[OSM-talk] New user mistakenly nuking things

[Richard Weait]

On Sun, Jan 9, 2011 at 9:14 PM, Toby Murray <toby.murray at gmail.com> wrote:
> Well I just went ahead and did it with the JOSM plugin. I think the
> desired effect was achieved.
> http://www.openstreetmap.org/browse/changeset/6922696
>
> Turns out he thought he was just making changes to a local copy of the
> data but was actually uploading the changes to the server. The
> changeset tags indicate he was using mapzen beta. Does that have
> offline .osm editing capabilities?
>
> The project is to make a map that will be useful to disabled
> individuals at Kansas State University.

Show him some of the existing alternative renderings, like
opencyclemap and wheelmap.org.  Also the University of Maryland
pedestrian map.

http://www.map.umd.edu/map/#

Then have a look at the route filters. ;-)