Hi John, fyi, you can also create a new (empty) layer with ctrl+n.
cheers, Martin 2011/12/13 john whelan <jwhelan0...@gmail.com>: > What you can do is create an osm file on your local hard drive, in JOSM > download a very small area with nothing in it. New download the area you > have made edits in as a separate download. > > Select on username so user:xyz > > Merge the selection onto your empty map and save it locally. Then after the > great clean up has happened you at least have a record of your edits. > Alternatively there is always the other OSM style maps that aren't changing > their license. > > Cheerio John _______________________________________________ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk