OpenStreetMap Help

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All Questions

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Mapping a radar antenna

radar antenna tagging

2016-07-24 09:53

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Unable to accept own answer

[closed] Login the OSM users via Google OpenID

development openid login google authentication

2016-07-23 12:20

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How to locate cities/addresses near from a specific address

locate surroundings search

2016-07-22 14:40

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How to detect place name (city/village etc) for a building (with street and building name) when name for area/boundary with admin_level = 8 is missing?

admin_level boundary admin_boundary name

2016-07-22 11:44

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What is the reason to assign way to relation many times?

import shape

2016-07-22 10:12

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Trouble uploading GPX waypoints from Garmin eTrex20 to OSM

gpx garmin upload gps

2016-07-21 23:29

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how to differentiate between ST.PETERSBURG in Russia and USA.

st.petersburg

2016-07-21 20:56

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Why does construction=motorway need highway=construction?

construction tagging highway

2016-07-21 16:46

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My PC is communicating with 140.211.167.105 without my knowledge

help

2016-07-21 13:19

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How to use waypoints which have been collected by GPS for mapping?

waypoints tracks upload markers gps

2016-07-21 12:54

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Dealing with prolific bad mapping

quality_assurance

2016-07-21 12:27

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checksum error when software download earth_osm(.mca)

checksum earth_osm error

2016-07-21 10:48

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Split large OSM file into smaller OSM files by feature limit

changesets osm split

2016-07-20 21:24

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how to name intersections?

crossroad intersection iran name

2016-07-20 21:14

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In Osmosis, can I combine key from one tag and value from another into one tag

osmosis

2016-07-20 16:56

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road closed for an open market twice a week

market closed road

2016-07-20 14:43

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How to tag an US American Deli

deli tagging restaurants

2016-07-20 08:25

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Controlling the zoom when exporting

zoom exporting

2016-07-20 06:40

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url for multiple tags

overpass multiple tags

2016-07-19 19:20

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Create several medium svg/jpg images with marker and road names to serve with Django

marker svg mapnik staticmap

2016-07-19 16:13

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getting history for large relation

relations history

2016-07-19 09:26

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[closed] how do you zoom OpenStreetMap on Weather.com?

zoomlevel othersites radars

2016-07-18 22:56

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Track wide enough for quad bikes but not for agriculutural-only vehicles: highway=track or highway=path?

track path forestry agriculture quad_bike

2016-07-18 17:18

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Problem with rendering water from Overpass data

water overpass overpassapi maperitive query

2016-07-18 12:42

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Creating maps and altitude cross sections

routes

2016-07-18 07:55

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Open(sic!) sewage channels

water covered waterway sewer

2016-07-17 22:35

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Is there RSS/Atom feed for user history?

rss history activity atom

2016-07-17 15:12

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When track is imprecise, should I add the way and mark a fixme, or add nothing?

policy gps precision inconsistency mapping

2016-07-17 10:51

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Road signs: map on-site redundant signs or only the original restriction?

restrictions turn_restrictions routing tagging interpretation

2016-07-16 19:25