[OSM-newbies] Street Names Not Appearing in OSM

[James Ewen]

On Mon, Feb 1, 2010 at 10:47 PM, Kevin & Ruth Sheather
<mobilesheathers at bigpond.com> wrote:

> 1.       Several days ago I logged into Potlatch Edit and added some street
> names to an area lacking them.
> Why is it not appearing on the “View” map? Have I missed some vital step?

Point us at the area under question, and the specific data, and we can
check to see if it's entered properly, or some other issue is causing
you grief. Without knowing specifics, we can speculate for a
looooooong time.

> 2.       How do you transfer an uploaded track to the map to add in as an
> additional feature?

Click on the GPS Traces tab. At the top of that page there is a link
that says: See just your traces, or upload a trace. Click that link.
Use the dialog boxes presented to upload your gpx trace, and provide a
description and appropriate tags. Hit the upload button.

In a little bit you'll see your uploaded trace information appear on
the page. Click the edit button and you'll be taken to Potlatch. Enter
Potlatch in Live or Save mode (your preference), but make sure you
click the "Convert GPS track to ways" check box.

Your GPX file will show up on the map as a locked way (red). You can
modify the trace by cutting, labeling, moving nodes, or whatever you
need to do. When you have the way setup as you like, unlock the way,
and if in save mode, end your session to save the new way(s) to the
database.

James
VE6SRV