OpenStreetMap Help

This is a static archive of our old OpenStreetMap Help Site. Please post any new questions and answers at community.osm.org.

All Questions

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Charging money for creating and uploading POIs

cost license business poi

2010-10-28 00:03

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Speed Limits map correction

limit correction speed

2010-10-27 16:41

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Should I upload GPS traces for regions where there already are plenty of?

limit traces upload gps

2010-10-27 06:49

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How to request a country-specifc mailing list?

country mailinglist community

2010-10-25 20:21

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[closed] Ajax issues with nominatim?

ajax nominatim request empty error

2010-10-25 15:11

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Problems with ways from gpx

way gpx waypoint visibility zoom

2010-10-24 12:46

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Google map line

geodata export

2010-10-23 18:05

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Cell phone sending in lats and longs, is this legal?

cell phone search reverse

2010-10-23 12:03

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Highway Classification for Side Road from Roundabout onto Primary Routes

classification highway roundabout

2010-10-22 11:31

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How to create fake timestamps with gpsbabel?

gpsbabel timestamps faketime

2010-10-22 05:20

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How should I tag office building?

building tagging

2010-10-20 09:22

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[closed] Why won't zoom 11 update?

map update error

2010-10-20 00:48

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[closed] A little problem with water and dirt getting mixed

water land negative bug

2010-10-19 17:04

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[closed] Login at openstreetmap.org ok but not at forum.openstreetmap

2010-10-17 18:08

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Why do some nodes appear with flashing red circles?

circles potlatch nodes flashing

2010-10-17 13:11

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Do some edits update faster than others?

edits updates

2010-10-17 11:30

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How do I tag a village?

parish tag village

2010-10-14 22:13

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Fixup queue

queue fixup

2010-10-14 13:43

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How do you set the name of a street?

editor name

2010-10-14 11:15

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Using garmin in real time?

garmin live gpsd gps

2010-10-13 17:39

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What are the differences between a.tile, b.tile etc.

renderer

2010-10-12 23:45

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OpenStreetMap and Wikipedia/Wikimedia

wikimedia wikipedia

2010-10-12 16:02

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Can I contribute the same data to non-OSM mapping projects?

license licence legal

2010-10-12 15:07

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Defining and tagging areas

green boundary woodland common field

2010-10-11 22:21

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How to improve track presentation via OSM together with distance?

track distance presentation

2010-10-11 18:32

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What type of wood should I use, and why doesn't a forest show up in mapnik

wood renderer tagging

2010-10-11 11:31

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How do I tag a street as two-way?

highway tagging oneway

2010-10-10 06:09

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Why can I not contribute under ODbL licence only today?

odbl licence

2010-10-09 21:21

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How do I remove Search-Marker in the map?

marker search

2010-10-09 17:55

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Clackmannanshire

map update

2010-10-09 14:45