[OSM-talk] Problems with Osmarender

[Etienne]

On 9/24/06, Ben Robbins <ben_robbins_ at hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>
> This doesnt seem to be the problem.  There are already a few spots that I
> had made ways without really knowing why. They didn't/don't render.


Check the tags.  The ways must have a highway tag.


 Just to
> check I made another and copied the data that was on the section that does
> render,  and it didnt render.  (I did this on a few different road types)
>
> Also A couple of questions have come to mind.  If there is a single
> segment,
> how do I group that?.


Make a group of one :-)


Do all the segments on the way HAVE to share the exact same properties?


Yes, that is the definition of a way.

e.g. If one street has houses at some points along it, will I have to split
> the set of segments into a group of ways according to where the houses
> are/are not?


Yes.



Thanks
>
> Ben
>
>
>
>
> From: Etienne <80n80n at gmail.com>
> To: "Ben Robbins" <ben_robbins_ at hotmail.com>
> CC: talk at openstreetmap.org
> Subject: Re: [OSM-talk] Problems with Osmarender
> Date: Sun, 24 Sep 2006 22:17:31 +0100
>
> On 9/24/06, Ben Robbins <ben_robbins_ at hotmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >
> >Cheers for the reply, but i think it leads me onto my next question, wich
> >is
> >what exactly are ways, and how do I do them?
> >
> >I have made all the roads in the area im trying to render 'highway=xyz''.
> >Some are still blank in towcester though because i orignally left
> >residental
> >ones blank, but i will change them as soon as I'm clear on what this
> >problem
> >is.
> >
> >I only use JOSM.  I haven't used the online editor for about 5 months
>
>
> A way is a group of connected segments.  Rather than adding a tag to each
> segment in turn, you can make a group of segments into a way and then add
> the tags just once to the way.  Each road, or section of road if it is
> very
> long, should be a way.
>
> In JOSM ways are coloured blue.  Segments are coloured green.  Type W to
> select the way making tool and then click on each segment in turn that you
> want to group together into a way.
>
> Etienne
>
>
>
> Ben
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >From: Etienne <80n80n at gmail.com>
> >To: "Ben Robbins" <ben_robbins_ at hotmail.com>
> >CC: talk at openstreetmap.org
> >Subject: Re: [OSM-talk] Problems with Osmarender
> >Date: Sun, 24 Sep 2006 22:06:00 +0100
> >
> >Ben
> >I've just had a look at the Towcester area.  It looks like you've been
> >very
> >busy - well done!
> >
> >The new version of Osmarender does not render segments any more.  This is
> >to
> >encourage people to tag their roads as ways.  This is the main reason why
> >you are not getting anything out of Osmarender - all you have is
> segments,
> >no ways.
> >
> >The other problem, which you would have had, even with the previous
> >version
> >of Osmarender, is that quite a few of your segments do not have a highway
> >tag.
> >
> >Make each of your streets into a way and as a very minimum add a highway
> >and
> >name tag to each one.  Then you'll find that Osmarender will start to
> give
> >you some nice results.
> >
> >BTW you might find that this would be a good time to start using JOSM for
> >editing, it is a lot quicker than the applet (and anyway the applet isn't
> >working tonight because the tile server is down).
> >
> >Etienne
> >
> >
> >On 9/24/06, Ben Robbins <ben_robbins_ at hotmail.com> wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > >I seem to be having a problem rendering everything in osmarender.  I'm
> >not
> > >saying this is because of the new things, cause it was doing this
> before.
> > >It must be something to do with what I'm doing.  This image should be
> > >dencely filled with all different road types, footways, tracks
> > >etcetc.  The
> > >osm file was 5 meg, and there isnt 5 meg of data here.
> > >
> > >http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g226/ben_robbins_/osmarender.png
> > >
> > >Does anyone know what I'm doing so wrong?
> > >
> > >If you need to check out the area/taggin etc, search in OSM for
> > >'towcester'.
> > >   Next to none of that town renders for me also.
> > >
> > >Thanks
> > >
> > >Ben
> > >
> > >p.s.  The OSM and CC images seem to appear to one side of the map
> square,
> > >wich would mean cutting them out and placeing them on the map, to
> enshore
> > >these images still apear on renders.  Could they not just sit inside
> the
> > >render square?
> > >
> > >
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