OpenStreetMap Help

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All Questions

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Typical data sizes of raw OSM data for map-based WEB GIS applications

planet comparison research data size

2018-03-10 08:03

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Looking for information about benchmarks and VABM points

vabm georeferencing benchmark offsets

2018-03-09 22:38

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How to export a route-relation as GPX or KML?

gpx kml export relations

2018-03-09 19:35

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Evaluating type of road for a certain path given GPS coordonates

higway type road gps

2018-03-09 10:12

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[closed] How to edit a comment or a rate for a Location in open street map

ranking editing comments poi

2018-03-08 21:06

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How can I adding OSM Tiles as a Background Layer in QGIS 2.1x and 3.x

qgis tiles

2018-03-08 15:56

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Offline map server for wonderware

offline api offlinemaps

2018-03-08 12:25

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Control osmosis "multithreading"

osmosis

2018-03-08 12:20

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renderd segmentation fault

renderd tileserver

2018-03-08 10:54

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Failed to send render cmd and Sending NotDone Response.

openstreetmap rendering renderd mod_tile

2018-03-08 10:53

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Rendering fails for low zoom levels

openstreetmap-carto rendering aws mapnik zoomlevel

2018-03-08 10:52

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Cannot connect to socket while using render_list

render_list rendering renderd socket mod_tile

2018-03-08 10:51

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Not getting output from tileserver when I reduce the AWS RDS memory size to 16GB

rendering tileserver aws database memory

2018-03-08 10:49

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tileserver-gl cmd installation failed

staticmap tileserver vector mapbox

2018-03-08 10:47

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[closed] Why Crimea is in Russian federation?

ukraine crimea disputes

2018-03-08 08:08

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Why aren't these routable

routing newzealand

2018-03-07 19:00

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How to manually close changeset in JOSM

close josm changeset

2018-03-07 17:26

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Are the coordinates of places in African locations often wrong?

leaflet

2018-03-07 14:35

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Get all ways of a specific tag with Overpass Turbo (geocode)

overpass

2018-03-07 12:41

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iD equivalent for JOSM's join overlapping areas?

ideditor josm

2018-03-07 10:58

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How I add an tag to all sections of a highway? Or how I bulk-edit a highway?

bulk_editing highway

2018-03-06 19:29

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How to configure remote Postgres instance?

remote postgresql external

2018-03-05 19:06

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Show only an area using Openlayers and OSM

javascript openlayers

2018-03-04 20:17

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Census Tract data display on map

census_tract

2018-03-04 13:42

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JOSM upload download, position node, writing up/download site.

download josm upload coordinates

2018-03-03 12:46

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How to become in a Local Guide

maps.me local tourism quide

2018-03-03 07:04

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Changing "Screen Name" to match OSM username

username osqa

2018-03-02 20:41

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Local Nominatim install lookups failing

nominatim local

2018-03-02 19:53

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Change my username on forum?

rename account forum

2018-03-02 14:17

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Nominatim error logs

nominatim geocoding

2018-03-02 12:44