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ThatFembyWho@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

openstreetmaps ftw. Get that, turn on cartographic overlays (outdated scans but still useful), aerial imagery, download and import nhd data, pull up ngs website, and enjoy. Help us map rivers! Even better if you can do an actual ground survey w/ gps.

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books@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
I spent way toonlong mapping our houses in my neighborhood. It’s always funny to see my work on apps, I’m like shit that street is missing houses I need to get on it.

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- ThatFembyWho@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  yeah, it’s addictive, I started with sidewalks in my neighbirhood, and before I knew it, I was mapping parking zones, fire hydrants, trash cans, benches, traffic signals, speed limits, turn lanes…
  
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  - books@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
    What’s the best tool to map points? I walk my dog and would love to quickly drop a pin for a sewer grate or fire hydrant? Is there something I can do mobile?
    
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Pantoffel@feddit.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
Okay what is nhd and ngs? When I’m horny for aerial imagery, I’m usually browsing Landsat and Sentinel archives.

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- ThatFembyWho@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  National hydrography dataset and national geodetic survey (but I actually meant USGS, they provide a lot of data, their map viewer is a good introduction).
  
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  - Pantoffel@feddit.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
    Oh thank you very much. Yes, the map viewer I often use, although I’ve only touched Landsat and Sentinel imagery.
    
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Kase@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
Thanks for the recommendation! Downloading osm now o7

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- ThatFembyWho@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  Be sure to check out the osm wiki! For editing, you can use their web viewer, but I personally prefer JOSM for more advanced work. Vespucci is a great tool for mapping on your phone.
  
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