[OSM-newbies] Potlatch/JOSM workshop Wed 19th March

[Tony Grimley]

Andy - regretfully I cannot get to your meeting on Wednesday evening as I live too far away (Nottingham) and am too old at 74 to make the journey at night. 
I really need some tuition to get JOSM working for me.
I have finally worked out how to use it to download information to transfer to my Garmin Legend HCx but totally failed to work out how to use it for editing and uploading.
I thought I had the answer when I found the starter tutorial at http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/Starter_Tutorial but I fell at the second  instruction:
a.. From the menu »File« choose »Open« and load the track from your local hard drive 
a.. From the menu »Connection« choose »Get from OSM« 
because there was no 'Connections' item on the menu.
Could you possibly find time to edit this tutorial or create another to make it jargon free and intelligible to folk like me who know nothing about Java and rely on the GUI facilities to make things work?
Fortunately Potlatch  has made it possible for me to upload my tracks successfully but we are told JOSM is the better way to go and I would like to get to grips with it.
I hope you get a good turnout on Wednesday evening - I will be with you in spirit!
Regards
Tony Grimley
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Andy Robinson (blackadder) 
  To: talk-gb at openstreetmap.org ; newbies at openstreetmap.org 
  Sent: Monday, March 10, 2008 12:34 PM
  Subject: [OSM-newbies] Potlatch/JOSM workshop Wed 19th March


  Potlatch/JOSM workshop. 20:00 - Wed 19th March - Sutton Coldfield

  I will be hosting a one hour workshop for those that could use some help
  with editing using Potlatch and JOSM. Richard Fairhurst will cover Potlatch
  and I will cover separately JOSM. Bring your laptop if you have one.

  It's aimed at newbie's and those who have yet to get to grips fully with
  editing OSM data. It's so easy once you know how and we will have you hooked
  in no time ;-)

  Plan to adjourn to the pub for a pint afterwards. 

  19:30 for a 20:00 start - For more info and details contact me.

  Other details on the wiki at:
  http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/OSM_Midlands%2C_UK_User_Group

  Cheers

  Andy
  (Blackadder)



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