OpenStreetMap
So, I started by mapping a few features around my home. Immediately ran into a few problems (I've read on the Wiki you should attach areas to surrounding ways, but I can,t see how to actually do it, and am unsure how best to join road without causing alignment problems), but am hoping to learn to deal with them.
(Edit: I think I've figured out how to get these to work right in Potlatch.)
Discussion
Comment from tenzarelli on 25 September 2008 at 21:16
I'm a relative newbie myself, but it seems the tool JOSM is best for joining together nodes and ways... I have had a bit of difficulty doing it in Potlatch (the online editor) myself, you seem to only be able to put nodes _near_ each other, not actually join them... Is this the same problem you are referring to?
Comment from Circeus on 25 September 2008 at 21:19
I think I've gotten 'round it in the end. You have to hover over the way you want to attach to until its node become blue. I'll see later how best to do intersections.
Comment from ablansinger on 25 September 2008 at 21:21
I think a JOSM way of doing this is described at @HannesHH/diary/3393#comments but I am not sure whetherthis is the right thing to do.
Could you please give a link to the this attachment thing is menthioned/discussed ?
Comment from Circeus on 25 September 2008 at 21:24
Yes, that is what I was thinking, and as I say above, I figured (far as I can tell) how to handle it in Potlatch, which is more use-friendly for me given I don't have access to a GPS apparatus (Montreal is, fortunately, well-pictured).
Comment from Richard on 25 September 2008 at 22:51
That's right, hovering over the way turns the nodes blue, and you can join to them.
Of course, clicking anywhere else on that way will make an intersection.
Comment from ablansinger on 26 September 2008 at 06:48
How do you then unglue them later ?
I know how to do it with JOSM, but it would be nice to be able to do that in Potlach aswell.
Comment from Richard on 26 September 2008 at 07:33
Press '-' on a node to remove it from the currently selected way only. Potlatch has actually been able to do this for a lot longer than JOSM has ;)