Hi Dirk, Welcome!
It's a bit odd to have to use a 'non-indigenous' language to communicate on this list, but it sure beats having to write all messages in 2 or 3 languages. When you're talking about something concerning only Antwerp or a Flemish topic like "De Lijn", you could simply use Dutch as well. The one most important thing to remember is to not copy from proprietary maps like Bing maps or Google maps. What I'd like to ask, is, if you map a bus stop of "De Lijn", please also add the ref number and which lines pass there (route_ref). I'm considering to try and convince people (outsiders to OSM) to send me pictures of bus stops, so I can add this information. I managed to map all the lines going in and out of Leuven and many of the stops in a radius of 40 km around me. My combination for mapping is an 'abonnement' of De Lijn and a foldable bicycle, hence the interest in bus routes. You can easily loan a GPS device from the foundation. A lot of the time they are just sitting there idle anyway in somebody's drawer. I think a bunch of them is with somebody in Gent for the moment. He'll probably contact you when he sees your message. You also have a nice and affordable shop in Antwerp, gpsshop.be, if you consider investing in one. One of these days I'll simply buy an Android PDA with a GPS built in, like this one: http://www.pdashop.be/product/96974/htc-wildfire-metal-mocha.html But for the moment I'm using an older HTC with Windows Mobile 6 and NoniGPSplot. Cheers, Polyglot 2011/7/26 Dirk Roels (Hotmail) <dirk_ro...@hotmail.com> > Hi, > > (I'm writing in english as this seems "common practice") > > My name is Dirk Roels, I will be 59 next month. > > I discovered OpenStreetMap 2 or 3 days ago. > I'm using a Garmin Nuvi 350 device (I know, it's not a fancy hiking GPS), > but I would like to "extend" its use to hiking paths, > although my main reason for my interest for the time being is the > everlasting price of updates with "brand"-maps. > As I'm using this "free" map, I feel I have to give something in return > (and multiple contributors can achieve more than one). > > I live in 's-Gravenwezel (Schilde) near to Antwerpen, so you can guess my > mothertongue is some kind of Dutch. > > My mapper name is 'Koalake'. > > I noticed that my area has a a number of unnamed streets and unmapped > paths, so my intention is to verify, correct and add > where appropriate (actually I already started doing that). > > As I was laid-off with HP last October due to a "mass reorg" and I am in > "pseudo brugpensioen", I got quite some spare time, > but I don't have the luxury of a company-car anymore, so my mobility (iow > covering other areas) is rather limited. > > As I'm new in this matter I have 3 questions: > > In the Kolb "leerstijlen"-model, I tend to be in the "actief > experimenteren" quadrant... in other words, I tend to read the manual > as I encounter difficulties performing tasks. This has some advantages and > some risks, so here's the first question: is there any > absolute vital advise you can give me before/when contributing in > OpenStreetMap? > > Although my use of OSM currently is pretty "car"-focused, I DO like to hike > and regularly organise walks with a group of people > as well as "wandelzoektochten". Of course, that is the moment to verify and > map paths which are not yet represented in OSM. > > I noticed somewhere (but can't remember wher exactly) that the belgian > OSM-chapter were given some (I believe 11) real > hiking-GPS-devices and I interpreted the remarks as if some of those > devices would be available for tracking (this is quite > cumbersome with a NUVI). Has anyone got an idea about the fact if this is > correct and what the procedure would be to "lend" > one of those devices when I set up a hike? > > If there are any active mappers in the Antwerp-area that would like to get > in touch with me, please don't hesitate and if I can > be of any help in "Antwerp"-projects, let me know. > > I know... this is quite a lenghty introduction (I'm normally not that > lengthy in my words), sorry about that. > In any case if I can be of any other help, let me know how. > > Cheers, > Dirk > > ______________________________**_________________ > Talk-be mailing list > Talk-be@openstreetmap.org > http://lists.openstreetmap.**org/listinfo/talk-be<http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-be> >
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