[OSM-newbies] When and what to upload

[Andy Robinson (blackadder)]

Anne Wilson wrote:
>Sent: 25 February 2008 8:15 PM
>To: newbies at openstreetmap.org
>Subject: Re: [OSM-newbies] When and what to upload
>
>On Monday 25 February 2008 19:56:27 Andy Robinson wrote:
>> OK, lets do a postbox.
>> Select the node that represents the post box. Click "presets" and
>> select the postbox towards the bottom. The node will still be
>> selected. Look over to the right in the "Properties/Memberships"
>> window and you will see that there is now a line of information. The
>> key of "amenity" and the value of "postbox".
>> Thats it. No Icon gets attached in JOSM.
>> Upload the data to the server and wait for your postbox to show up on
>> the map as an Icon.
>>
>> Does that get you a bit further?
>
>Ah, yes.  I just hadn't worked out how to get the Properties up.  In fact
>I've
>done it correctly, then.  One question, though.  There is a Post Office
>(shop?) with a postbox attached.  Am I correct in leaving the node
>selected,m
>then applying the 'shop' preset to it, defining the type as Post Office?
>
For historical reasons both post offices and post boxes have traditionally
been placed under an "amenity" key. Because its not easy to make create two
amenity keys on the same object its easier to create two separate nodes
although you are quite at liberty to use shop=post_office as an alternative.

Andy