Soweit ich weiß, werden bei Potlatch (dem Onlineeditor in Flash) Änderungen unmittelbar gespeichert.

Das ist ja ganz schön fies von dir. Das arme GPS muss laufen... Nimm es doch wenigstens ab und zu mal mit auf's Rad.

Willkommen!
;-)

Woohoo! Finally I can resume my work. Wanted to do it in the morning of the freeze but confused timezones in my head.

Thanks!

That is dedication! :-)

There is not much worse than going on a bigger trip and having your equipment fail when you are already too far to turn around.

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:-)

Hear hear! I think that OSM needs more centralisation and a somewhat strong hand/lead. The mailing lists are terrible, I peek in talk and talk-de maybe twice a month and always read 9 meaningless noise mails for one interesting one.

The News blog is more of a Useless blog. But seeing how it is not even OSM-exclusive I don't think I should rant too much. A true news blog with news also about the community's work and movements would be great. This could also help the newcomers.

A wiki approach is good for openness and collaboration. But without nice organisation and presentation the results are not presented "usefully".

;-P

Hey, wo ist dein Sinn für Abenteuer? Das war doch die perfekte Gelegenheit für "Urban Adventure Live Mapping"! Einfach auf den Laster aufspringen, auf die Telefonzelle klettern und das GPS hoch in die Luft halten. Dann irgendwie mit dem Handy die Position live nach OSM senden und dabei singen "Open! Street! Map! Ich steh hier wie ein Depp! Ich fahr mit bis Ankara, die Karte ist für alle da!".

;-D

When working with JOSM it is a good idea to upload frequently (every 5-10 minutes) and then also refetch the data to avoid conflicts with other mappers that might be editing the area.

When I first mapped I worked for a week locally and then wondered about uploading. Needless to say that I restarted from scratch (mapping much nicer due to my experience too). ;-)

This is the kind of article that should appear on the official blog. Great job, especially the dual language. Klasse Arbeit! :-)

Great work. :)

Since ways and places do not necessarily follow the native language's rules I don't think there is such tool. And I don't think it would be a good idea to develop one.

I'm glad to help, have fun! :-)

Anything obviously colour related in my (old) config is this, maybe it helps you:

color.downloaded Area=#FFFF00
color.gps point=#FF0000
color.node=#FF0000
color.segment=#008000
color.selected=#FFFF00
color.validation error=#FF0000
color.validation other=#00FFFF
color.validation warning=#FFFF00

That not only looks magnificient, it also is a great example how easy OpenStreetMapping is and how amazing the results can be.
Excellent work!

Shame on no-one. Something being "approved" in the wiki does not mean anything. ;)

I add seperate ways when there is a clear border between. At crossings/joints I simply "cheat" and connect the footway to the road, then go away from it again. That makes routing work and is not visible on the maps most of the time.

It's a great hobby. Constructive, healthy, interesting and sometimes challenging. Welcome aboard! :-)

Hi there! :-)

Excellent topic, I am looking forward to the result.