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Posted by Gary68 on 8 July 2008 in English.

Hi everybody,

after I heard of OSM I instantly became an addict. Before I was geocaching (one of the first in Germany). I added the first 100 nodes and ways and everything runs ok. The tiles aren't updated often enough for a beginner to see his results but I installed KOSMOS and plan to have my own render rules which I might publish. I own a Garmin etrex legend HCx and promise to use it for the right thing :-)

Mostly I use josm with added photos but occasionally I change to the web front end because of the satellite images.

I started with some tracks in the fields, mapped a village and a park. Let's see what is the most fun. For me it's best that I can do it where I want and when I want.

I also peeked into tile rendering but I suppose my compute power will not be sufficient to make a difference ;-)

Mark your waypoints!

Gary68 from Hofheim/Taunus, Germany

Posted by deejay1 on 8 July 2008 in English.

OK, so the aerial map on osm for the region of Śrem is way of, I needed to correct way 310 from Śrem to Czempiń with some GPS data I gathered today while working. My bike is still undergoing some repairs, they don't go as fast as they should, but ENOTIME here, so mapping of Śrem has to wait a little bit...

Location: Osiedle Słowiańskie, Manieczki, gmina Brodnica, Śrem County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, 63-112, Poland
Posted by Firehunterx on 8 July 2008 in English.

Hello Everybody,
after i read a lot about the OpenStreetMap Projekt, especialy on heise-news I joined tody.
A few weeks bevor i just bought a Garmin forerunner 305 which ist GPS an heartrate enabled.
Right before i just used it running through the forest but today I first used it passing the our village.
You kan see my work first steps in Karlsdorf-Neuthard (OT Karlsdor), Germany which ist completely unmaped at the moment. It ist rihgt next to Karlsruhe and Bruchsal.

I hope I further can upload more Data an support the Projekt.

Greets,
Firehunterx

Posted by speedy on 8 July 2008 in English.

motorbike tracks
- add some missing major roads in the Noorderkempen and between Turnhout and Geel / Herentals (first time the weather is nice. Should be a 250 km motorbike trip to make the bigger roads complete)
- add some roads in the Ardennes. Openstreetmap is still quite 'empty' there and most of the major roads are missing.

locally
- add the area of 'Kiel' and 'Hoboken' in Antwerpen. On the areal pictures there is a big cloud over this area, and that's why it is missing in openstreetmap :-)
- finish the 'Middenvijver' park (probably with the mountainbike, as the dog is getting too old for very long walks)
- some assistance in the area of Turnhout, as it is my birthtown and i lived there for many years.

Posted by speedy on 8 July 2008 in English.

Locally
Living in the city center of Antwerpen I started around newyear 2008 with mapping most of the northern part of the old city center (between Leien and Schelde, north of Meir). A 'piece of cake' as I know most streets from walking around my area, and areal coverage of Antwerpen is perfect.

Motorbiking
While riding the motorbike I try to combine it with tracking. This is mostly limited to the 'big roads', but early 2008 the area between Antwerpen and Turnhout was mostly a blank spot. Most of the major roads in between now are mapped, some are still missing.
I try to do this on holidays too, but the opportunities for this are getting rare, Openstreetmap is improving fast. Tracks from my last years Dolomites trip were still completely in a blank area, so were usable to add some pass-roads, tracks from this years (may) Toscana trip were almost all already on the map! Things seem to go fast, but that is good.

Dog walking - bicicling
Smaller roads are done walking the dog, or riding the bicicle. The newly constructed park on the Antwerp left bank (Middenvijver) was partly mapped while under construction. As it was under construction it was possible to track some of the lakes, including places that have become islands now and have become inaccessible.