This is a followup to my previous question, for which I did receive responses, to help me to develop a better understanding of OpenStreetMap.

I want to post a screenshot saved as a jpeg image to a new diary entry, and attach an explanation of the problem illustrated in the screenshot. Is there any way to do this that doesn’t require posting to a third party application, then posting a link in the diary entry to the third party application?

I don’t have any third party applications that I can post the jpeg mage to, save Facebook. If I use Facebook, the link allows people to see other parts of my site; which isn’t acceptable.

I have a question to pose to the OSM contributors body regarding rendering of natural=wood areas, which I think would be better described with a screenshot of the rendered map.

I realize that OSM is powered by volunteer labour, and I highly appreciate it, I’d just like to find out how to get an answer to my question.

Specifically, some of the areas that I have tagged in the Alberni Valley as natural=wood, show up as dark green on the rendered map; whereas other, adjacent areas, with exactly the same tagging, do not show up as dark green but are essentially blank, nor do the labels attached the unrendered areas appear. If I could post a screen shot, this anomaly would be a lot easier to understand.

This problem has just recently appeared, and through no action of mine, as far as I know. I refer to the rendered map frequently, to view how my edits (using JOSM), appear.

Some people say, don’t map for the renderer, but aside from using the rendered map as a means to control my edits, I have numerous times shown the rendered map to others, to help them understand OSM, and perhaps be interested enough to become contributors. There are few people in the Alberni Region of Vancouver Island who are interested enough in contributing to make a concerted effort to upgrade the map, for the benefit of all users, and I would like to encourage others to become contributors. The rendered map is a valuable resource, and has to be considered a the final product.

When people see the extent of the resource extraction roads and other land use detail, current and otherwise, that show on the rendered map they are usually enthusiastic to have more such detail developed, and might possibly become contributors, or provide me with on the ground edits which I can incorporate using JOSM.

I expect there is a large number of technically oriented people, who use a variety of mapping applications, to produce specific maps for specific purposes, with OSM as a base, but that is not my objective. I am trying to develop a map focused on the Alberni Region of Vancouver Island which will help people to understand what the area is like, in terms of land use, and provide them with a guide for navigating, using OSM rendered maps, the many resource based roads in the Region. I expect to be able to simply refer them to the OpenStreetMap website and let them see for themselves the mainly industrial roads and openings in the forest, which define the land use in the Region. Anything more complicated will simply be self-defeating.