On 07/09/12 09:30, tastrax wrote: > Hi Ian, > > As I understand it I can load a shape file into JOSM. From there I can copy > an item from the shape file and paste into OSM. I also gather that there is a > means to have all the tags in the shape file so that when I copy /paste, all > the tags will come with the data. Is that correct? > > I am aware of the other methods you mention but given I am starting from a > GIS system (that I know well) I would like to do as much as possible in the > GIS system before opening the file for use in OSM. Before pasting into OSM I > would like to check underlying/existing data to see which is the most > accurate. Many of the tracks I have are not loaded at all in OSM so this will > be a very easy way for me to do plenty of loading pretty quickly. > > Cheers - Phil
Hi Phil, You can't load shape files directly into JOSM. You will need to convert the shape file into a .osm file and then load it into JOSM. It is pretty easy to change tags (aka attributes) in JOSM, but you can do this step either in JOSM on your .osm file or on your shape file before you convert it. I'm not sure how much experience you have with OSM, but I would recommend trying out JOSM and using it to download some existing data so you can see what tags are used/how it looks etc. Then you can work out to contribute your data.
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