[OSM-talk] POI by coordinates

[Tom Hughes]

Jukka Rahkonen wrote:
> Ryszard Mikke <Ryszard <at> Korwin-Mikke.pl> writes:
>
>> the situation is: I've got a POI in the area where I'm only in summer.
>> I've marked in somewhere in Google Maps and now I want to mark it in OSM.
>> The problem is, the whole area is poorly marked in OSM, there is even
>> a national road not marked. So I can't just go and draw the point.
>> I need to put it at the same coordinates as in Google Maps.
> 
> With Potlatch:  Keep one track in the gpx file so it uploads and waypoints will
> be uploaded as well. Next find your file from GPS Traces tab in the main map
> window, press Edit, and when Potlatch opens press Trace (I am not sure about the
> English text in selection, my Potlatch seems to speak Finnish).  That will make
> your waypoint as a locked feature in Potlatch.  Unlock, and it's done.

...but bear in mind that importing data which has been derived from 
Google Maps is not allowed anyway!

Tom

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