OpenStreetMap Help

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All Questions

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Missing feature - change log

changelog upgrade history

2012-04-11 03:38

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How old are these satellite pictures?

satellite

2012-04-10 22:26

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Is it possible to subscribe to a single language (e.g. English) Blog Feed?

blog diary language

2012-04-10 20:55

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Osmosis lon/lat value changes

latitude changes longitude osmosis

2012-04-10 11:26

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How do I start a new way?

ways new newbie road

2012-04-10 09:48

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Faking missing timestamps of saved Garmin gpx-track

xml osmbegin gpx

2012-04-10 00:09

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Garmin/OSM Beginners' guide

mapsource 62s garmin beginner

2012-04-09 22:48

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[closed] Forest boundaries and roads

roads forest

2012-04-09 20:57

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How do I set the default direction of JOSM's "create circle" function?

josm circle

2012-04-09 15:19

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hiking data

tagging hiking

2012-04-09 15:03

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Incorrect County Name

county correction nomenclature

2012-04-09 15:01

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Uploading other's CC0'ed GPS traces -- is it legal?

pd traces license legal ct

2012-04-09 02:27

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parking lots

parking

2012-04-08 23:35

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How to setup Localised maps

osm2pgsql mapnik localization

2012-04-07 21:29

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store locator

locator wordpress store plugin

2012-04-06 20:50

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How to force landuse to display above other features?

layer landuse display

2012-04-06 17:02

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License page translation

internationalization translate

2012-04-05 20:40

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hyphenated highway names

streetnames highway

2012-04-05 19:22

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Some buildings are not shown / not rendered

building rendering shown

2012-04-05 17:19

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Adding a dentist POI

adding dentist medical

2012-04-05 13:50

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Adding Streets to OSM with an .osm file???

edit layers save

2012-04-05 08:33

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Does planet.osm contain a list of metro stations worldwide?

planet_osm

2012-04-04 10:59

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facade surface

building

2012-04-04 08:07

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How can we tag official waypoints of walking routes?

waypoints route walking relations long-path

2012-04-03 19:47

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[closed] Why was the Data layer removed and can it still be accessed without opening Potlach.

settings slippymap overlay

2012-04-03 19:42

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500 Server Error

bug

2012-04-03 19:39

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How can I edit the wiki special page BookSources?

booksources wiki wikipedia

2012-04-03 12:13

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Making Orienteering maps

map printing orienteering

2012-04-03 08:49

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Bad bounding box for changeset

changeset

2012-04-03 01:59

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OSM XML Polygon Code Example

xml polygon .osm

2012-04-03 00:41