[OSM-newbies] one country and updates

[John F. Eldredge]

weedget <osmpl at weedget.org> wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> I downloaded file for my country and uploaded it to database with
> success.
> It was 2 months ago.
> 
> How easy can I now update my data?
> Should I get again whole file or I can do this with these diff which
> are
> published by OSM (files for Poland I got from geofabrik.de)?
> Any link to how to or something?
> 
> As I remember if tiles generation script (from mapnik) is omitting
> already
> existing tiles, so is there any method to regenerate these which are
> different?
> 
> Regards
> Chris
> 
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If I understand you correctly, you are downloading the data for your entire country, making your edits, and then uploading the entire batch of data. I would recommend either using an editor that lets you work while connected to the shared database, such as Potlatch, or else downloading a smaller area, such as a particular city, at a time.  That way, you will be working with fresher data, and there is a lesser chance that your changes will conflict with someone else's changes.

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