[OSM-newbies] New Subscriber

[Richard Fairhurst]

Cliff Deamer wrote:

> Thank you Richard,
> My problem is that someone has previously mapped part of the area I am
> dealing with but has simplified country lanes by making them a series of
> straight lines. A road which is in fact very winding is now inaccurately
> presented.

Ah, that annoys me too!

> I need to add track points and give the road its true character.
> I find I cannot add points. I can drag the existing points but that does
> not do the job.

In Potlatch (the online, Flash editor) you can add a point by holding  
shift and clicking at the right point in the way. You can then drag  
the point. A timesaving tip - you do not need to release the point to  
drag it: you can hold shift, click on the way, then drag until it's in  
the right place, and only then release the mouse button.

http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/Potlatch/Primer will tell you  
about this and some of the other keypresses you can use.

cheers
Richard