[OSM-talk] Making a Way Error in JOSM

[Barnett, Phillip]

There appear to be a number of us who were misled by this. Even though I
now know better, I'm still using the created_by tag to record my own
contributions - that way I can quickly pick up my edits in any area when
searching.
 


 
 



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From: talk-bounces at openstreetmap.org
[mailto:talk-bounces at openstreetmap.org] On Behalf Of Paul Youlten
Sent: 05 December 2006 15:33
Cc: talk at openstreetmap.org
Subject: Re: [OSM-talk] Making a Way Error in JOSM

Is the user name of the contributor recorded anywhere?

PY

Philip Mark Donaghy wrote:
> On 12/5/06, Robert Hart <Robert.Hart at burohappold.com> wrote:
>   
>>> I give it two property called created_by and name with a values 
>>> Donaghy and Rue Lavidan.
>>>       
>> The "created_by" tag is not intended for a username. It is normally 
>> used by JOSM and the other editors to show which program was used to 
>> create the item.
>>     
>
> OK, understood. I very new to this. I was just looking for a quick
start guide.
>
>   
>> Rob
>>
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