Changes between Version 3 and Version 4 of Help/Action/OpenLocation

Timestamp:

Oct 13, 2009 8:42:43 PM (4 years ago)

Author:

anonymous

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Help/Action/OpenLocation

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 Keyboard shortcut: CTRL-L
 
-[[Image(source:/trunk/images/openlocation.png)]] ''Open location'' load OSM data from an URL either in the current data layer or in a new data layer.
+[[Image(source:/trunk/images/openlocation.png)]] ''Open location'' loads OSM data from an URL either in the current data layer or in a new data layer.
 
 The following dialog is displayed:
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 If there isn't a data layer yet, a new data layer is always created. 
 
+== Data sources ==
+The OSM web server is the main data source you can use here. For instance, if you know the [wiki:/Help/Concepts/Object object id] of  a [wiki:/Help/Concepts/Object node, way, or relation] you can load the respective object with one of the following URLs: 
 
+  * for a node the URL is `http://api.openstreetmap.org/api/0.6/node/123456789` (replace `123456789` with the node id)
+  * for a way the URL is `http://api.openstreetmap.org/api/0.6/way/123456789` (replace `123456789` with the way id)
+  * for a relation the URL is `http://api.openstreetmap.org/api/0.6/relation/123456789` (replace `123456789` with the relation id)
+
+TODO: [http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Xapi XAPI servers]
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+
+== See also ==
+  * [wiki:/Help/Menu/File File menu]