[OSM-newbies] AussiePaul (newbie) mapping problems

[Thomas Meller]

Hi Paul,

the island shows up as 'Peel Island' in Mapnik Rendering. So I think you have done everything ok.
Rendering is done as a batch job, scheduled by priorities and separately for every zoom level. Some levels have a higher priority than others.
Priorities depend on load, number of downloads, number of edits, tides, moon phases and whatnot. There are means to speed up rendering, but do not use them everytime. There is a reason for using priorities.
You can change the renderer in the upper right corner and choose Osmarender.
There is a maintenance page at http://www.informationfreeway.org/?lat=-27.494783935981395&lon=153.35702856982994&zoom=12&layers=B0000F000F

At zoomlevel 12 you can request a rerendering ('R') or you can call the infopage ('I') and click on the 'rerender' button.
You can track the rendering state there. This speeds up rendering in level 12 and has no effect on other levels.

But be aware that the rendering machines are basically debugging tools to help you in creating map data. Rendering for common or special purposes is not done, but everyone can do it by himself (a question of time and interest). So the results on openstreetmap.org are not aimed at being used as a map, primarily.

Be patient, though. If once rendered correctly in one zoom level, the map will update within some weeks in all levels as well.

Have fun,
Thomas

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> Datum: Mon, 1 Mar 2010 21:32:01 +1000
> Von: "Paul" <pauljennymatt at netspace.net.au>
> An: newbies at openstreetmap.org
> Betreff: [OSM-newbies] AussiePaul (newbie) mapping problems

> Hi, I'm new here and have been trying to learn. 
> I thought I was at a stage where I could make some basic edits and so on. 
> I made some tentative attempts and then thought I would wait and see if I
> was doing stuff correctly. 
> 
> Well some have worked out just fine but others seem to have varying
> degrees of success.
> I was told that the maps are slow to update due to the work that is being
> concentrated on the Haitian crisis and if that is the case I have nothing
> to worry about .... but I'm wondering if the reason that my entries are not
> showing is because of something I have done wrong... or not done at all.
> Could someone possibly have a look at the following edits and confirm that
> the problems are not due to me. Please?
> I'm not game to do more in case I am just making work that someone else
> will have to fix up.
> 
> I am very familiar with Moreton Bay and this island to the east of Dunwich
> on North Stradbroke Island is called Peel Island. 
> It has a lot of history to do with the early days of Brisbane. It is
> marked on the Map as North Stradbroke Island.
>  I have attempted to change it (twice ... the fist time I used a capital
> for the "Name" tag... instead of "name")
> I corrected that after some reading but it is still showing as North
> Stradbroke Island. 
> #3948891 February 23, 2010 00:11 Corrected name of Peel Island (was marked
> as North Stradbroke Island.) 152.789,-27.675,152.790,-27.669
> 
> I live in the small township of Ripley. It is a part of Ipswich, QLD.
> 
> The streets in my area were marked on the map but not named. I named them.
> Successfully!!!
> #3949354 February 23, 2010 03:15 Fixed street surface, clasification ,name
> 152.789,-27.671,152.795,-27.645
> 
> A street near my place was partially marked on the map but it has changed
> since that data was created. There is a section that was not there that is
> now and a section that was dirt is now bitumen.
> #3949354 February 23, 2010 03:15 Fixed street surface, clasification ,name
> 152.789,-27.671,152.795,-27.645
>  I corrected that. It shows up if I am zoomed out about 5 levels from the
> maximum zoom but when I go closer my corrections do not show. When I go in
> to the map editing programs (JOSM and Potlatch) my corrections are there.
> 
> There is a suburb near where my Brother in law lives and the streets are
> not named on the map although some of the streets are there,  not all of
> them are.
> I plan to use my GPS to trace the unmapped streets and name all of them
> but I thought I would get some practice first by naming some of the ones I am
> familiar with. Because I go there a lot I know them quite well.
> #3958276 February 23, 2010 21:01 Fixed 152.788,-27.677,152.795,-27.645  
> #3949743 February 23, 2010 07:53 Fixed stuff
> 152.770,-27.654,152.771,-27.652 
> #3949742 February 23, 2010 07:53 Fixed stuff
> 152.770,-27.656,152.774,-27.653
> 
> Again, when I view this area in the edit map, my tags are there. They seem
> to be valid to me but they are not showing in the view map. I have been
> waiting, thinking that perhaps it is just the system is slow to update, but
> it has been a week now and I'm wondering if the fault is me and not the
> system.
> I would appreciate someone more experienced having a look for me and
> confirming that it is not my fault, or if it is, then letting me know so I can
> fix it and avoid someone else having to clean up after me.
> Thanks 
> Regards,
> Paul.

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