Changes between Version 34 and Version 35 of Help/Action/Download


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2011-06-27T17:12:13+02:00 (13 years ago)
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  • Help/Action/Download

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    33= File > Download from OSM =
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    5 [[Image(source:/trunk/images/download.png)]] ''Keyboard shortcut:'' '''{{{Ctrl-Shift-D}}}'''
     5[[Image(source:/trunk/images/download.png)]] ''Keyboard shortcut:'' '''{{{Ctrl+Shift+D}}}'''
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    77'''Download data from server.'''
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    2121== Area to download ==
    22 The dialog has multiple tabs. The exact configuration of tabs may be dependent on plugins you have installed, but you will generally at least have:
     22The dialog has multiple tabs. The exact configuration of tabs may be dependent on plugins you have installed, but you will generally at least have the following five.
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    24  * Slippy map provides a movable map like on the OSM front page with which you can interactively select the area to download. Only differences are that Shift+Click to zoom is not available, move the map the JOSM way by press and hold the right mouse button and select an area by press and hold the left mouse button.
     24When switching between tabs, the area shown in each tab will be the same. So if you select a bookmark for example and switch to the slippy map tab, the area of that bookmark is shown.
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    26  * A Bookmarks tab where you can select from your predefined bookmarks, or create a new bookmark from the current bounding box or the area defined in another tab respectively.
     26**Note**: When the download dialog is called up with data already loaded, all fields are set to the currently visible bounding box. Thus a common use scenario is to first load your GPS track from a GPX file, then zoom the view so that the portion you wish to work on is fully visible, and then call up the download dialog which will reflect the visible area.
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    28  * A Bounding Box tab where you can set the latitude/longitude bounds of the data to be downloaded, and also paste an URL from either www.openstreetmap.org or www.informationfreeway.org.
    29     *  To paste from [http://www.openstreetmap.org/index.html the map] on the OpenStreetMap site, zoom in to the area you are interested in, then either move the mouse over the "view" tab, and copy the resulting URL, or copy the permalink given in the bottom right corner. Then go to JOSM, and paste this URL into the "URL from www.openstreetmap.org" box. (In Windows to paste into the box, left click within the box, and then do CTRL+v).
    30     * To paste from [http://www.informationfreeway.org www.informationfreeway.org] zoom to the area you are interested in, and then copy the permalink location from the bottom right of screen, and paste as described above.
     28=== Slippy map ===
     29Slippy map provides a movable map like on the OSM front page with which you can interactively select the area to download. Only differences are that {{{Shift+Click}}} to zoom is not available, move the map the JOSM way by press and hold the right mouse button and select an area by press and hold the left mouse button.
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    32  * On the ''Area around places'' tab you can find the functionality of the former namefinder plugin. Here you can search for specific places, street names, etc, in the OSM database. Currently there are two different servers for the search you can choose from:
     31=== Bookmarks ===
     32A Bookmarks tab where you can select from your predefined bookmarks, or create a new bookmark from the current bounding box or the area defined in another tab respectively.
     33
     34=== Bounding Box ===
     35A Bounding Box tab where you can set the latitude/longitude bounds of the data to be downloaded, and also paste an URL from either www.openstreetmap.org or www.informationfreeway.org.
     36* To paste from [http://www.openstreetmap.org/index.html the map] on the OpenStreetMap site, zoom in to the area you are interested in, then either move the mouse over the "view" tab, and copy the resulting URL, or copy the permalink given in the bottom right corner. Then go to JOSM, and paste this URL into the "URL from www.openstreetmap.org" box. (In Windows to paste into the box, left click within the box, and then do CTRL+v).
     37* To paste from [http://www.informationfreeway.org www.informationfreeway.org] zoom to the area you are interested in, and then copy the permalink location from the bottom right of screen, and paste as described above.
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     39=== Area around places ===
     40On the ''Area around places'' tab you can find the functionality of the former namefinder plugin. Here you can search for specific places, street names, etc, in the OSM database. Currently there are two different servers for the search you can choose from:
    3341   * '''Nominatim'''
    3442   * [http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/Name_finder '''Namefinder''']: outdated, was used by the namefinder plugin.
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    36  * A Tile Numbers tab where you can enter number of tiles and a zoom level to download data of those tiles. Alternatively you enter a Tile address. This might look a little awkward especially when reading [http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Slippy_map_tilenames how to compute the tile numbers]. But sometimes it comes in handy. Have a look at the [http://server.tah.openstreetmap.org/Browse/?layer=tile t@h browser] where you can quite easily determine the tile numbers in the image address when hovering the individual tiles with the mouse.
     44=== Tile Numbers ===
     45A Tile Numbers tab where you can enter number of tiles and a zoom level to download data of those tiles. Alternatively you enter a Tile address. This might look a little awkward especially when reading [http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Slippy_map_tilenames how to compute the tile numbers]. But sometimes it comes in handy. Have a look at the [http://server.tah.openstreetmap.org/Browse/?layer=tile t@h browser] where you can quite easily determine the tile numbers in the image address when hovering the individual tiles with the mouse.
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    38 When switching between tabs, the area shown in each tab will be the same. So if you select a bookmark for example and switch to the slippy map tab, the area of that bookmark is shown.
    39 
    40 There will also be a warning at the bottom left displayed if the selected area is too large for the server and will likely be answered with an error message. (You can try, though!)
    41 
    42 When the download dialog is called up with data already loaded, all fields are set to the currently visible bounding box. Thus a common use scenario is to first load your GPS track from a GPX file, then zoom the view so that the portion you wish to work on is fully visible, and then call up the download dialog which will reflect the visible area.
     47== Area too large ==
     48There will also be a red warning at the bottom left displayed if the selected area is too large for the server and will likely be answered with an error message. (You can try, though!)[[BR]]
     49Otherwise choose a smaller area. You can download bigger areas using several smaller ones.
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    4451== Layer control ==
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    5158== See also ==
    52  * [[Image(source:/trunk/images/downloadprimitive.png,20)]] [wiki:/Help/Action/DownloadObject Download object]
    53  * [[Image(source:/trunk/images/downloadreferrers.png,20)]] [wiki:/Help/Action/DownloadParentWaysAndRelation Download parent ways and relations]
     59 * [[Image(source:trunk/images/downloadprimitive.png,20)]] [DownloadObject Download object]
     60 * [[Image(source:trunk/images/downloadreferrers.png,20)]] [DownloadParentWaysAndRelation Download parent ways and relations]
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    5562----
    56 Back to [wiki:/Help/Menu/File Menu File][[Br]]
     63Back to [Menu/File Menu File][[Br]]
    5764Back to [wiki:/Help Main Help]