Encourage/Discourage Upload

(expert mode only)

An OSM data layer can have three states regarding its upload behavior.

States

icon	state	osm element attribute	behavior on upload	how to set in GUI
	DEFAULT	(optional: upload='true')	no special behaviour	by deactivating the Discourage upload button in the context menu of the osm data layer
	DISCOURAGED	upload='false'	a warning box appears if you really want to upload the layer	by activating the Discourage upload button in the context menu of the osm data layer
	BLOCKED	upload='never'	the upload button is greyed out so the upload is impossible	not possible

Code Example

Edit a .osm file in a text editor and instead of the usual
<osm version='0.6' generator='JOSM'>
use
<osm version='0.6' generator='JOSM' upload='never'>.

Miscellaneous

The warning when you try to upload an "upload='false'" layer:

The idea behind these states is to prevent to accidentally upload data which is not appropriate for the osm database (e.g. some fictional test data).

Note that you'll only get a warning about unsaved changes of layers with the states false or never if the state was already set in the osm file before adding the layer to JOSM.

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