RETEX: My Journey into RTK
(text translated from my original entry in french using Chatgpt)
to be continued, perhaps:
- journal entry (coming soon): Existential questions about my encounter with Panoramax
- journal entry (coming soon): Mapping my village
I would like to point out that these journal entries are neither WIKI pages nor expert advice… They are simply accounts of lived experiences shared here for anyone who may be interested.
Why did I become interested in this topic?
During my urban recycling trekking (see previous journal entries), I photographed all the voluntary drop-off containers I came across, uploaded these photos to Panoramax, and added the Panoramax photo reference in OSM. This caused me no issues, as my goal was that, from the standard OpenStreetMap rendering layer, it would be easy (in this case, a simple click) to find the images.
I positioned the containers in OSM not based on the photo, but using aerial imagery and relevant environmental features (street intersections, buildings, etc.). This worked perfectly well until I noticed three things: