Changes between Version 3 and Version 4 of Help/Preferences/Connection

Timestamp:

2007-10-25T15:03:29+02:00 (18 years ago)

Author:

dmgroom

Comment:

help on CSV import

Help/Preferences/Connection

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 = Preferences > Connection settings = 
+
+== OSM Connection setting ==
 
 You can set the URL for requests to the OpenStreetMap server.  It is very unlikely you will need to change this.
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 Before you upload any changes to the OpenStreetMap server you need to [http://www.openstreetmap.org/create-account.html create] an account.  Your chosen username and password need to be entered on the connection settings page.
 
+== CSV import ==
+
+You can import points from a CSV file, and these will be made into a way with nodes at each point taken from the import file.  Example:
+
+ 1) In the CSV import format section of Preferences > Connection settings put  "lat,lon"  (without the quotation marks).
+
+ 2) Create a text file with a series of coordinates  on each line eg:
+
+{{{
+50.6944,-1.185
+50.6946,-1.1813
+50.694,-1.176
+50.693,-1.1723
+50.693,-1.168
+50.6905,-1.1684
+50.6873,-1.1686
+}}}
+ 3) Open the file in JOSM (CTRL + O), you will now have a new layer.
+
+ 4) In the layers panel right click the new layer, and click "convert to data layer".
 
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