[OSM-newbies] Trust Yahoo or OSM?

[David Ellams]

On Sun, 13 Sep 2009 21:18 -0600, "James Ewen" <ve6srv at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Sun, Sep 13, 2009 at 4:54 PM, David Ellams
> <osmlists at dellams.fastmail.fm> wrote:
> 
> > Sorry, I am not clear - are you saying Potlatch will allow you to move
> > the Yahoo photography from its default position? If so, please could you
> > let me know how, as I cannot see an option.
> 
> Go to http://www.openstreetmap.org in your browser. Zoom in to level
> 13 or better so that the edit button becomes available. Click on edit,
> and then select either "Edit Live", or "Edit with Save". Once you have
> Potlatch running, on the bottom of the screen is a button that has the
> word "Help" on it. Click that button, and a help screen opens up. On
> the top of the help screen, click on the word "Surveying". The last
> paragraph under "Using Satellite Photos" describes the process for
> shifting the photos against the map.
> 
> While you have the help screen open, take a bit of time to read the
> information provided. Potlatch is actually a collection of fairly
> powerful tools, and information on how to access those tools is
> available in the help file.
> 
> Now, you are probably thinking that it would have been much easier to
> simply say "Hold down "Space", and drag the background", but I'm
> hoping you and others will actually take the time to read the help
> file rather than keep asking those who have read the help file to
> regurgitate it for you. Richard went to the trouble to create the help
> file, the least we can do is read it.
> 
> It's the old "Teach a man to fish" adage...
> 
> The real short answer would have been RTFHP. 8)

Touché! Thanks very much for pointing out he help page. Had never
occurred to me to look. Mostly because I so rarely need help with
Potlatch. Its simplicity is its strength.

Sheepishly

David