Installed JOSM on Ubuntu 10.04 today and started up the learning curve... Great tool - thanks to the developers! Was able to add data to my neighborhood map and enjoying the OSM experience.
OpenStreetMap
Installed JOSM on Ubuntu 10.04 today and started up the learning curve... Great tool - thanks to the developers! Was able to add data to my neighborhood map and enjoying the OSM experience.
Discussion
Comment from Moneytu on 2 December 2010 at 19:14
Oh, thanks, will try JOSM tomorrow, Flash is terrible on Linux...
Comment from Sanderd17 on 2 December 2010 at 21:38
That's true, but the potlatch code isn't the best flash code. Potlatch 2 works faster, but it still has some bugs in it. I have seen my "save" button disappear, so the work since the last save was lost.
Comment from Sanderd17 on 2 December 2010 at 21:49
Oh, sorry, I forgot to mention it.
I wouldn't install josm from the repos, in the repos there is an old version (the development of JOSM is too fast for debian or ubuntu). When you run the installation from the repos and you want to install plugins, you will see errors.
I would advise to download the jar like windows users have to do, and you can make a shortcut with the command
java -jar /path/to/josm/josm-latest.jar
Some plugins you could want:
* slippymap: to display mapnik or bing image tiles in the background
* validator: it notifies you if you made mistakes, but it sometimes gives false positives.
* walkingpapers if you use walking papers to map
on a lot of pages, you see the wmsplugin for yahoo imagery, but this is no longer needed since Bing imagery is way better.