[OSM-newbies] JOSM beginner
Lars Aronsson
lars at aronsson.se
Thu Mar 22 00:47:51 GMT 2007
I've joined the newbies list since that's how I feel. I have
installed Sun Java 1.5 and the latest JOSM (snapshot 203). I'm
running Ubuntu Linux.
When I start JOSM, I can open a local GPX or OSM file, and the
visual area will be zoomed in to cover that part of the map. But
if I don't have a local file, and instead I only want to download
data from the server, how do I specify the right coordinates?
Am I supposed to know the latitude and longitude by numbers?
Is there any way to search for a city name from JOSM? There is a
zoomable map in the download dialog, but it doesn't show any
existing ways. If I try to grab a too big area, the server will
refuse the download with a HTTP 400 error, and JOSM doesn't try to
explain the reason or split the download into smaller chunks.
My second question goes beyond JOSM:
After I have edited the map and successfully uploaded the new ways
to the server, what happens next? I guess I should get involved
in Tiles at Home to help updating the Osmarender tiles? Is there any
queue where I can watch my changes turn into tiles? How long does
it take on average? Do these renderers first wait for the new
Planet.osm to be produced (each Wednesday)? So a week is a normal
waiting time? Or far longer than that?
Some background: I'm [[user:LA2]] on the OSM wiki since May 2005,
but always used the Java applet and have mostly drawn line
segments without creating ways, which was the state of the art a
year ago. All this JOSM and Osmarender stuff is new to me.
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Lars Aronsson (lars at aronsson.se)
Aronsson Datateknik - http://aronsson.se
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