OpenStreetMap
for the last couple of days i have been mapping and have been saving every couple of seconds to make sure that my work is being saved.....and i have found that when i go out and come back in the work was not saved at all.....dam i just spent 2 1/2 hours mapping and guess what none of the work was saved...what a waste of an eveing...so my question is it me or is it really the site???
Discussion
Comment from guerda on 8 January 2010 at 06:43
Hi Vic!
I'm sorry if it appeared your worked was not saved.
How do you determine if your work is not saved? Have you looked at the map or redownloaded the map in JOSM or sth. similar?
The renderer is not that fast so it can take some time that your new mapping efforts are visible.
I hope you work wasn't for nothing and you'll stay on OSM!
Greetings
Comment from demi on 8 January 2010 at 07:58
Hi Vic,
it takes some time until the map shows your edits. Sometimes it appears after a minute but it can take up to 2 days. It looks like your edits from today have been saved, see your profile: @Vic%20Jacinto/edits Here you can see all your saved work. If it's there, it should show up on the map soon.
Greetings
Comment from wilpin on 8 January 2010 at 08:14
Hi Vic
You can also get a quick idea of what it will look like using osmchecker at
http://www.pinns.co.uk/osm/
Comment from JohnSmith on 8 January 2010 at 08:42
@demi, updates are usually pretty quick, but browsers can cache the tiles, and tiles are only expired from the server cache if a node changes on the tile.
Comment from Richard on 8 January 2010 at 09:18
If you have a query and need some live help, ask in the chatroom at irc.openstreetmap.org - people there can tell you if there's a problem or if you're doing something wrong.
Comment from Vic Jacinto on 8 January 2010 at 12:01
thanks all..... i wouldnt think of leaing here...this is too cool....but the rout i was working on is gone for sure ....guess i will have to do it again...oh well....have to be more carefull about saving and check that my work is acully being saved
i like that pinns site to check your work...interesting
Comment from Skippern on 8 January 2010 at 15:51
Are you editing in Potlatch, than you should think of another editor. JOSM and merkaartor have the adventage that you can save the changefile to your computer (before you upload), and if it uploads with error, or if it doesn't register in the API for some strange external reasons, than you can try to upload it again a little later.
Comment from Philip on 8 January 2010 at 23:58
Hi Vic
I've done editing on a dodgy connection a quite few times - if you open the map in a separate window and check the 'Data' checkbox on the layers (+) menu, you get to see your edits as they're saved (on refresh).
e.g.:
osm.org/?lat=7.11925&lon=-73.1204&zoom=17&layers=B000FTTTT
Comment from Baloo Uriza on 9 January 2010 at 02:46
Are you using Potlatch? (the edit tab?) If so, that's probably part of your problem. Once you get into heavy editing (and not just fixing a typo or adding a short stub in a session), it's probably more beneficial to use a more robust editor such as JOSM.
Comment from Grillo on 9 January 2010 at 04:44
Actually, I've been very anti-potlatch for a long time, but I've found out that it's pretty convenient to use for drawing large areas like residential borders and such. It doesn't stuck into streets like in Josm, and you never have to upload to redownload new areas. Also, it doesn't eat up all of your RAM. Like every Flash program though, it is a little unstable and I usually edit my stuff and then close the window, without browsing on the web in between...