[OSM-talk] Getting Started

[Brett Henderson]

I've just started making some edits around Melbourne in Australia (where 
I live).  Using the various bits of info on the wiki, tutorials, etc 
I've managed to reach a point where I can be relatively productive using 
a combination of the online applet for street tracing and JOSM for 
adding ways and metadata.

However, I have a few questions.  Apologies if the info is available 
somewhere.
1. I'm a bit confused between mapnik and osmarender.  It seems like 
mapnik is newer but osmarender has more features.  Are there plans to 
phase one out or do they target different audiences?
2. Are there ways I can force refreshes of the tile data?  The Melbourne 
maps seem pretty old in the slippy viewer both for mapnik and 
osmarender.  I've managed to get the tiles at home application running and 
can generate tiles, but I'm not sure how to get a login id to upload the 
results.  I've emailed Owj as mentioned on the wiki but haven't heard 
anything back yet.
3. Is there any other interest in Melbourne?  There are a small number 
of edits already existing, is there any way of finding out who created 
them?

Cheers,
Brett