Welcome to OSM. I'm a mapper on the complete opposite side of the country (near Roeselare, West-Flanders).
The era of pure GPS devices is almost over, most smartphones and tablets have a decent GPS now, and the quality difference is minimal. The only requirement is that you can export the GPX track. Some commercial car navigation devices don't have this possibility. I map with an Android phone, and there are a lot of apps available to help in mapping, and also apps that use the OSM data. The most important thing is that you make notes while you map (obvious things like streetnames, but also all kind of POI like restaurants and pubs, and as much information you can gather about those features: addresses, websites, smoothness of tracks ...). You can note it down with certain smartphone apps, or on printed maps. To get an idea what you can map, take a look at the map features<http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Map_features>(may take long to load), and the specific Belgian conventions <http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Belgium>. Regarding the GIS work, there are some Wallonian mappers busy with contacting the government to get GIS data. I can't help a lot with that, as it seems to be divided between Flanders and Wallonia. Regards, Sander 2012/8/17 Julien Minet <julien...@yahoo.fr> > Hi all, > > I know OSM for a long time but so far I could not contribute to this > project. As I would have more time from now, I'd be glad to contribute to > mapping! I'm planning to get a GPS and make some mapping, especially in my > poorly-mapped area: Province du Luxembourg, and other places, mainly in > Wallonie. > > By the way, thanks to my last job, I know some friends who are now working > in the "new" (2 years old) "cellule géomatique" from the Walloon > government. I already told them many times about OSM and they could be > helpful in the process of making free some GIS data or at least to get some > information about the "inside job" of the administration... I also worked a > lot on GIS and webmapping apps using OpenLayers, among others. > > Hope to contribute and see you soon! > > Julien Minet > > > PS: As I'm just looking for a OSM-friendly GPS, any hints about the choice > of the device and/or some second-hand markets are welcome! > > _______________________________________________ > Talk-be mailing list > Talk-be@openstreetmap.org > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-be > >
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