[OSM-talk] Bath weekend

[Andy Robinson]

It was good to have you with us Rob :-)

1. I spotted this problem too. Even plenty of Bath streets where the terrace
name on each side is different from the streetname. I'll give it some
thought and post a suggestion to the list shortly.

2. This might be JOSM running out of available memory. Try something like:
C:\....\java.exe -jar -Xmx256M "C:\.........\josm-latest.jar"   That's the
format I use as a shortcut link from my desktop which assigns 256MB to JOSM.

3. Over to NickW

4. Up to you how deep you tag. Highway type and name will get a good
rendering in Osmarender. Adding the "abutter" key will also colour the land
either side of each road as "residential" or "commercial" etc. See the
"Map_Features" page on the wiki for the full list.

5. I create ways to include branches where it's logical. Just bear in mind
though that convoluted non linear ways create problems for displaying the
street name properly in Osmarender. Also a good idea to keep the direction
of segments the same for each way you create. This also helps with name
display. You can turn direction arrows for segments on or off from the
preferences section in JOSM. To highlight a single segment that is already
part of a way hold the Alt key when selecting.

There should be a Q&A night for editing on IRC (#OSM) at 9:00 BST. (Etienne
can you confirm?..Is it tomorrow (Tue) or am I a week out..) You can ask
questions as they arise there.

Cheers,

Andy

Andy Robinson
Andy_J_Robinson at blueyonder.co.uk 

>-----Original Message-----
>From: talk-bounces at openstreetmap.org [mailto:talk-
>bounces at openstreetmap.org] On Behalf Of Robert Hart
>Sent: 21 August 2006 19:15
>To: 'talk at openstreetmap.org'
>Subject: [OSM-talk] Bath weekend
>
>Hi,
>
>First off I just wanted to say thanks to those of you who organised the
>Bath
>weekend. This was my introduction to OSM and I had a fantastic time (even
>getting drenched in the thunderstorm).
>
>I've been having a go at editing the data I collected, and think I've
>roughly got the hang of it (I'm not sure I'd have managed without NickW's
>quick demo of osm-editor2 at midnight on Saturday).
>
>I have some questions:
>
>1. I have a street that didn't have a name, as such, but the signposts gave
>the building name, which was different on either side of the road (Hanover
>Terrace and Gillingham Terrace). How should I tag this?
>
>2. the photo viewer in josm seems to cause it to run out of memory. Is this
>normal? WinXP with 1GB, I'll try on Debian later (if I can be bothered to
>install Java5)
>
>3. does osm-editor2 have a problem with apostrophes in names?
>
>4. in josm, I am tagging ways with "name" and "highway". Is that
>sufficient?
>The ways I created in osm-editor2 have bicycle, horse, and car tags.
>
>5. Is it ok to create ways that aren't a linear collection of segments?
>Some
>of the roads I saw had several branches (normally short cul-de-sacs).
>
>Probably lots more later.
>
>
>Rob
>
>
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