTCM SC-104 ID (A): 171
  • Broadcast Site ID: 870
  • Transmission Frequency: 309 KHZ
  • Transmission Rate: 200 BPS
  • Signal Strength: 100uV at 113KM
• United States admin level - looks as if it ought to be relevant
  • United States municipalities - related, but incomplete for Delaware
• Category:Mapping - with links to
  • Category:Features
  • Map Features
  • Mapping projects - see also WikiProject United States - the US project
  • Map Making Overview
  • Photo mapping - relating photos to gps tracks
• Category:Quality Assurance - map quality articles
  • Accuracy - an article on map accuracy
• Category:Data Primitives
• Category:Data standards
• Category:Map Features template - possibly helpful/relevant templates
• Category:Tags - a list all available English Tag descriptions
• Category:Tags by value - tags indexed by the values they have received
• Category:Tags - tags indexed by key name
• Category:Keys - contains specific subcategories
• Category:Active features
• Category:Outputs - List of ways to get maps from OpenStreetMap data
  • Slippy Map - a pre-tiled web map, tiles served by ajax
    • OpenLayers - ways to make tiles
  • Deploying your own Slippy Map
    • MediaWiki extension - deploying a map in a mediawiki page
• Category:Rendering - using the data to produce maps
• Category:Renderers - software that performs rendering
  • TownGuide as an example
• Category:Software
• Category:Editors
• SDG Systems a high-end GPS unit distributor