With over 1.3 million registered users, the growing community of
OpenStreetMap (OSM) has been continually showing interest in the Android app,
Keypad-Mapper 3. The app’s current developer,
Markus Semm, was invited as a keynote speaker
to
FOSSGIS in Switzerland this
past month and will be speaking again at the
2013 State of the Map
Convention in Birmingham. His speech will focus on the new features of the
updated app and the importance of house number and address mapping for the
open-source project.
Keypad-Mapper 3 is an Android app dedicated to the
rapid mapping of house numbers and address nodes. Based on the original
KeypadMapper by Nic Roets, the latest version allows mappers to easily record
the GPS coordinates of house numbers to contribute to OSM. This version has an
enhanced User Interface (UI) with new, improved features.
The app records house numbers while making text, audio, and photo memos to
help with the mapping process later in JOSM. It also has a “freeze GPS” feature
that allows users to save the actual GPS coordinates of the address node while
searching to see the house number. The last three house numbers are clearly
displayed in the history and typing while in landscape mode opens up a full
keyboard. Address details and GPS accuracy can be viewed in its other windows,
offering all the features necessary for successful house number recording.
Other features that improved its UI are the configurable settings. You can
choose between 9 languages and metric or imperial systems. The heading
calculation can be switched from compass to GPS and various other options help
you save battery life and data space. Users are saying it “does exactly what I
need” and “makes it simple to contribute.”
Keypad-Mapper 3 was developed in hopes to help grow the map data for OSM.
Always looking for ways to improve the OSM mapping experience, Markus welcomes
any feedback regarding the Keypad-Mapper 3 app which you can download for free
at
Google Play.
Visit the
wiki page of Markus Semm for further information or contact Markus
at msemm@enaikoon.de
Keypad-Mapper 3 is an Android app dedicated to the
rapid mapping of house numbers and address nodes. Based on the original
KeypadMapper by Nic Roets, the latest version allows mappers to easily record
the GPS coordinates of house numbers to contribute to OSM. This version has an
enhanced User Interface (UI) with new, improved features.
The app records house numbers while making text, audio, and photo memos to
help with the mapping process later in JOSM. It also has a “freeze GPS” feature
that allows users to save the actual GPS coordinates of the address node while
searching to see the house number. The last three house numbers are clearly
displayed in the history and typing while in landscape mode opens up a full
keyboard. Address details and GPS accuracy can be viewed in its other windows,
offering all the features necessary for successful house number recording.
Other features that improved its UI are the configurable settings. You can
choose between 9 languages and metric or imperial systems. The heading
calculation can be switched from compass to GPS and various other options help
you save battery life and data space. Users are saying it “does exactly what I
need” and “makes it simple to contribute.”
Keypad-Mapper 3 was developed in hopes to help grow the map data for OSM.
Always looking for ways to improve the OSM mapping experience, Markus welcomes
any feedback regarding the Keypad-Mapper 3 app which you can download for free
at Google Play.
Visit the wiki page of Markus Semm for further information or contact Markus
at msemm@enaikoon.de