Help for the mapping tool "Make a map"

This [Make a map] tool uploads geodata in GPX format at our geo data repository, transfers the data to ESRI shapefiles and generates a mapserver map definition.

You can see so those maps at https://maps.offene-kartierung.de/maps.html, the data at https://maps.offene-kartierung.de/data/

Make a map is under developement. So not all functions are implemented yet nor works this tool all time as you might expect ;) See MappingWorkflow for more detailed technical infos (2006-09-20)

Steps:

1. Get data

1. Transfer the GPS data to your computer. See description at CamoDatenTransfer
2. Use GPX format for saving your data
3. Naming conventions:

• To allow easy identification of a file: include date (YYYY-MM-DD), short project name, type of data (waypoints or tracks)
• Example for a waypoint file name: "osm_2006-05-26_freedom_wp.gpx"

1. Open the waypoint file in your favourite editor

• Edit the a name of each waypoint
• Add description and a link to an URL if available
• Example:

  <wpt lat="53.552595" lon="9.936061">
    <ele>5</ele>
    <time>2006-05-26T00:00:01Z</time>
    <name>Galgenberg (004)</name>
    <desc>A short description</desc>
    <link>URL to a related Webpage, e.g. a page of this wiki</link>
    <sym>-055-</sym>
  </wpt>

• Rules: No special chars, no german "umlaute".
• Otherwise you have to change the enconding declaration from "UTF-8" to "ISO-8859-1" (at the first line of the GPX file, like this:
  <?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1" standalone="no" ?>
• You can validate your GPX file with [validome]. please select "schema", otherwise the validation will fail.

2. Load data and generate a map

• Use the [Make a map] tool
• Define a label for your map.
• Upload the tracks and waypoints, each as a single GPX file.

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