OpenStreetMap Help

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All Questions

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How to map ancient forest?

woodland forest

2014-10-01 10:01

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Highlight specific groups of objects, metro stations and paths.

highlight station metro objects path

2014-10-01 09:23

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how to get/edit a map with contours and shadows of the ravines without features which did not exist 1942?

map custom

2014-10-01 07:09

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high resolution tiles

tiles retina

2014-09-30 19:33

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Another Josm: Set a default background image at start up

josm imagery

2014-09-30 13:34

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JOSM: gpx not displaying waypoints

josm gpx waypoints display

2014-09-30 13:24

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How do I extract portion of a map?

map extraction

2014-09-30 03:21

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How do I generate tiles from a raw OSM XML file?

tiles

2014-09-30 02:00

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Can anonymous users add nodes?

nodes anonymous custom

2014-09-29 19:47

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Download all tiles for an area at zoom level 15

download tiles

2014-09-29 14:07

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Create amenity grit bin map

amenity

2014-09-29 13:48

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Tiles for hires device

generate_tiles tiles retina mapnik custom_tiles

2014-09-29 01:15

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How to use OSM with GPSMAP 76S

gpsmap_76s

2014-09-29 00:01

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how to handle growing OSM database

nominatim

2014-09-28 22:32

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uploading tracks

tracks uploading

2014-09-26 23:48

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Lane tag with a '+' sign

lanes

2014-09-26 12:20

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HighLight and 'Search for more results' not working for local install

openstreetmap nominatim osm

2014-09-26 06:58

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[closed] Nominatim does not show state for Connecticut results

nominatim

2014-09-25 09:42

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Border of Colombia broken

borders

2014-09-25 00:59

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Suggest web services

josm osm webservice

2014-09-25 00:24

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creating PostGIS

postgis

2014-09-25 00:05

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The location obtained by openstreetmap.org is wrong

home location browser

2014-09-24 23:39

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Whole planet MAP in .mif format

mif

2014-09-24 19:42

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Application OSM in meters

convert osm

2014-09-24 17:20

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Aerial imagery in Nominatim

aerial imagery osm nominatim

2014-09-24 17:08

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Methods of Uploading data to private tile server.

data server local uploading to

2014-09-24 17:03

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How to tag a bollard with a certain shape ?

pyramide pillar pigshape obstacle bollard

2014-09-23 21:16

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How do I see past GPS Traces in a specific area ?

josm gps traces history

2014-09-23 21:08

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How can I display a GPS trace on a real map?

map trace gps

2014-09-23 19:24

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Planet.osm/full actual content vs wiki description

planet.osm osm-file_format analysis history

2014-09-23 18:53