[OSM-newbies] AussiePaul (newbie) mapping problems

[Sebastian Klein]

Paul wrote:
> 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.

There is a trick to update mapnik: Right click on a tile to get the 
image adress.
(Something like http://a.tile.openstreetmap.org/18/242316/152039.png)
You can update that tile by visiting this address:

http://a.tile.openstreetmap.org/18/242316/152039.png/dirty

It is usually updated within a few seconds.

To see the time of last update enter

http://a.tile.openstreetmap.org/18/242316/152039.png/status


> #3958276
> <http://www.openstreetmap.org/browse/changeset/3958276> February 23,
> 2010 21:01 Fixed 152.788,-27.677,152.795,-27.645 
> <http://www.openstreetmap.org/?minlon=152.7881957&minlat=-27.6772084&maxlon=152.7949796&maxlat=-27.6449553&box=yes>
> 
> 
> #3949743 <http://www.openstreetmap.org/browse/changeset/3949743> 
> February 23, 2010 07:53 Fixed stuff 152.770,-27.654,152.771,-27.652 
> <http://www.openstreetmap.org/?minlon=152.7696899&minlat=-27.6541669&maxlon=152.7711344&maxlat=-27.6521045&box=yes>
> 
> 
> #3949742 <http://www.openstreetmap.org/browse/changeset/3949742> 
> February 23, 2010 07:53 Fixed stuff 152.770,-27.656,152.774,-27.653 
> <http://www.openstreetmap.org/?minlon=152.7700444&minlat=-27.6558877&maxlon=152.7743681&maxlat=-27.6528055&box=yes>
> 
> 
> 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.

It looks fine to me. What do you expect to see on the map? Many tags, 
like maxspeed and surface, are not shown on the main map. But they are 
still important because they are used for routing and other specialized 
maps!


Sebastian