PUBLIC MARKS with tags OpenStreetmap & gps

From GPS to pen and paper

Getting more people to contribute is crucial for any community-driven scheme, but particularly for maps – often associated with anorak-clad hikers waving GPS units. That's why a number of people are trying to come up with new ways to track information and get it into the system.

We all now what a map is, its a diagram that tries to represent the real world on a flat piece of paper.if you understand something then you can control it, if you can control it then you own it.The methods of interacting with data have changed, but those producing it haven’t. if they create any new information with reference to the OS maps, like recording the location of every public toilet, then that data is classified as “derived data”. This derived data effectively cannot be shared with anyone who isn’t also licensing data from the OS. Essentially, it means that nearly every government dataset with any kind of location information is under lock and key. OpenStreetMap. If you want truly free data, that you can edit, share and do whatever you want with then pick up a GPS unit and start mapping.