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v68 v69 1 1 [[TranslatedPages(outdated=This page needs some more links to help pages. Also icons should be displayed instead of describing them. (Example: "The 8th button on the left (an icon with a wrench over a document)"))]] 2 [[PageOutline(2-1000,Table of Contents)]]3 2 4 = Introduction to JOSM = 5 == Terminology == 3 4 == Introduction to JOSM == 5 === JOSM Terminology === 6 6 7 [[Image(source:trunk/images/data/node.png,middle,inline,link=)]] Node:: A node is a point. 7 8 … … 18 19 If a road or track or path is curved, the curve is approximated using a number of nodes within a way, and short lines connecting them. If a way has a direction, that is indicated partly by using tags. For example, "oneway=yes" is a road that goes only in one direction. (See [#ConventionsinCreatingCertainTypesofWays Conventions in "Creating certain types of ways"] at the bottom of this page for special considerations when creating a one-way road.) Other tags refer to being on the left and right of the direction of way along the way. 19 20 21 == Your first edit with JOSM == 20 22 21 == Starting JOSM == 23 === Starting JOSM === 22 24 JOSM is a Java program, and comes in a .jar file. If you don't know how to start it, ask someone familiar with your platform how to run a Java program. You might also want to read the [InstallNotes#Running install notes]. 23 25 … … 33 35 34 36 35 == Editing in JOSM == 37 === Editing in JOSM === 38 36 39 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. 37 40 … … 58 61 59 62 60 == Uploading to OSM == 63 === Uploading to OSM === 64 61 65 If you are happy with all that you have done then you must upload your work to the OSM server. Click on the green up arrow [[Image(source:trunk/images/upload.png,20,middle,link=)]]. 62 66 … … 67 71 See [wiki:Help/Action/Upload Upload to OSM] for further information on uploading. 68 72 73 == What next == 69 74 70 == Results of your job == 75 === Results of your job === 71 76 72 77 * Will appear at [http://www.openstreetmap.org/#layers= openstreetmap.org "Standard" layer within few minutes] 73 78 * Data in your routing software, maps and other services: will be updated per each service (from minutes to days, weeks and months) 74 79 75 == Tell your friends == 80 === Tell your friends === 76 81 77 82 * How it is easy to update data, how your results get displayed quickly. Truck drivers, couriers, photographers, bikers, journalists, fisherman and simply runners with GPS are always welcome in OSM. … … 80 85 * OpenStreetMap is about whole planet in the same way how your clock about current time 81 86 82 == If you use JOSM as main editor == 87 === If you use JOSM as main editor === 83 88 84 89 (stub) Consider fine-grained customization based on your needs and your tasks. 85 90 86 == Conventions in Creating Certain Types of Ways == 91 === Conventions in Creating Certain Types of Ways === 92 87 93 A couple of other points about creating ways. 88 94
