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[Jo]

Hi Russel,

2011/12/26 Russell Tiedt <rustysbbs at gmail.com>

> Hi,
>
> Just started with this, got an iPhone 4S and downloaded NavFree South
> Africa, and found parts of my locality missing, so I have started adding in
> bits here and there, and fixing a few errors. Some errors I am unable to
> fix yet as I don't know how to break the nodes, that cause the "faults",
> using Potlatch 2, and JOSM. Also have MotionX GPS on the iPhone. Have added
> a few local street names.
>

In JOSM you can duplicate a node with Ctrl-d, then you can take away the
tags you don't need from the duplicate and from the original. Is that what
you mean by splitting nodes?

>
> Using the GPS features of the iPhone drains the battery horribly fast :(
>

Maybe you can use a car charger?

>
> Spend the better part of my working life, driving around town.
>

The ideal person to improve the OSM database then :-)

Welcome!

Jo (Polyglot)
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