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Latest revision as of 13:48, 21 November 2024

OpenGeofiction offers several resources about our community, learning about the project, and providing guidance to new and advanced users alike. This portal page is designed to direct users and interested parties to the pertinent information.

Getting started and basic inquiries

Site information
About OpenGeofiction Contacting OpenGeofiction Copyrights and Licensing Terms of Use

Site policies and procedures
Contributor terms Site policies What is verisimilitude? Image policy and wiki policy

Joining OpenGeofiction
Information about joining the project List of collaborative projects Blue territory etiquette User dashboard

Mapmaking on OpenGeofiction

Elements of content creation
Using good edit comments Creating administrative boundaries Key and tagging information What are multipolygons? Tagging unique to OGF Rules of the sea On-map templates for easy adaptation About OGF's topographic layer

Map maintenance
Recent map changesets Daily activity summary map New users mapping in the wrong areas Reverting changesets (advanced users only) Coastline maintenance Overpass Turbo basics Overpass query language Basic Overpass tutorial (external link)

Tools and resources
Configuring iD and JOSM for editing Additional JOSM support Useful JOSM plugins Measuring lines and areas in JOSM Making relations (multipolygons) in JOSM How to use image files in JOSM for tracing Scale helper: Browse OGF and OSM at the same scale Relation area calculator (instructions) Route relations and transport viewer Tips for making objects the right size Measuring great-circle distances in OGF Displaying great-circle distances in OGF

Guides for realism
Tips for making countries that look realistic Tips for making cities that look realistic Tips for making realistic railways (4-part series): Introduction to railways (mostly theory) Landscape, curves, and junctions Stations How trains operate Tips for making realistic roads (more…) Tips for making realistic airports Resources for naming things (more…)

Contributing to the OGF Encyclopedia

Basics of content creation
Wiki policies Creating your first article Making a good wiki article Intro to infobox and infocard templates Image use guide and policies Requesting a flag template Creating automated lists from map data Using slippy maps

Tools and maintenance
Categories and category trees Gallery of new images List of new pages User list Other special maintenance pages

Tips for verisimilitude
What is "verisimilitude?" Generating statistics for your country: How to calculate national population Information about building embassies Finding destinations for your airport or airline

Community discussions

Active and archived discussions
Wiki forum Archived discussions (2020 and earlier, with variable canonicity)

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 * [[Help:Good edit comments|Using good edit comments]]
-* [[Help:Administrative boundaries|How to create administrative boundaries]]
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-* [[Help:Tagging|What you tag and what you see]]
 * {{OSMW|Map_features|Key and tagging information}}
-* {{OSMW|Relation:multipolygon|What are multipolygons?}} and [https://blog.mapbox.com/mapping-complex-features-in-josm-using-relations-b930a6aec2c7 how to make them in JOSM]
+* {{OSMW|Relation:multipolygon|What are multipolygons?}}
+* [[Help:Tagging|Tagging unique to OGF]]
 * [[OpenGeofiction:Rules of the sea|Rules of the sea]]
+* [[Collab:Templates|On-map templates for easy adaptation]]
+* [[OpenGeofiction:Topo layer|About OGF's topographic layer]]
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-* [[OpenGeofiction:Recent changesets|Recent changesets]] (at OGF-mapping)
+* [[OpenGeofiction:Recent changesets|Recent map changesets]]
+* [[OpenGeofiction:Activity|Daily activity summary map]]
 * [[Help:New user patrol|New users mapping in the wrong areas]]
 * {{OSMW|JOSM/Plugins/Reverter|Reverting changesets}} <small>(advanced users only)</small>
 * [[OpenGeofiction:Coastline maintenance|Coastline maintenance]]
-* [[Help:Standard_overpass_queries|Overpass queries]]
+* [https://overpass.opengeofiction.net/ [[File:Overpass-turbo.svg|16px|link=]] Overpass Turbo] basics
+** {{OSMW|Overpass_API/Overpass_QL|Overpass query language}}
+** [https://osm-queries.ldodds.com/tutorial/index.html Basic Overpass tutorial] <small>(external link)</small>
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-* Configuring [[Help:Configuring iD for OpenGeofiction|iD]] and [[Help:Configuring JOSM for OpenGeofiction|JOSM]] for editing
+* Configuring [[File:OpenStreetMap-Editor iD Logo.svg|20px|link=]] [[Help:Configuring iD for OpenGeofiction|iD]] and [[File:JOSM Logotype 2019.svg|20px|link=]] [[Help:Configuring JOSM for OpenGeofiction|JOSM]] for editing
-* [[Help:Useful JOSM plugins|Useful JOSM plugins]]
+* [[File:JOSM Logotype 2019.svg|20px|link=]] Additional JOSM support
-* {{OSMW|JOSM/Plugins/measurement|Measuring lines and areas in JOSM}}
+** [[Help:Useful JOSM plugins|Useful JOSM plugins]]
-* {{OSMW|JOSM/Plugins/PicLayer|How to use image files in JOSM for tracing}}
+** {{OSMW|JOSM/Plugins/measurement|Measuring lines and areas in JOSM}}
-* [http://wiki.opengeofiction.net/util/map_scale.html?map=13/20.73/86.72&map2=x/38.89/-77.04&pxpt=0.277 Scale helper: Browse OGF and OSM at the same scale]
+** [https://blog.mapbox.com/mapping-complex-features-in-josm-using-relations-b930a6aec2c7 Making relations (multipolygons) in JOSM]
-* [http://oilofvitriol.com/users/pax/ogfd/ Tool for measuring great-circle distances in OGF]
+** {{OSMW|JOSM/Plugins/PicLayer|How to use image files in JOSM for tracing}}
-* [http://oilofvitriol.com/users/pax/ogf2/ Tool for displaying great-circle distances in OGF]
+* [[File:Drawing Tools Flat Icon Vector.svg|20px|link=]] [http://wiki.opengeofiction.net/util/map_scale.html?map=13/20.73/86.72&map2=x/38.89/-77.04&pxpt=0.277 Scale helper: Browse OGF and OSM at the same scale]
+* [[File:Drawing Tools Flat Icon Vector.svg|20px|link=]] [https://wiki.opengeofiction.net/util/relation_area.html Relation area calculator] ([http://opengeofiction.net/user/thilo/diary/1335 instructions)]
+* [[File:BSicon mTINT saffron+green.svg|20px|link=]] [https://wiki.opengeofiction.net/util/route_relations.html Route relations and transport viewer]
+* [http://opengeofiction.net/user/isle%C3%B1o/diary/17 Tips for making objects the right size]
+* [http://oilofvitriol.com/users/pax/ogfd/ Measuring great-circle distances in OGF]
+* [http://oilofvitriol.com/users/pax/ogf2/ Displaying great-circle distances in OGF]
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 * [[Help:Making realistic countries|Tips for making countries that look realistic]]
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 ** [[Help:Making realistic railways/3|Stations]]
 ** [[Help:Making realistic railways/4|How trains operate]]
-* [[Help:Making realistic rivers|Tips for making realistic rivers]] and [http://opengeofiction.net/user/Fleur/diary/50 Tips for drawing rivers]
 * [[Help:Making realistic roads|Tips for making realistic roads]] ([http://opengeofiction.net/user/indyroads/diary/59 more…])
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-* [[Help:Making detailed forest cover|Tips for making detailed forest cover]]
-* [[Help:Making realistic metro/subway - systems|Tips for realistic metro- or subway-nets]]
-* [[Help:Making realistic streetcar systems|Tips for making realistic streetcar systems]]
 * [[Help:Making realistic airports|Tips for making realistic airports]]
-* [[Help:Politics and Economics primer|Politics and Economics primer]]
 * [[Help:Resources for names|Resources for naming things]] ([http://opengeofiction.net/user/Fleur/diary/58 more…])
-* [http://opengeofiction.net/user/bhj867/diary/43 How to make intricately shaped buildings]
-* [http://opengeofiction.net/user/Fleur/diary/54 How to find sizes in JOSM] and [http://opengeofiction.net/user/isle%C3%B1o/diary/17 Making objects the right size]
-* [[OpenGeofiction:Topo layer|Discussion on the OGF topo layer]]
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-* [https://wiki.opengeofiction.net/util/relation_area.html Relation area calculator] ([http://opengeofiction.net/user/thilo/diary/1335 instructions)]
-* [https://wiki.opengeofiction.net/util/route_relations.html Route relations and transport viewer]
 * [[Special:Categories|Categories]] and [[Special:CategoryTree|category trees]]
 * [[Special:NewFiles|Gallery of new images]]
 * [[Special:NewPages|List of new pages]]
 * [[Special:ListUsers|User list]]
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 * Generating statistics for your country:
 ** [http://opengeofiction.net/user/tparigo/diary/422 How to calculate national population]
-** [[Talk:List_of_countries_by_economic_statistics|How to generate economic statistics]]
-* [[Help:Making realistic flags|Making realistic flags]]
 * [[Collab:Embassies|Information about building embassies]]
 * [[Help:Where to fly|Finding destinations for your airport or airline]]
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-* [https://wiki.opengeofiction.net/index.php/Special:RecentChanges?hidebots=1&namespace=110&limit=100&days=7&enhanced=1&urlversion=2 Recent forum posts]
+* [[Forum:Index|Wiki forum]]
 * [[Forum:Archive|Archived discussions]] (2020 and earlier, with variable canonicity)
-* [[Forum:Index|Wiki forum]] <small>([https://old.opengeofiction.wiki/index.php/Special:WikiForum archived discussion])</small>
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