Changes between Version 45 and Version 46 of Introduction
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- 2013-03-27T17:19:31+01:00 (13 years ago)
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Introduction
v45 v46 23 23 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. 24 24 25 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 move around the map and 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. Then, click on the green down arrow [[Image(source:trunk/images/download.png)]] to fetch the data from openstreetmap.org. 25 Next, add data for that area from openstreetmap.org. Open the download dialog by clicking on the green down arrow in the top tool bar or through the file menu. 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 move around the map and 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. Then, click on the green down arrow [[Image(source:trunk/images/download.png)]] to fetch the data from openstreetmap.org. 26 26 27 27 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]. … … 30 30 JOSM is an offline editor which means everything you do won't be visible for anyone else until uploading it to the server. This makes it possible to experiment and repeatedly moving, tagging, adding and deleting elements without breaking anything. Subsequent actions on a single element will go into the database as a single modification when uploaded. 31 31 32 '''Adding a Node or a Way'''32 === Adding a Node or a Way === 33 33 34 34 The first step of actual editing is to add a node or way to the OSM data. You can add standalone nodes or you can add nodes to ways, especially where there is a junction between two ways or a significant change in direction of the way. … … 38 38 A series of joined nodes forms a way. 39 39 40 '''Adding Tags'''40 === Adding Tags === 41 41 42 42 Ways or nodes on their own are not of much use unless they are ''tagged'' to say what they represent. The Map Features web page [http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/Map_features Map Features] shows and explains all the current tags that could be used on a point or way. 43 43 44 The Properties Pane: The first step in adding tags is to be sure the Properties Pane is open on the right hand side of JOSM. The 8th button on the left (an icon with a wrench over a document) should be highlighted. If it is not highlighted, click the wrench button or hit "Alt+Shift+P."You will see the Properties Pane, which has three buttons: 1) a plus sign with "Add" next to it, 2) "Edit" and 3) "Delete."44 The Properties Pane: The first step in adding tags is to be sure the Properties Pane is open on the right hand side of JOSM. The 8th button on the left (an icon with a wrench over a document) should be highlighted. If it is not highlighted, click the wrench button or hit `Alt+Shift+P`. You will see the Properties Pane, which has three buttons: 1) a plus sign with "Add" next to it, 2) "Edit" and 3) "Delete." 45 45 46 46 To edit the properties of a node or way (such as adding a tag) in the Properties Panel, the way or node must be selected.
