OpenStreetMap Help

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All Questions

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User accepted new license, but their data still got redacted

osminspector bot license redaction

2012-10-02 08:42

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tools to help with remapping after licence redaction

remapping tools redaction

2012-10-02 00:56

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problem routing in mapfactor.

broken route

2012-10-01 23:02

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Correct shoreline tagging?

shoreline

2012-10-01 18:39

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Are mappers working for OSM or the programme that uses OSM ?

map osm routing database

2012-10-01 16:59

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using is own background images on OSM

josm image background custom

2012-10-01 16:17

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Openlayers: display pacific marks popup using onclick event

openstreetmap javascript openlayers

2012-10-01 16:05

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Standard map and bicycle map not syncronized

map bicycle sync opencyclemap standard

2012-10-01 16:05

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How to avoid a failure saving data in P2 (more than 2000 nodes)

potlatch2 failure nodes save 2000

2012-09-30 21:09

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[closed] why doesn't cache info show on the map ?

geocaching clickable

2012-09-30 19:19

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Is a ditch a stream or a drain?

ditch stream drain

2012-09-30 10:56

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Tagging a gate that is normally locked.

access gate tagging

2012-09-30 10:46

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[closed] Is Apple using OpenStreetMap data in iOS 6 and would it be okay to do so without attribution?

ios apple license

2012-09-30 07:33

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Whats the difference between a stream and a river ?

waterway river tag stream point

2012-09-30 02:00

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MTB track and skitrack

mtb and ski

2012-09-29 14:56

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How can I use the map data perform shortest path algorithm?

path data algorithm shortest

2012-09-29 14:18

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Updating changes effective from a future date

delay timed editing updates

2012-09-29 09:14

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Trunk road showing as motorway at lower zoom

rendering zoom road trunk

2012-09-28 20:31

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Is Mapforge is Rasterbase or Vectorbase

openstreetmap map mapping

2012-09-28 12:39

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Easy way by CSV files

csv

2012-09-27 18:09

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how to import big data?

big data import

2012-09-27 10:13

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What to do when a relation uses different streets in the opposite direction?

gpx role relations oneway

2012-09-26 16:52

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How to map a Sports Centre with the Sports_Centre tag

sports_centre amenity sport leisure area

2012-09-26 12:20

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Which rules do we use to determine the class of a road ?

rules roads streets primairy rural

2012-09-26 09:03

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How to add an intersection point on a primary road?

crossing editing intersection

2012-09-25 23:17

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Delete part of a road?

editing closed ford

2012-09-25 18:37

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Downloading The Netherlands

netherlands gps

2012-09-25 18:25

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Must a bridge break up a continuous road way?

bridge road

2012-09-25 16:37

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[closed] New roads does appear in Standard View ?

roads rendering

2012-09-25 11:56

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Commercial use of Open street tiles.

openstreetmap tiles commercial use legal

2012-09-24 20:04