User:Mathias71

Mathias71

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This user uses or has experience with a Garmin GPSmap 60CSx and is willing to answer questions on it from OSM users.

This user submits data to OpenStreetMap under the name Mathias71.

About me

Personal

• I'm living in Kanzlerfeld - Braunschweig - Germany - Europe.
• I'm born in 1971.
• I'm an graduate engineer for computer science (Dipl.-Ing. Technische Informatik).

OSM

• I'm registered at OSM since the 2nd of December 2008.
• My pages at OSM: Mathias71 at OSM, my diary, my traces.
• I would like to improve the map data around my place, Braunschweig Kanzlerfeld.
• I would like to improve the map data in the Harz Mountains, especially hiking, cross country and MTB trails.

GPS

• I'm a user of the outdoor GPS Garmin GPSMap 60CSx (see OpenMTBMap.org).
• I use the Garmin GPSMap 60CSx mainly for mountain biking and hiking.
• See OSM_Map_On_Garmin for more information on the device with OSM

My OSM stuff

I've implemented the tool 'CompletenessCheck'. It's to check if all street names of a *.txt list are included in the OSM map. It is described here (only german).

Interesting OSM stuff

Pages I visit from time to time

Maps

• OpenStreetMap.org The Map.
• Hike and Bike Map
• Open MTB Map
• Open Cycle Map.
• ÖPNV-Karte Map of all public transportation services in germany.
• CloudMade Maps (incl. routing)
• XC Trails

Map checkup

• Restriction Analyser
• History Browser
• Yavtfod Real time rendiering (~5 min.)
• Transparent OSM map above googlemaps for comparison.
• Comparing Maps Two maps next to each other for comparison.

Tools

• OpenRouteService.org Routing applicaton.
• YourNavigation.org Another Routing application
• Namefinder Tool A Tool to find names in the map.

OSM-Wikis and info pages

• OpenStreetMap.de The german OSM page.
• OSM-Braunschweig-Wiki
• Abgleich of street list Braunschweig with OSM data.
• Wiki for CompletenessCheck
• Wiki for Namefinder Tool

Videos for OSM beginners

Here are some really informative videos for OSM beginners from User:SteveC which helped me a lot:

• General Introduction to OSM and the Wiki: OpenStreetMap introduction
• Introduction to Potlatch - The online map editor: Potlatch introduction
• A basic introduction to JOSM - the Java OpenStreetMap editor: JOSM introduction
• Photos in JOSM: Link to video
• Editing in JOSM: Link to video

Editing

General reading

• Before you start Editing, learn here about Copyright.
• The guidelines for good mapping practice: Good_practice

More specific reading

• Editing - a comprehensive guide to editing.
• Tagging - how to tag map data, for example specify a road name, road type or public right of way.
• Map Features - Again! Your reference to all the different tagging available.
• JosmFuerEinsteiger

Routing

• Used OSM tags for routing at ORS.
• Restriction Analyser
• existing offline/onboard routers that use OpenStreetMap -data
• existing online/web routers that use OpenStreetMap data

What I want to do in OSM

See User:Mathias71/ToDo.

My personal memos

See User:Mathias71/Memo.