OpenStreetMap Help

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All Questions

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Change Request for default Map Style

rendering style feature-request mapnik

2014-01-24 10:55

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[closed] Mapnic bug

mapnik error

2014-01-23 20:47

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Broken multipolygons?

multipolygon

2014-01-23 20:31

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Oauth Callback Problem

oauth

2014-01-23 18:09

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Use OSM in TV production (take screenshots of MapQuest layer)

tv broadcast commercial copyright legal

2014-01-23 12:31

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Does OSM use any historic data? or want to?

policy historic question historical general

2014-01-23 12:04

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Tweaking routing algorithm

routing algorithm

2014-01-23 06:57

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Correction of road, on north of Minas Gerais.

newbie correction osmand road error

2014-01-23 01:20

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No counties/municipalities in Brazil?

brazil municipality

2014-01-22 20:00

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Beginner with JOSM - problem connecting to OpenStreetMap

josm connection failed

2014-01-22 19:31

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Mapping Combined Commercial/Retail Area

downtown landuse commercial retail

2014-01-22 18:44

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Command for importing diffs with osm2pgsql

postgresql osm osm2pgsql postgres

2014-01-22 17:04

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Nominatim doesn't respond as of 22-1-2014 08:14 CET

problem nominatim

2014-01-22 12:05

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Adding Multiple Languages for addr:street

addr_city addr_street addresses

2014-01-22 07:37

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Building Map, Given Many Coordinates

dimensions

2014-01-22 04:24

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Put in an unwanted way - what have I done?

ideditor nodes labels newbie delete

2014-01-22 01:02

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how Openstreetmap validate the input? Does any tool do the validation before uploading the data?

validation quality

2014-01-22 00:07

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Mapping island & partial dam in river

waterway riverbank multipolygon

2014-01-21 23:46

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OSM Slippy Map displays names in Thai

map slippy language

2014-01-21 11:20

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plant_nursery not rendered on the map

rendering

2014-01-20 21:25

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how to download/buy data in shapefiles

shapefile

2014-01-20 18:00

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Old License-Text: how fatal?

license

2014-01-20 12:27

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Potlatch 2 - Where is the search on the left gone?

potlatch2 search

2014-01-20 11:35

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Can there be multiple layers of the same type ?

layers odbl interaction routes

2014-01-20 06:58

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Mapping elevated crossing for pedestrian/bicycles

crossing tagging highway

2014-01-19 16:07

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Two names with different spelling for the same road show up in OsmAnd. How can I merge these entries?

misspelling streetnames osmand merge

2014-01-19 15:43

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view gpx track on map?

track visible map gpx on

2014-01-19 14:28

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Road appears and disappears at different scales

disappear

2014-01-19 02:59

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How to map units in a townhouse complex?

complex relations tagging address

2014-01-19 02:32

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[closed] Buildings disappear when zoom

newbie zoom disappear update

2014-01-19 02:14