[OSM-newbies] Just viewing roads and neatly creating cycle routes

[Richard Weait]

On Tue, Aug 10, 2010 at 11:00 AM, HotBelgo <hotbelgo at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi
> Two newbie questions

Hi and welcome!

> 1. When I download map data for my area there is a huge amount of detail including of fields and similar areas.   Is there a way to just see the roads to simplify editing?

The JOSM editor will let you selectively hide objects.  That sounds
risky to me as you wouldn't want to edit an object that you have
partially hidden.

> 2. I'm trying to create cycle routes in my area by editing the relevant 'relations'.  However, when a cycle route passes for e.g. 100m along a main road I'm finding myself having to chop the main route up so that the 100m section can be added to the cycle route.  Is that the right thing to do?

That is correct.