[OSM-talk] Questions from a newbie on editing

[Andy Robinson]

Laurence,

Re JOSM, were you able to view imi's video tutorials? They are well worth
doing as they explain most of the functionality. I've been using JOSM
exclusively for the last 4 months and imi has built in almost everything you
could want at this point in time with very few bugs.

Some of you questions seem to relate to JOSM preference settings, which you
can change from the three buttons accessed from the preferences button (or
F12). For instance, change the projection to Mercator.

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 Laurence Penney
>Sent: 02 May 2006 12:34
>To: talk at openstreetmap.org
>Subject: [OSM-talk] Questions from a newbie on editing
>
>Is the advice on the OSM site out-of-date that newbies should use the
>online applet?
>
>I've been trying for quite a while to do some editing based on a long
>cycle ride I did around Clifton yesterday, but have mostly failed so
>far. I managed to add nodes, segments and ways for a couple of short
>streets[1], but there are some buts...
>
>Specific problems:
>
>* It's painful waiting for reloads. This is especially a pain when
>scrolling back to an area I've just been to - caching would be lovely to
>say the least!
>* Most or all of the big trace I did yesterday (#3351, 1482 points) does
>not show up. I zigzagged a lot around the residential streets, all of
>which shows up when I load the GPX into JOSM.
>* Zoom (] key) doesn't work beyond level 14, I have to edit the URL to
>15 or 16
>* The name of one of the streets I tagged (Clifton Suspension Bridge)
>doesn't show up.
>
>/*
>First impressions of JOSM:
>* I finally got the right mouse button to work by plugging in a real
>mouse (implementing ctrl-click as RMB is essential for laptop usage)
>* I could not download an area of interest using the map UI in the
>File/Open dialog. The scroll & zoom tool just magnifies the minimal-res
>world image with a mysterious algorithm.
>* Downloading based on a URL [2] omits my Clifton Suspension Bridge that
>shows up in the online applet. Is it supposed to show me other people's
>traces too?
>* When I load a GPX from the hard drive it looks pretty but seems
>squashed vertically as if the coordinates are not adjusted for latitude.
>*/
>
>Questions:
>
>* Is it possible to have only one trace, or my own traces, as the
>background layer for editing? As I can't filter traces, I can't tell
>whether my big trace is partially loaded into OSM.
>* Can one check the time or contributor of a particular yellow trace dot?
>* Is there a bookmarking facility for the online applet? Getting back to
>the same area is a pain.
>* I didn't see any recommendations on how to set up a GPS for tracklogs.
>My Garmin has options for record method (Distance/Time/Auto) and
>interval (More often/Normal/Less often/Least often). I kept mine on
>"Auto/Normal".
>
>Wish list:
>
>* A "playback" feature of any GPS trace, with fast forward, a calendar
>and an analogue clock.
>* It would be wonderful to know who has created each existing way,
>mainly to collaborate on doing various bits of a city as part of one's
>fitness workout!
>
>I'll end more positively... I can highly recommend cycling as a superb
>way to capture points. I hope people brings bikes to I spent about 4
>hours cycling yesterday, and came back quite exhilarated to have found
>such productive way of keeping fit! The mental exercise - working out
>the most efficient path to "fill in" a few streets - is interesting: as
>you get more tired your path around the streets gets less efficient.
>Never has topology been so intimately connected with topography. To
>enhance the feeling of a workout being productive, and to get cities
>done in double-quick time, collaboration tools with other locals would
>be really desirable.
>
>I'd be happy to collate any responses on the list and add them to the Wiki.
>
>-- Laurence
>
>[1] Clifton Suspension Bridge; Canynge Square
>[2]
>http://www.openstreetmap.org/edit.html?lat=51.462471485&lon=-
>2.624981403&zoom=14
>
>
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