MapGive Assignment 4

Advanced Editing using JOSM

MapGive

Project Type:

Desktop

Audience:

High School / Secondary, Community College, University

Difficulty:

Intermediate

Educator Preparation Time:

2 - 4 hours

Education Activity Duration:

2 - 4 hours

Tags: 

mapping

Welcome to the Virtual MapGive Course. MapGive is a U.S. Department of State initiative that encourages increased participation in the global mapping community to facilitate the creation of open geographic data to support humanitarian relief and development programs. We are going to start off our first activity by thinking about maps. Many advanced users use the Java OpenStreetMap Editor (JOSM) editor for improved editing efficiency or specialized ways to map.