I think this is what I don't understand. Why do I need to "create" nodes when I already have all these points collected from my GPS? Clearly I don't want to have to duplicate all of these points? Or are you saying that I need to trim them down to a minimum that still follows the course of the road accurately?
Like I said, the help file adequately explains the controls, so I don't need that explained. I do have one small advantage. I have not used any of this before, so I don't have to get over the hump of the changes this past weekend. :) So if I am understanding this correctly, why would the software be designed to not convert my data points to nodes automatically? If I have to hand edit all of this data, point by point, I am pretty sure I won't be contributing to the database. Oh, and I can't really view videos as I am on dialup. Because of that I don't even have Flash Player installed. It is just too painful waiting for videos to load. Rick At 01:13 PM 10/8/2007, you wrote: >Rick, > >The next step is to start creating the ways. use the GPS points only >as guides do not manipulate them. > >start by creating nodes 4th button on the left toolbar (keyboard short >cuts "N") and then join the nodes to create a way 5th button (keyboard >shotcut "G"). > >Or you can click on the small triangle on the "Add button tool" and >select "add node and connect", this tool will create the node and >automaticly connect to the last node. > >check also http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/Beginners_Guide_1.3.1 >if you find something missing please add it. > >and next operation is adding the tag to tell if the way you have >created is a motorway or primary way or other. > >please watch also the tutorial videos >http://josm.openstreetmap.de/wiki/TutorialVideos > >Remember that since yesterday there are no segments, you do not need >to create them as before. > >Alilo > > >On 10/8/07, Rick Collins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Maybe this is just my frustration with coming up the learning curve, > > but I don't feel like the process of adding my GPS data to the world > > map is documented very well. I have a set of data points I collected > > along some streets here and I want to add them to the database. I > > have the most recent version of JOSM (today since the version I > > downloaded two days ago is not current enough). I also downloaded > > the most recent version of Java from Sun. I converted my GPS data to > > a GPX file using GPSBabel. I imported the GPX file to JOSM and can > > see the various points collected. But that is where it ends. The > > data points show on the screen, but I can't manipulate them in any > > way. At this point I am stuck. All of the JOSM documentation just > > seems to explain the controls without explaining the process. I have > > looked in the wiki for OSM and don't see much there except that I > > should use JOSM. > > > > What is the next step and where is this documented? > > > > Rick > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > newbies mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/newbies > > > >_______________________________________________ >newbies mailing list >[email protected] >http://lists.openstreetmap.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/newbies Arius - A Signal Processing Solutions Company Specializing in DSP and FPGA design URL http://www.arius.com 4 King Ave 301-682-7772 Voice Frederick, MD 21701-3110 301-682-7666 FAX _______________________________________________ newbies mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/newbies
