[OSM-newbies] updating OSM?

[James Ewen]

On Wed, Jul 7, 2010 at 5:03 PM, Bob Maloney <maloneybob at gmail.com> wrote:

> Well, I tried and am totally frustrated with the POTLATCH editor. I picked
> Turkey Lake. I  zoomed in  to get  more detail. The lake did not fit totally
> on the screen. I then started to plot the lake presuming I could pan the
> image to continue. I had a lot of problems panning. When I was able to pan,
> all the points that I had generated disappeared and turned into a blue line.
> I then exited and started over. I must have done this a dozen times before
> giving up.

Hmm, not sure where Turkey Lake is at... closest thing I can find to
that name is Turkey Hill Pond, but I don't see any nodes or ways
around there.

Panning is pretty much dead simple, just press the arrow key
corresponding to the direction you want the image to scroll. Potlatch
is just a point and click application. I'm a little baffled at how it
can be causing you so much trouble. I am not sure how you managed to
get a blue line.

> I then tried Lake Nawahunta which was small enough to fit on the screen when
> I zoomed in. I had simlar problems. Halfway around the lake, I would do
> something and all the points that I created turned into a blue line. I then
> would exit and start over and it would happen again.

I have the solution! Don't do that "something" that you do that causes
the problem. 8)

What type of computer are you running? Windows, Mac, Unix? What
browser? I'm trying to figure out why it's so hard for you to be able
to point and click.

> PS : I did not do sSring Pond because I don't know where it is. I know
> Nawahunta and Turkey Lake. There are probably about a half dozen lakes which
> I would like to get into the map. For now though, I am taking the night off.

It can get frustrating if things don't work right. You managed to get
Lake Skemonto entered. What are you doing differently now?

> PPS: how does the information get from OSM to OSM Cycle? I am really more
> interested in the OSM Cycle maps.

The OSM database is used by many different users. Cyclemap is just
another user. They grab the latest OSM data from the database, and
render tiles as required. Not sure how often updates get propagated to
the Cylcemap though.

> PPPS: I am sending this note to both you and newbies at openstreetmap.org.
> Hopefully, it works and in the future I will only replt to newbies.

We're back on Newbies. Depending upon how your email client works, you
might need to simply reply, or maybe reply to all to get it back to
the newbies list. Just watch to see who the email is addressed to
before sending.

James
VE6SRV