[OSM-newbies] Map Editing: using your own layers

[Alan Mintz]

At 2011-01-03 07:45, Brian Stempin wrote:
>...I'd like to overlay these points onto an OSM map and fix these 
>errors.  I have a WMS server and tools that can render images directly 
>from PostGIS connections (QGIS).  This is great for producing pictures, 
>but it's a pain to try to fix errors by looking at one window that 
>contains the errors (say, in QGIS) and then switch to a second window 
>(say, JSOM) to actually fix the errors.  I'd like to find an OSM editor 
>that will allow me to overlay my points onto the map that I'm editing...

Use JOSM's imagery feature, pointed at your WMS server, to give you a 
background layer with your data. Alternatively, convert your error points 
from your database to OSM XML format and load that as a layer in JOSM. You 
can toggle between layers, merge then delete them, etc. in JOSM.

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Alan Mintz <Alan_Mintz+OSM at Earthlink.net>