[OSM-dev] Inserting OSM data

[Tom Hughes]

On 22/03/10 14:19, Andreas Höschler wrote:

> I have just logged into www.openstreetmap.org and found the GPS traces
> pane and the page on which one can upload gps traces. However, where
> can I upload OSM files to with ways having street names, way kind, ...?

There isn't one, because just uploading street data like that in bulk 
doesn't really make any sense. You need to start by fetching the 
existing data for any area and then update it by adding in any new roads 
you have (making sure they properly connect to existing roads) and/or 
improving tagging of existing roads.

There is an API which somebody has already given you a pointer to, but 
it's not really something that can be fully automated - it really needs 
human intervention to deal with the inevitable conflicts between the 
data you are adding and the data which already exists.

Tom

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