On Dec 31, 2007 12:30 AM, Kelly Jones <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Thanks, Andy. I found that using cURL did exactly what I wanted, > without my having to use Flash, download Java 1.5, etc. > > At the risk of offending TPTB (which I believe includes yourself?), I > documented the process: > > http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/Using_curl_to_upload_data
Clear, accurate documentation is never frowned apon! One of the devs with more API knowledge may want to give it a quick glance, but from what I can see it looks fine. (And opinionated emails from me aside, I'm certainly not one of the powers that be! Although I think you'd have a hard time finding out exactly what counts as TPTB in OSM, we're a fairly meritocratic group.) > and linked the page above to a couple of other wiki pages. Nice. It's something that a lot of people forget to do. Cheers, Andy > As you suggested, I'm moving this discussion to talk@ and [EMAIL PROTECTED] > I'm > cc'nig newbies@ one last time so they'll know where to look for future > messages. > > -- > We're just a Bunch Of Regular Guys, a collective group that's trying > to understand and assimilate technology. We feel that resistance to > new ideas and technology is unwise and ultimately futile. > > > On 12/30/07, Andy Allan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Dec 30, 2007 3:58 AM, Kelly Jones <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > It seems weird to have to download an application (or use Flash) just > > > to upload a few nodes, plus I couldn't get JOSM nor Merkaartor to > > > compile on my machine. Is there a direct upload interface? > > > > Yes, you can PUT to the API, that's how the applications work and > > that's what it's there for. But be very careful what you are doing, > > it's much better to use an editor to help avoid making mistakes and do > > error checking and so on. Using the API directly is rarely necessary. > > > > > I looked at some recent GPX tracks > > > (http://www.openstreetmap.org/traces) and they are in XML format, but > > > I wasn't sure if I could/should upload nodes with names, tags, etc. > > > > GPX tracks are completely separate from the OSM data. If you put > > tagged data into the GPX uploads, it doesn't appear in the main > > database or in any maps or anything else. > > > > > Is there an easy way to upload nodes that come > > > public-domain-but-not-GPS sources? > > > > No, since every source is different. Also, if we make it too easy > > people will start grabbing non-PD sources (e.g. derived from other > > maps) and upload them too! > > > > Usually, for reasonably-sized datasets it is converted using scripts > > to .osm format and then can be checked and uploaded with JOSM. Larger > > data sets may need their own batch-upload tools, but you really need > > to check and be careful. Again, either talk@ or dev@ are suitable > > venues for further discussion. > > > > Cheers, > > Andy > > > _______________________________________________ > newbies mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/newbies > _______________________________________________ dev mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dev
