OpenStreetMap Help

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All Questions

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What is Geofabrik download request rate limit

http429 geofabrik

2018-10-24 12:15

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Location Priority: Real Location versus a Known-As Location

geolocation duplicate

2018-10-23 15:24

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OpenStreetmap without country boundaries

openstreetmap maps map boundaries country

2018-10-23 12:34

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Updating a road from "in progress" to "open"

motorway construction

2018-10-23 09:54

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What are the current practices for road closures?

ideditor road construction tagging closed

2018-10-23 03:21

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What is the point of recording gps tracks when there is imagery?

tracks imagery traces gps

2018-10-22 15:11

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Does it count as a footway if it's on private property?

path pokemon_go property footway footpath

2018-10-22 10:41

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[closed] multipolygon misalignment

mapping multipolygon

2018-10-22 06:59

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Database reload for Special Phrases

special-phrases nominatim

2018-10-21 15:13

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Unable to import north-america-latest.osm pbf

osm2pgsql

2018-10-20 22:50

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Progressive web app using OSM - Rights

app adds rights

2018-10-20 13:06

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Calculating time to travel all streets of a city

calculation travel

2018-10-20 11:32

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Tagging scheme for a abandoned and moved building

building bunker shelter

2018-10-20 10:26

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Length of a street in a city

overpass

2018-10-20 01:12

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Change set 63489941

lost

2018-10-19 06:50

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Rendering on low zoom levels is slow

rendering slow ubuntu tileserver

2018-10-18 02:34

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Specs for building a OSM tile server

disk_usage osm tileserver

2018-10-17 22:53

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Is there a way to detect very sharp angles of buildings?

building josm angle quality_assurance

2018-10-17 11:54

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Geocode api(search.php) doesn't return specific data

reversegeocoding geocoding nominatim

2018-10-17 11:29

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Making a giant nationwide map for plotting/printing

waymarked a0 printing a1 hiking

2018-10-16 22:58

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need help transferring map to device

nuvi nuvi755t garmin install

2018-10-16 22:17

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Return lat and lon in API for ways

api

2018-10-16 13:22

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switch off level cycle path

lane cycle

2018-10-16 10:55

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Save favourite places? Import starred locations from google maps?

mobile save google favorites poi

2018-10-16 06:55

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Function to parse addr:flats tag to array in PostgreSQL?

function addr_flats building_flats postgresql parsing

2018-10-15 15:52

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What coffee shop data to add to OSM?

coffee tagging

2018-10-15 11:13

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Indexing of PBF files

pbf osm2pgsql imposm

2018-10-15 09:05

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Search by a tag

search xapi tags

2018-10-14 21:07

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How to tag "Warning: Danger of drowning!" signs?

dangerous warning tagging signs

2018-10-14 18:19

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What's the standard for dealing with border disputes?

borders disputes accuracy

2018-10-14 09:17