Using OpenDataKit with OpenStreetMap

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A toolkit converts ODK Collect submissions and geojson extracts into conflated OSM XML ready to upload, using a Python pipeline (Postgres/Underpass or Overpass) plus an ODK Central client and YAML mappings. A library of about two dozen XLSForms preloads existing OSM tags, filters unknown choice values, and supports editing existing OSM data and conflation to OSM XML. Works fully offline with imagery basemaps; week‑long field runs turn into uploads in ~15 minutes.

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1. 0:00Introduction to OpenDataKit
2. 2:49What is OpenDataKit
3. 6:18Why use OpenDataKit
4. 10:12Efficient XLS forms
5. 14:25Editing OSM data offline
6. 20:27Data extract filtering
7. 23:35Submission to OSM conversion
8. 27:25Offline field workflow
9. 31:12Conflation process
10. 34:20Field mapping results

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