[OSM-talk] author of segments and nodes incorrect

[SteveC]

On 24 Jun 2007, at 18:45, Frederik Ramm wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Francisco R. Santos wrote:
>>     Yes, I've just noticed this happening to me. I've just created  
>> several
>>     objects in the latest JOSM and they are credited to (anonymous  
>> user)
>>     despite my obviously using my login name to upload changes.  
>> I've just
>>     double-checked, and yes, my edits are all set as Public.
>
> This is true, but I don't have a good idea how to fix it.
>
> JOSM does not know your "screen name", it only knows your login name
> (usually your email address). They can be different (in my case the
> "screen name" is "woodpeck", and the login name used with JOSM is my
> email address).

you can ask the user api for this information

>
> When things are downloaded from the server, the user name is specified
> as the login name.
>
> So JOSM has no way of knowing what name to put when you create or  
> change
> something. (JOSM doesn't upload a name to the API either - the API
> derives the screen name from the login name and stores the former.)
>
> Possible solutions:
>
> * Have a JOSM preferences option "OSM screen name", and credit newly
> created objects to this.
>
> * Credit newly created objects with a pseudo-user "current session" or
> so. (However this would also be in a saved file!)
>
> * ... ?
>
> Bye
> Frederik
>
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have fun,

SteveC | steve at asklater.com | http://www.asklater.com/steve/


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