[Openstreetmap] How do I get started?

[Petter Reinholdtsen]

[Stephen Coast]
> Its in the subversion tree. An SQL snippet to create the table and user
> isn't. Nor is any HOWTO type stuff. I will do this tomorrow.

Where in the subversion tree?  There is several files there, but it
wasn't too obvious which part I should use to collect the data.

> > I would like to visualise the collected data, and annotate it with
> > labels, lines and intersections.  How do I do this?
> 
> The idea is to splurt it at the openstreetmap server and edit it using
> the applet. However the user accounts and versioning (a-la a wiki but
> for spatial data) isn't done yet. But I have a fair clue how to do it
> now, and am working on it.

OK.

>> I would like to upload the colelcted data into the central collection
>> point.  How do I do this?
> 
> As above, that bit isn't done yet.

OK.

>> (I hope these questions can be the start of a howto.  I know I
>> could/should read the source in svn, but suspect I'm not the only one
>> not know where to start. :)
> 
> Yep. Tomorrow I'll have some stuff up about how to do this, and also
> have an automatic tarball up so you don't have to do a subversion
> checkout.

I look forward to it.  Not that I mind a subversion checkout, but I
would like a README of some kind to tell me how to start.