Right, that 'zoom to selection' (should) eliminate that crazy off-set that happens during cut'n'paste.
Cheers, Sam On 2/20/09, si...@mungewell.org <si...@mungewell.org> wrote: > >> From the example, it would be awesome if JOSM could handle importing just >> the selected item or selected groups of items, rather than uploading >> everything that was shown. Is that technically possible? >> > > If you are handling smallish amounts of data you can cut'n'paste between > JOSM layers, if you are handling massive data sets you are probably better > off using osmosis to filter and upload stuff. > > For JOSM the trick is: > 1) Load local '.osm' to layer (1). > 2) Move to location and download OSM data for area, layer (2) > 3) In layer (1) select appropriate data, either with 'area select' or > ctrl+click > 4) 'Zoom to selection'/extents of data (press '2' key). > 5) Copy data > 6) Switch to OSM layer (2) > 7) Paste local data and tidy up. > 8) repeat as nessecary > 9) Upload result. > > You need to 'zoom to selection' otherwise the location of the data is > changed as it is cut'n'pasted between layers. > > Have fun, > Simon. > > > _______________________________________________ Talk-ca mailing list Talk-ca@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ca