Sounds awesome! Good luck :)

Wow, what an intersection :)

Rendering/Display is up to the renderer. Use layers. You can see an underlaying/underground way here:

osm.org/?lat=58.97214&lon=5.73133&zoom=17&layers=B000FTF

Hi,

Welcome to the project !!

Since you mentioned you'v just started, and obviously using Potlach for editing, I'v had a look at the area and fixed some common mistakes that Potlach generates (like not connecting ways, overlapping etc).
Feel free to let me know when you have performed more edits, and I'll go over it again with error-checking tools if you want.
Wish I had such a big city as yours to map, so I wouldn't run out of things to do at home :)

Area: osm.org/?lat=25.6019&lon=85.1767&zoom=12&layers=B000FTF

Finally! Will become so much easier to navigate when zoomed out...

I'v had mine for a couple of months now (+ 2GB card). Love it, and hope you'll love yours too :)

Remember to download OSM maps for it !!

Welcome to OSM :)

Final linting edit by me in Horley:

osm.org/browse/changeset/2332516

Most serious errors are now fixed. Several I couldn't do without local knowledge.

osm.org/browse/changeset/2295129

Please let me know if you 'get stuck' again...

Current changes made:

osm.org/browse/changeset/2293427

Loads of the errors here are hard/impossible to fix with POTLACH, but easy to fix with JOSM.
I'v done some 'linting' (fixing pure errors) now, and will do more later.

Post me if you want me to look over other areas..

I'm pretty tech-savy, but I swore to Potlach for along time, until my lill-bro got involved and started massive linting of my work using JOSM.
I tried both JOSM and Merkaartor, but didn't get the hang of it at all until a sit-down/instruction hour with him.

So, yes.. Potlach is intuitive, JOSM is definately not.

Doesn't Merkaator or JOSM have functionality for this ? I was thinking about exactly the same setup today... Realtime drawing/entering data..

The iPhone trace mention here was recorded using MotionX-GPS. On the trace in question, the Accelerometer filter and Accuracy filter was turned on.

After a dialog with the MotionX/Fullpower staff, I now turn off the accelerometrix filter during all activities, as the only real thing it does is help with speed-calcultation while at very low speeds. The Accuracy filter is also turned off all the time, except while flying, since it's only real use is to better 'keep up' with speed-calculation and accuracy while at speeds exceeding 200km/t.

Recap: Both "A" filters off for any (by bike or car) OSM'ing..

Thanks to all :)

Is this not automatic ?

Thats the idea, when I get to it.. There is heaps of more pressing issues (map-wise) around here.. When I started a few days ago, only highways were drawn..

Good observations Paul. It certainly make things way harder when ppl upload garbled/excessive traces...

How do you do those nice coord's things in the diary ?

Cause I know them ? Lived in Newy for 8 years, only recently returned to Stavanger, Norway :P I didn't draw any streets, just named a couple where I'v actually had addresses in the past..

Hi,

U'r diary-post were randomly at the top.. I'v lived in Newcastle for 8 years, and only recently returned to Norway, where I'm currently alone at mapping my hometown of Stavanger :)
U guys have done some great work down there I must say :)

-S