Potlatch2 does have a pre-set for buildings. (At least for polygons.) Using the Simple menu, select the drop-down that says 'unknown'. You can then select the 'Buildings' category and the 'Buliding' item.
David. On Tue, Jan 4, 2011 at 6:53 AM, Andre Engels <[email protected]> wrote: > On Tue, Jan 4, 2011 at 8:39 AM, Jeremy Stocks <[email protected]>wrote: > > I am trying to get some armchair data entry done in Potlatch as my area is >> rather snowbound at the moment. So I thought I'd capture some missing >> buildings in my area. >> >> >> The problem is when I click on the outline of a building - a simple >> residential home - I am not sure how to capture it. Potlatch seem to expect >> I am going to capture a commercial building, a restaurant, or whatever on >> the left hand side. What am I doing wrong? >> > > I don't think Potlatch2 (which is what you seem to be using, as basic > Potlatch has the things at the bottom, not the left) has a preset for > buildings. What you can do is click at the bottom of the left hand bar on > "Advanced". You now see a kind of table with two columns, one titled "Key", > the other "Value". Click on the top row under "Key". You can now enter a > text there. Enter the text "building" and press enter. Next select the field > under "Value" next to that (if needed; it probably auto-selected when you > pressed enter). Here you fill in the text "yes" and press enter. You now > have added a building without any further data. You can go and add the next > building next, or you can press on 'Simple' at the bottom to get to the > entry form you're used to - in which case you'll see that you suddenly got > some more building options. > > > -- > André Engels, [email protected] > > > _______________________________________________ > newbies mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/newbies > >
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