[OSM-newbies] about tagging

[Ishtiaque Ahmed]

Thank you all. I am really feeling good after getting this much help. I am
getting more fun in mapping.

Yes, I tried with the "data view" and I got all of my POIs. So, I am happy
that they are not lost at least:-). The thing is, while loading the data
view they showed me a warning that the portion of the map contains 133 POIs
where only 100 POI is optimal for the browser to rended. Yet accepting that
challenge, I could see them all.

Can you help me about another thing? Suppose, I have to tag a whole area as
"Shantinagar". How can I do not? Here I am not setting a point, rather
calling a part of the map as a place. How to do that? Can I add any color to
a place, too?

And, how can I get the longitude and latitude of a point on the map?

Thanks and Regards,
Ishtiaque

On Fri, Jul 23, 2010 at 6:31 PM, Mike N. <niceman at att.net> wrote:

>
> >In OSM, today I put some POIs in the edit mode and saved them. When I went
> to view mode, I got some of my newly put points but not all. Does it take
> time to show those all on the view mode? Or am I making any mistake here ?
>   Some types of POIs are not shown because no one has defined a way to
> render them on Mapnik.  In other cases, POIs that are too close to each
> other won't be shown because they would overwrite something else and would
> cause a cluttered display.   You can try to select the "Osmarender" layer
> under the plus (+) sign to see if they are shown there.     The Osmarender
> layer updates at different times than Mapnik and your updates may take
> longer to show there.
>
>  Checking the "Data view" under the plus sign is also useful to check and
> display all POIs, regardless if they are rendered.
>
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