Changes between Version 29 and Version 30 of Help/Action/Download


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Timestamp:
2011-02-03T18:31:32+01:00 (15 years ago)
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skyper
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updated "area around place

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    3030    * 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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    32  * On the 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. The server used is currently hardcoded to use the OSM Name finder described in [http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/Name_finder the OSM-Wiki].
     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. You can choose the server for the search. Currently there are two different servers for the search you can choose from:
     33   * '''Nominatim'''
     34   * [http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/Name_finder '''Namefinder''']: outdated, was used by the namefinder plugin.
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    3436 * A Tile Numbers tab where you can enter number of tiles and a zoom level to download data of those tiles. This might look a little akward 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.