OpenStreetMap Help

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All Questions

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[closed] How to update carto data

boundaries admin_boundary tiles carto tileserver

2016-06-23 16:24

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Tagging a repair business

repair tagging

2016-06-23 15:17

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JOSM remote control usually failing, but not always. How to fix?

josm josm_remote_control

2016-06-23 07:36

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How to use Mapillary on JOSM?

josm mapillary

2016-06-23 06:07

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Can I have a list of the high school and Collage in the world with the corresponding location?

map

2016-06-22 18:11

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Wooded area marked but also has residential housing

residential woodland

2016-06-22 16:59

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How do I tone down the displayed map?

usage style ui display

2016-06-22 15:23

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Primary landuse of a postal code

landuse api newbie

2016-06-22 09:55

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Convert mbtiles or .osm.pbf. to kap/BSB charts for OpenCPN

opencpn

2016-06-21 21:54

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When is a 2-Way street represented by 2 segments? and when by only one segment?

segmentation

2016-06-21 10:58

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How do I create a searchable database of Public Bus routes for a country?

public-transport buses

2016-06-21 08:35

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OverPassAPI performance

overpassapi overpass threads overpass-api performance

2016-06-21 08:34

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Coastline polygons-in-polygons, how to interpret?

holes coasline interpretation

2016-06-20 15:12

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How to search for Go Map!! editor in whodidit

whodidit

2016-06-20 14:07

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Disk space need for Europe

rendering disk_usage tileserver

2016-06-20 12:42

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Nominatim returning nearby cities instead of the current city on roads that span multiple cities

cities nominatim geocoding highway

2016-06-19 22:12

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way properties

query

2016-06-19 18:07

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Mapping a named point

tagging

2016-06-19 16:50

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OSM Mapquest tiles slow or timed out

mapquest tiles zoom

2016-06-19 16:42

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How to name the gates of a ground

gate name

2016-06-19 16:28

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I can't understand how partial matches work in Nominatim

search nominatim

2016-06-19 16:09

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Suggestion to place the name on a major arterial highway in Austin Texas

highway_name state_highway_71 oak_hill austin_texas us_highway_290

2016-06-19 09:54

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How can I use a plan generated from a CAD package as an overlay?

import editing ground survey overlay

2016-06-18 21:26

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deleted a road i had made because i realized it was inaccurate, but it's still showing up at certain zoom levels

roads zoomlevel delete

2016-06-18 08:15

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Appropriate tags for a university campus quad?

university tagging

2016-06-18 02:21

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Access Overpass Turbo with Google Apps Script?

google-apps-scripts overpass-turbo

2016-06-18 00:26

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How to handle roads vacated by the city?

closed_way access private tagging

2016-06-17 18:16

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displaying Dijkstra result as a route in real map

dijkstra osm display

2016-06-17 17:10

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Mehrere Gebäude, gleiche Hausnummer

housenumbers lang-de

2016-06-17 12:11

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Bridge under repair

bridge construction closed repair

2016-06-17 10:17