[OSM-newbies] How do I make "open josm to edit" links, which are available in some maps, work

[Jason Cunningham]

Thanks Craig, it's now working

Jason

On 12 March 2012 12:37, Craig Wallace <craigw84 at fastmail.fm> wrote:

> On 12/03/2012 12:08, Jason Cunningham wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> Several OSM generated map webpages have links ( or drop-down menus) that
>> will take you to the an edit function such as potlatch or josm.
>> The example I'm currently looking at is in CLEANMAP [link
>> <http://cleanmap.poole.ch/#>]. Once you've zoomed in enough the
>>
>> drop-down menu in the top left can be used to open Potlatch or josm.
>> Potlatch always works for me, but clicking on the josm link does not.
>> What do I need to do so that josm opens?
>>
>> I am using Firefox, and josm-tested.jar
>>
>
> You need to enable the "Remote control" feature in JOSM. Assuming you are
> using a fairly recent version of JOSM:
> Go to Edit menu -> Preferences, then click on the remote control icon
> (probably the 9th icon from the top). Then you can tick the box for "Enable
> remote control", and probably also select the options for permitted actions
> to load data etc.
>
> Then restart JOSM, and those Edit links should work. Note the links will
> only work when JOSM is actually running.
>
> Craig
>
>
> ______________________________**_________________
> newbies mailing list
> newbies at openstreetmap.org
> http://lists.openstreetmap.**org/listinfo/newbies<http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/newbies>
>
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/newbies/attachments/20120312/bcf76ce1/attachment.html>