POSM development has now progressed to the point that we can fully deploy data to both the POSM's Area of Interest as well as OpenMapKit Android.
The HOT Export Tool is used to get the larger Area of Interest data from OpenStreetMap onto the POSM. The two main components that it packages for you are 1) OSM PBF, the vector data, and 2) MBTiles, basemap tiles.
POSM itself generates tiles, called POSM Carto on the device itself, but it is often useful to have the HOT Export Tool fetch tiles for you on the internet as well--especially if you want to have a satellite basemap.
Currently, the POSM HOT Export Tool can be reached at:
http://ec2-52-32-62-7.us-west-2.compute.amazonaws.com
Name and describe your export. On the right, make sure you have selected Select Export Area, and draw a bounding box to server as your Area of Interest.
Describe an Export
Choose the file formats you want. You want to at least have OSM PBF. OSMAnd OBF is a bonus, because you can load your extract in OSMAnd. If you want the export tool to generate an MBTiles basemap from the internet, check MBTiles.
File Formats
If you would like to have an MBTiles basemap fetched from the internet (optional), you need to specify the tile template URL and zoom levels to be fetched. This task by far takes the longest, and the generated MBTiles file can be huge... You can use Geofabrik's Tile Calculator to help you determine how big your MBTiles is likely to be.
MBTiles Source URL
Finally, you need to Create Export.
Export Details
The export begins by fetching OSM data from the Overpass API. This may take a while, and if you are creating MBTiles, it may even take hours. You will be emailed when the export is complete.
Beginning of Export
Once your export is completed, right click on POSM Bundle and copy the URL.
Completed Export
The POSM needs to fetch the data generated by the HOT Export tool, load it's databases, and setup it's applications for the Area of Interest.
Make sure you are connected to the POSM wifi network. Then, connect to the POSM by going to:
go to POSM ADMIN.
Paste the POSM Bundle url in the text area and START.
Enter URL
When the POSM Area of Interest (AOI) Deployment is complete, you will see a check box next to the task, and the console output will say ==> tessera-fp-reset.js: END false. This means that it is finished.
Completed AOI
Now, let's do a sanity check to see if the data has loaded correctly. Click on EDIT OPENSTREETMAP in the POSM Portal, or go to http://osm.posm.io
It may take a little while to start cutting tiles, but zoom out and zoom into the area that you loaded. You should see tiles being drawn.
POSM Carto Tiles in OpenStreetMap
Also check Field Papers.
Tiles in Field Papers
The deployments that you see in OpenMapKit are based off of the bounds of a Field Paper atlas. The entire Area of Interest is too large for the phone, so instead, our deployment is based off of a field paper atlas.
When you create a field paper, an atlas is generated, and we are using it's slug for the name, the title for the title you gave the field paper, and the GeoJSON for drawing the bounds of each field paper page in OpenMapKit.
Components of an Atlas
This step is soon to be automated, but now we manually enter the URL to the Atlas's GeoJSON. This data encompasses the shapes that make up both the atlas as a whole as well as each page in the atlas. It also includes necessary metadata. We are using this data to generate a deployment for OpenMapKit. The name of the deployment is the slug, and the title is the title you gave the field paper.
Pasting Atlas GeoJSON URL
POSM is generating OSM XML from the API Database, POSM Carto MBTiles, and an extract of any other MBTiles included with the AOI.
Generating Field Papers OpenMapKit Deployment
When the deployment is complete, you should see ==> gis_omk-posm-mbtiles.sh: END false.
End of Script
You should also have all of the steps checked off.
Deployment Complete
Now you are read to download a deployment on your phone. You can enter the server URL to your POSM, but scanning the QR Code on a field paper will also switch you to the correct URL of the POSM server. You can also manually enter the POSM Server's URL. It is http://posm.io
Make sure your phone is connected to the POSM wifi network.
No Server Setup Yet
The QR Code will be read, and it will bring you to the corresponding deployment.
Deployment Details
Now you can download it by pressing the button in the lower right.
Downloading
If you jump back to the previous screen, you can see the list of deployments on the POSM's OpenMapKit Server.
List of Deployments
Once your download is complete, there will be a new button in the bottom left to Check Out your deployment. This will turn on the POSM Carto MBTiles and OSM XML on the map for you.
Download Complete
You should also see the bounds of your field paper atlas pages. The top of the map should show the page that is green below.
Field Paper with Pages
Before, you always had to start with ODK Collect. Now, if you start from OpenMapKit and try to edit a feature, the app will lead you back to ODK Collect to fill in your survey.
Notice to Launch ODK Collect
Once you've gotten back into OpenMapKit from ODK Collect, you can edit tags as usual.
