Re: [OSM-newbies] Getting started

2016-01-09 Thread Michael Heißmeier
Hello Abhishek, Abhishek Kumar schrieb 2016-01-09 15:46: Hello I am a Computer Science undergrad I want to get involved in open street map development please help me with some relevant links and newbie bugs from where I can start. Thanks Abhishek Kumar that mainly depends on what you

Re: [OSM-newbies] Download Map for local installation

2015-05-27 Thread Michael Heißmeier
Hi, it would help us if you could be a bit more specific: 1. Where did you download data from, please provide a link so that we know what you are talking about. 2. What do you mean by base map and what do you mean by information shapes? Data downloaded e.g. from Geofabrik

Re: [OSM-newbies] JOSM Offline-caching images

2015-03-22 Thread Michael Heißmeier
Hello, I have to work offline a lot. Before I save the osm file I always pan around the area at the greatest zoom level. When I re-open the file offline, I rarely get enough high detail images to work effectively. Is there a way to cache the images. I've read several josm wiki pages that all

Re: [OSM-newbies] Name:Language validator problems

2015-01-04 Thread Michael Heißmeier
Hello Gavin, I am trying to tag some locations that are located in Japan with the English name. The item has been tagged as follows name:= blah blah - this is written in Japanese letters I am trying to enter on another line; name:en= Blah blah - written in English The validator in JOSM

Re: [OSM-newbies] Help with substation data

2015-01-03 Thread Michael Heißmeier
Ricky, I would not consider an import as frowned upon. Certainly it is not something which occurs on a monthly basis. Imports I have been aware of in the past include those of more-or-less all buildings in France as a donation by the state cadastre office which occured a couple of years ago.

Re: [OSM-newbies] Help with substation data

2015-01-02 Thread Michael Heißmeier
Hello again, I found a few helpful pages in our wiki on that subject: http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Legal_FAQ briefly discusses importing of data from other sources under section 2 There is a fairly extensive record of datasources which have been investigated so far:

Re: [OSM-newbies] Help with substation data

2015-01-02 Thread Michael Heißmeier
Ricky, I would not consider an import as frowned upon. Certainly it is not something which occurs on a monthly basis. Imports I have been aware of in the past include those of more-or-less all buildings in France as a donation by the state cadastre office which occured a couple of years ago.