[OSM-newbies] Beginner in unmapped region - Adelaide, Australia

SteveC steve at asklater.com
Wed Mar 14 14:54:51 GMT 2007


Paul Schulz wrote:
> Greetings,
> 
> I have just bought myself s USB GPS receiver, and have started
> recording traces around Adelaide, South Australia. Inspired by the
> article in LinuxUser & Developer (Issue 67) I have subscribed to
> OpenStreetMap and uploaded a couple of traces, and am very keen to map
> my local area.. which is a new development and poorly services by
> existing road maps.
> 
> The problem that I have now is what to do next.. there doesn't seem to
> be any background image information (I get the "...more OSI coming
> soon." image) if I zoom in too far on the map.

Hey

This means the tile server has seen your request for those tiles and 
they'll get rendered. Currently a bit backed up as it's rendering the 
whole world with the new cartographic styles.

Alternatively use the tiles at home layer and you can render your own tiles.

have fun,

SteveC steve at asklater.com http://www.asklater.com/steve/




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