OpenStreetMap Help

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All Questions

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Protocol for documenting key values on the wiki?

wiki tagging

2010-10-08 18:57

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Where can I see which tags are in active use ?

tagging

2010-10-08 18:17

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[closed] Commercial use in an application - licenceable?

license legal

2010-10-08 16:07

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Peaks not showing up at higher zoom levels?

rendering

2010-10-08 13:56

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How can I know the locations of users who contribute to a specific area?

user location

2010-10-07 22:04

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Put the place name in amenities ?

amenity name

2010-10-07 10:55

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Bus stop tagging

bus stop tagging

2010-10-07 09:52

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What are the software options for a Symbian smartphone?

symbian android routing

2010-10-06 23:48

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Territory outline data

country territory data

2010-10-06 10:13

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Large part of map missing !

missing

2010-10-06 10:02

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Fixing a subway stop

railway editing newbie

2010-10-06 08:46

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How to get administrative boundaries in a GPS format, ideally in .igc?

igc export gpx relation

2010-10-03 18:58

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How to extract elevation information from tracks in JOSM?

josm elevation coordinates gpx

2010-10-03 12:54

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Ways seem to have vanished

deleted ways

2010-10-02 00:01

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Display a label on the each marker

display

2010-10-01 22:52

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OGC and interoperability

interoperabilty ogc standards

2010-10-01 19:43

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How to I tag an abandoned building?

building abandoned

2010-10-01 16:44

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Get administrative boundaries (admin_level <= 4) of the planet

planet boundaries xapi

2010-10-01 14:07

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How to map a park alley?

highway tagging parks

2010-10-01 12:00

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Point and click to get distance of a track

distance point-and-click path

2010-09-30 21:23

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What is the meaning of ... ?

glossary

2010-09-29 21:59

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Does it make sense to create relations for very large objects - say: the Mediterranean Sea?

very large objects relation overhead

2010-09-29 11:22

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Can't see an object in edit mode?

editing newbie disappear poi

2010-09-28 16:14

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How do I realize a node or way is a member of a relation?

ways nodes relations

2010-09-26 19:31

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Capitals in Russia

capitals russia

2010-09-26 07:53

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iPhone OSM apps for hikers

iphone hiking

2010-09-23 14:20

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How to add node with exact coordinates in JOSM?

node josm coordinates

2010-09-23 11:05

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Yahoo aerial photos do not display on high zoom levels ?

aerial

2010-09-22 19:42

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Relations in JOSM

josm relations

2010-09-22 15:49

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Expire tiles after Postgres DB update

diff tiles expiry

2010-09-21 20:54