[OSM-talk] Download only specific nodes in one large area

[Stephan Knauss]

Hi Gerrit,

On 31.07.2011 20:15, Gerrit wrote:
> because I want to add language-specific name-tags to all cities in one
> area, I wonder if it is possible to download *only* city nodes for an
> entire country?
technically it's possible. But what do you exactly plan to change?
Such sorts of large scale semi-automated edits should be discussed with 
the community first.

http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Automated_Edits

Stephan