Hi All, Great info! I am wondering which folks, if any, have used this in the field/mobile? Would love to hear of experience with that. Thanks, Best,
Rupert On 15 Mar 2018 05:14, "Lists" <blsli...@gmail.com> wrote: > Thanks everyone! This is exactly what I wanted to know. I'm thinking that > a pen and tablet will be easier for me to control. And I am also trying to > get away from Windoze. > > > > Bryan Sayer > > > -------- Original message -------- > From: Julio Costa Zambelli <julio.co...@openstreetmap.cl> > Date: 03/14/2018 9:07 AM (GMT-05:00) > To: Lists <blsli...@gmail.com> > Cc: hot <hot@openstreetmap.org> > Subject: Re: [HOT] Using a pen tablet for mapping input > > I have been using a Wacom Intuos CTL-490 (probably the cheapest Wacom > available, around USD110 here) combined with JOSM and its FastDraw plugin > for over a year now. All of this in Ubuntu(Gnome) 16.04. > > They work great together, specially if you want to map forests, woods, > reservoirs, riverbanks and any other large polygon. Take into consideration > that you will have to tune the preferences of the FastDraw plugin to > balance node density and shape quality. You do not want to make something > with an excesive number of nodes but at the same time you want to take > advantage of the level of detail that the pen alows you to get. > > Hope this helps you. > > > > Julio Costa Zambelli > FundaciĆ³n OpenStreetMap Chile > > julio.co...@openstreetmap.cl > > https://www.openstreetmap.cl/ > Cel: +56(9)89981083 <+56%209%208998%201083> > > On 13 March 2018 at 21:41, Lists <blsli...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Does anyone know if it is possible to use a pen tablet input device, >> ideally in ubuntu, to do the mapping for the missing maps? If so, can >> anyone recommend a specific tablet? >> >> >> >> Bryan Sayer >> >> _______________________________________________ >> HOT mailing list >> HOT@openstreetmap.org >> https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/hot >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > HOT mailing list > HOT@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/hot > >
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