Changes between Version 59 and Version 60 of Introduction

Timestamp:

2014-12-15T21:48:55+01:00 (11 years ago)

Author:

jmarlena.canepa@…

Comment:

Added link to learnosm site to download sample data

Introduction

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 When JOSM starts, it presents you with a few messages about recent changes in JOSM. You should have a look at this page from time to time as it keeps you informed on some of the more interesting changes.
 
-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. 
+The next step is to download some data.  You can practice using JOSM by downloading sample data from the [http://learnosm.org/en/beginner/start-josm/#learn-basic-drawing-with-josm learnosm site]. 
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+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. 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,20,middle)]] to fetch the data from openstreetmap.org.