[OSM-talk] old data not showing?

[Andy Robinson]

graham wrote:
>Sent: 04 June 2007 9:47 AM
>To: talk at openstreetmap.org
>Subject: [OSM-talk] old data not showing?
>
>Hi,
>
>About a year ago I had a burst at entering data on streetmap. I'd
>uploaded a fair chunk of the eastern side of Hounslow (London TW3), but
>not converted it to ways or added street names.
>
>Then I had to leave it, and haven't looked at openstreetmap for some time.
>
>Now I've come back and am thinking of trying again, but I don't
>understand what has happened to the old data, or what the current system
>problems are. If I look at my personal history, the uploaded files are
>there. If I zoom in on the area, a few but not most of my uploads are
>displayed (clicking on the 'map' link in the personal history takes me
>to a top-level view of the UK for some reason, although the parameters
>look fine). If I change to 'edit' mode I just get a map made of empty
>grey blocks.
>
>So, questions:
>
>- Should I download and re-upload my old data? Will this break everything?
>- Is the edit screen generally broken, or is it just not working with
>firefox?

Graham,

welcome back :-)

The GPX imports of old are on the whole not all currently visible in the
Edit window (or available via the API) . When the Rails Port (API 0.4)
changes were made they included a re-import for the whole of the GPX file
base, however some problems occurred and this process is currently halted,
therefore for the time being the most reliable way is to use your original
gpx files on your own within JOSM.

The editing interface (now using Potlatch) should be available to you from
http://www.openstreetmap.org/edit.html once you are logged in.

Cheers

Andy

Andy Robinson
Andy_J_Robinson at blueyonder.co.uk


>- Am I asking in the right mailing list -  IIRC there was talk of a
>separate mailing list for newbie questions, but I can't find it.
>
>Thanks for any advice
>Graham
>
>
>
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