[Wiltshire] Open Street Map

Greg Browne greg.browne at gmail.com
Sat Aug 27 17:25:39 UTC 2011


I'm just a user. Did upload some files but got the impression that you
had to be a regular contributor before Open Street Map used your data.
Greg

On 27 August 2011 17:35, David Fletcher <dave at thefletchers.net> wrote:
> I'm wondering, does anybody here contribute to this project?
>
> I appear to have managed to place a POI in the database, but not to the
> accuracy I anticipated would be easy to achieve, i.e. by entering into
> the node the coordinates from the GPS receiver.
>
> But what is really annoying me is, I can take a track from my receiver
> and get it to upload, but does it to display on the map? Does it heck!
> There must be further steps that I need to perform to complete the job
> but somehow I just don't "get it".
>
> I've taken the UK mapping file and put it into my Garmin, and the result
> is very impressive indeed, so I'd really like to be able to make a
> positive contribution by adding some of the footpaths around these parts
> which are not yet mapped.
>
> If anybody can show me on a computer how to complete these steps,
> gratitude will be expressed - probably in the form of beer or other
> beverage.
>
> Dave
>
>
>
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