[OSM-newbies] placing a POI at a precise location

[Richard Weait]

On Sun, Mar 14, 2010 at 2:21 PM, John F. Eldredge <john at jfeldredge.com> wrote:
> If you know the latitude and longitude at which a particular POI should
> be located, is there a Linux tool (whether GUI or command-line) that
> lets you add a POI at that precise location?  You can enter coordinates
> into Potlatch, but then all that it does is show you the tile containing
> that location.  It doesn't mark where on the tile that location is, and
> dragging a POI location onto the map, or double-clicking, still leaves
> the possibility that you won't be at quite the intended location.
>
> Also, is there any way to pan, as opposed to zooming in or out, while in
> edit mode in Potlatch?  Being able to scroll the location, without
> having to change from edit mode to view mode and back again, would be a
> time-saver.

I don't know the answer to your question perhaps somebody else will be
able to help.

I have a related concern though.  The source of those coordinates
matter to OSM.  If the coordinates came from your GPS, then no
problem.

If the coordinates were calculated or geocoded by comparing to some
copyright map source or reference, then the coordinates can be
considered to be a derivative of that other map.

While one point might seem to be okay, based on fair use / fair
dealing or other legal theories, we still don't allow this sort of
derivative work in OSM because, on a project-wide basis, it would be
both substantial and systematic.  It would be a legal risk for the
project.

I don't know if this applies to your circumstance so perhaps my
concern is misplaced.  Still this is probably a good thing for this
list to know.