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

[Sebastian Klein]

John F. Eldredge 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 if there is an easy way in Potlatch, but JOSM has a tool 
called "add Node" that does precisely that.

You can also convert a gpx track to data nodes. Then simply select the 
points you want and copy them to a new layer. (Or delete the rest.) This 
should be possiple in Potlatch, as well.

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Sebastian