Changes between Version 29 and Version 30 of Introduction

Timestamp:

2012-06-08T22:52:25+02:00 (14 years ago)

Author:

techlady

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Introduction

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 The next step is to download some data. If you have a GPX file (downloaded from your GPS receiver) for the area of interest, load it into JOSM using (File/Open). JOSM will display the area of the GPX file. 
 
-Next, add data for that area from openstreetmap.org. Click on the green down arrow [[Image(source:trunk/images/download.png)]] to fetch the data from openstreetmap.org.
+Next, add data for that area from openstreetmap.org. To select the area to download, first click on the "Slippy Map" tab at the top of the screen. A map of the world appears. To select the specific area you want to download, there are several tools: Click with the right mouse button to drag the map, use the scroll wheel to zoom in and out, and click with the left mouse button to define an area for download. Then, click on the green down arrow [[Image(source:trunk/images/download.png)]] to fetch the data from openstreetmap.org.
 
-An alternative is to download existing GPX points from the OSM server. In order to start this process you will need to know the latitude and longitude coordinates of the relevant area. The easiest way to do this is to use the download dialogues slippy map in the first tab. You can browse this map, zoom in and out and mark the area you're interested in. [wiki:Help/Action/Download Read more on the download dialogue].
+An alternative is to download existing GPX points from the OSM server. In order to start this process you will need to know the latitude and longitude coordinates of the relevant area. The easiest way to do this is to use the download dialogues slippy map in the first tab. [wiki:Help/Action/Download Read more on the download dialogue].
 
 == Editing in JOSM ==