[OSM-newbies] Starting with JOSM and OpenStreetMap in general

[Rick Collins]

I think this is what I don't understand.  Why do I need to "create" 
nodes when I already have all these points collected from my 
GPS?  Clearly I don't want to have to duplicate all of these 
points?  Or are you saying that I need to trim them down to a minimum 
that still follows the course of the road accurately?

Like I said, the help file adequately explains the controls, so I 
don't need that explained.

I do have one small advantage.  I have not used any of this before, 
so I don't have to get over the hump of the changes this past weekend. :)

So if I am understanding this correctly, why would the software be 
designed to not convert my data points to nodes automatically?  If I 
have to hand edit all of this data, point by point, I am pretty sure 
I won't be contributing to the database.

Oh, and I can't really view videos as I am on dialup.  Because of 
that I don't even have Flash Player installed.  It is just too 
painful waiting for videos to load.


Rick


At 01:13 PM 10/8/2007, you wrote:
>Rick,
>
>The next step is to start creating the ways. use the GPS points only
>as guides do not manipulate them.
>
>start by creating nodes 4th button on the left toolbar (keyboard short
>cuts "N") and then join the nodes to create a way 5th button (keyboard
>shotcut "G").
>
>Or you can click on the small triangle on the "Add button tool" and
>select "add node and connect", this tool will create the node and
>automaticly connect to the last node.
>
>check also http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/Beginners_Guide_1.3.1
>if you find something missing please add it.
>
>and next operation is adding the tag to tell if the way you have
>created is a motorway or primary way or other.
>
>please watch also the tutorial videos
>http://josm.openstreetmap.de/wiki/TutorialVideos
>
>Remember that since yesterday there are no segments, you do not need
>to create them as before.
>
>Alilo
>
>
>On 10/8/07, Rick Collins <gnuarm.2006 at arius.com> wrote:
> > Maybe this is just my frustration with coming up the learning curve,
> > but I don't feel like the process of adding my GPS data to the world
> > map is documented very well.  I have a set of data points I collected
> > along some streets here and I want to add them to the database.  I
> > have the most recent version of JOSM (today since the version I
> > downloaded two days ago is not current enough).  I also downloaded
> > the most recent version of Java from Sun.  I converted my GPS data to
> > a GPX file using GPSBabel.  I imported the GPX file to JOSM and can
> > see the various points collected.  But that is where it ends.  The
> > data points show on the screen, but I can't manipulate them in any
> > way.  At this point I am stuck.  All of the JOSM documentation just
> > seems to explain the controls without explaining the process.  I have
> > looked in the wiki for OSM and don't see much there except that I
> > should use JOSM.
> >
> > What is the next step and where is this documented?
> >
> > Rick
> >
> >
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