[OSM-talk] [Fwd: 500 error when using josm]

[Ben Ward]

On 11/29/06, Scott <scott at waye.co.uk> wrote:
> I suppose it is a lot of data, I've no idea at the moment having just
> started.  I want to get an area big enough to cover the area I've
> driven in, i.e. a bounding box for the track log.  I could modify JOSM
> to let you specify a tracker file, and it could get a bounding box from
> there?
>

This may not help you, but my method at first was to zoom in on some
GPX points, test the water with a download of OSM data and zoom out
gradually.  Once I realised this involved loading a GPX I understood
what the bookmark/favourite thing was for on the download dialog box.
I bookmarked my home view and always use that to start.  At least it
gives you some sense of scale as you zoom in and out.


> Even so you can travel quite a way in just one day.
>
>
Quite. I accidentally mistook my Devon to London GPX track for a local
one and ended up loading all of Bristol, which I had assumed was a
junction in Oxford.

Ben

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