JOSM and Plugin

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Seamark Editing

Seamark entry

Harbour entry

'JOSM' is a powerful tool to edit all elements of the map with high precision.

A 'plugin' helps you add nautical information to be rendered on the OpenSeaMap overlay. Seamark objects are chosen from drop-down menus and specifications can be entered manually. Only choices relavent to objects will be shown. A validity check will be performed before saving.

Installation

1. install JOSM

The JOSM editor is installed from the OpenStreetMap

for Windows

for MAC OS X

Linux users uses their package manager

2. install SeaMapEditor plugin

The SeaMapEditor plugin is installed by opening the Preferences dialogue:

in Menu "Edit" select "Preferences"

select the "Plugin" tab (5th item from top)

scroll down until the "SeaMapEditor" item is found and click the checkbox

click "OK". JOSM will then have to re-started for the plugin to be installed

3. install seamark images

As an aid to SeaMap editing, a set of seamark images can be loaded that will show on the main map display. These are also installed from the preferences dialogue:

in Menu "Edit" select "Preferences"

select the "Map Settings" tab (3th item from top)

from within select the "Map Paint Styles" tab

select the "OpenSeaMap" item and then click "Activate"

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