There are two ways to do this, the polite way which is to get hold of one of the subsets of the planet files locally and work with that. Use a PC with lots of memory and load up the local file, do the edits then upload the changes. You may want to split Quebec up to do this. I'd recommend using ecc memory or you may add it a few unwanted oddities.<br>
<br>The other way is to download into JOSM but don't download as a separate layer so you merge downloads. There are limits on how much you can download at a time but spread it out over a week or two and you should be able to grab all Quebec locally. This method isn't kind to the OSM server to put it mildly and it not recommended.<br>
<br>Having got the file locally you just do a search in JOSM for <font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN">rcn_ref=1 then add tags etc.<br><br>Cheerio John<br></span></font><br>
<div class="gmail_quote">On 10 March 2011 19:04, Daniel Begin <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jfd553@hotmail.com">jfd553@hotmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">I understand that alouette995 is trying to find/get </span></font><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN">all
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with rcn_ref=1</span> tag. Is there a way to do such a request?</font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN">By the way, I might be interested in your VB program :-)</span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN">Daniel</span></font><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial"></span></font></p>
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john whelan [mailto:<a href="mailto:jwhelan0112@gmail.com" target="_blank">jwhelan0112@gmail.com</a>] <br>
<b><span style="font-weight:bold">Sent:</span></b> March-10-11 16:57<br>
<b><span style="font-weight:bold">To:</span></b> <a href="mailto:alouette955@gmail.com" target="_blank">alouette955@gmail.com</a><br>
<b><span style="font-weight:bold">Cc:</span></b> <a href="mailto:talk-ca@openstreetmap.org" target="_blank">talk-ca@openstreetmap.org</a></span></font></p><div class="im"><font face="Tahoma" size="2"><br>
<b><span style="font-weight:bold">Subject:</span></b> Re: [Talk-ca] Batch
transformation from rcn_ref=1 to Route</font></div><span lang="EN-US"></span><p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">One technique is simply
to use JOSM, select the ways you want to modify then add the tag to all the ways
in the selection. You can also delete tags in this way as well.</span></font></p><div><div><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"></font></div><div class="h5"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><br>
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Just be aware that standardization seems to be a word that OSM is not always
comfortable with.<br>
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The other technique if you are happy in VB is to get a local .osm file of
Quebec then have a program run down the file to create changes to be uploaded
by JOSM. I suggest you test it on a small area first.<br>
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I can email you a basic VB program that does something similar if that would be
of use. Be aware that bots and software such as this can create havoc.<br>
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Je suis capable de lire </font></div></div><span><span title="Click for alternate translations"><span lang="FR"><span>le
français</span></span></span></span> but as you can see fairly hopeless at
writing it.<br>
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Cheerio John<p></p><div><div></div><div class="h5">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">On 10 March 2011 16:33, <<a href="mailto:alouette955@gmail.com" target="_blank">alouette955@gmail.com</a>>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font color="black" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black">I am new in OSM world ... my project is
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font color="black" face="Times New Roman" size="2"><span title="Cliquer ici pour voir d'autres traductions"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black" lang="EN">I</span> <span title="Cliquer ici pour voir d'autres traductions">recently</span> <span title="Cliquer ici pour voir d'autres traductions">acquired</span> <span title="Cliquer ici pour voir d'autres traductions">the</span> <span title="Cliquer ici pour voir d'autres traductions">skills</span> <span title="Cliquer ici pour voir d'autres traductions">to</span> <span title="Cliquer ici pour voir d'autres traductions">edit</span> <span title="Cliquer ici pour voir d'autres traductions">tags</span> <span title="Cliquer ici pour voir d'autres traductions">for</span> <span title="Cliquer ici pour voir d'autres traductions">Cycleways and I am now
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font color="black" face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span title="Cliquer ici pour voir d'autres traductions"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black" lang="EN">Now for my problem...</span></span></font><font color="black" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black"></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font color="black" face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span title="Cliquer ici pour voir d'autres traductions"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black" lang="EN">I realise that a lot of contributors have
develop the Regional Cycling Network for “La route verte” (the provincial
cycling route) but with lack of uniformity. Some have use tags(rcn=yes and
rcn_ref=x) for each way and other have use the “add to a route” feature to
update a global route. Route seem to be a better idea..</span></span></font><font color="black" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black"></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font color="black" face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span title="Cliquer ici pour voir d'autres traductions"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black" lang="EN">What I want to do is transform all tracks
to the “add to route” technique. Is there a tool to make batchs modification to
a lot of object on OSM? What I think about is:</span></span></font><font color="black" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black"></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font color="black" face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span title="Cliquer ici pour voir d'autres traductions"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black" lang="EN">1- Find all object in Quebec only (rcn_ref=1 could exist elsewhere
in the world) that have the tag rcn_ref=1</span></span></font><font color="black" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black"></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font color="black" face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span title="Cliquer ici pour voir d'autres traductions"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black" lang="EN">2- Create the relation for this object
with “La route verte 1” (same as if we have use add to a route feature)</span></span></font><font color="black" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black"></span></font></p>
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rcn_ref=1 from theses objects because it became obsolete</span></span></font><font color="black" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black"></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font color="black" face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span title="Cliquer ici pour voir d'autres traductions"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black" lang="EN">Doing that to each route will standardize
almost all the network in one operation but doing this by hand can take months.</span></span></font><font color="black" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black"></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font color="black" face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span title="Cliquer ici pour voir d'autres traductions"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black" lang="EN">Or is there OSM meeting near Montreal where I can have
that kind of discussions.</span></span></font><font color="black" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black"></span></font></p>
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tongue ... please forgive errors but I am sure that you known what I am
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