[OSM-newbies] What do I need

[Toni Erdmann]

Dimitri Junker schrieb:
> Hi,
> 
>> I use EasyGPS and JOSM on Windows, works well for me.
> 
> So now I have the cable, EasyGPS works, but every time I try to try to 
> download map-Data from the OSM-Server with JOSM I get a 403-Error 
> (Forbidden). I see 2 possible reasens: wrong Connection Settings or a Server 
> problem.
> As Connection Settings I set
> the Base Server URL: http://www.openstreetmap.org/api
> as Username I tried bot my Emailadress and Username
> Password: my password
> CSV import: empty
> 
> The reasen I think it mygt be a server Problem is, that the "Platform 
> Status" for the Service www is:
> www 	 User interface 	 Problems	Potlatch currently unavailable
> 
> But does this means, that also JOSM is not available?


Today, there is a scheduled downtime of the servers for
conversion/maintenance reasons.

I guess, we all need a new JOSM that will support the new API (0.5) for
uploading the nodes/ways/...

Please have a look at:

http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/Main_Page
http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/OSM_Protocol_Version_0.5

Toni