A Beginners Introduction to OpenStreetMap

by: Gregory King ( グレゴル・キング )

学生証番号： 47116803

http://www.openstreetmap.org/

Account Sign Up

Finding the WebsiteFinding the Website

the first thing to do is to find the OpenStreetMap homepage via search engine (e.g. google) or by typing the URL directly

or

Sign Up for an Sign Up for an AccountAccount

To use OpenStreetMap, you obviously need to sign-up for an account first.

You can do this by clicking on the sign up link at the upper right corner of the main page

Sign Up PageSign Up Page

Clicking on the sign up link will reveal the following page

Fill up the form and then click continue

Enter your preferred email here

retype your email address here

this is your publicly displayed name

type your password

type your password again

Possible ErrorsPossible Errors

If you get an error upon signing up, first check the type of error and then do the appropriate changes and click continue

ErrorDescription

field with an error

Contributor TermsContributor Terms

After successfully logging in, you will see a page listing the terms of conditions regarding OpenStreetMap. Read this carefully. Select your country on top and click Agree

Confirmation EmailConfirmation Email

Now, go to your email and open the confirmation email. Follow the instructions and log in to OpenStreetMap after the process

Basic Operation

Home PageHome Page

The Home Page looks something like thisYou can type the name of the place you want to search in

the “search bar”; in this case we want “The University of Tokyo, Kashiwa”

University of Tokyo

4 Available types of 4 Available types of viewsviews

Standard Cycle Map

Transport Map MapQuest Open

4 Available types of 4 Available types of viewsviews

In this tutorial we will only deal with the standard view. The other views are actually different types of servers and hence may take some time to load properly

You can zoom in and out with the zoom tool located on the upper left of the map

Potlatch P2

Potlatch P2

Potlatch P2 is the OpenStreetMap Editor

You can add and annotate places and facilities easily with this tool

It is a “what you see is what you get” (WYSIWYG) type of program

Basic Potlatch Screen

utility icons

polygon toolbox

In this short presentation, I will teach you how to annotate a desired place on the map

Draw a polygon anywhere on the map

You can start drawing by clicking anywhere on the map. In this example, I clicked on the red dot inside the environmental science building

Draw a polygon anywhere on the map

Next, I connect the dots to make a polygon

Tagging the Polygon

Next, I click on the polygon and select the specific tag, in this case building

Tagging the Polygon

Next, we give the polygon a name in the “Basic” tab

Tagging the Polygon

And finally we indicate the source as “bing” in the “details” tab, then click on “save”

Saving

After clicking on save a message box will ask you to make some comments regarding the annotation. After writing your comment, click on save >. Your annotation has now been uploaded to the server (you are done!).

Viewing your annotation

After saving your annotation, click on view. Now we can immediately notice that our annotation has been saved on the standard server. The title of the building is displayed (red circle). Other servers may take more time to update your data so be patient.

This is the end of the tutorial. Thank you!

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