Would be interesting if Google StreetView dare entering that area at some point. They don't have it live yet at least. :)

There is a clever script in SVN called change_tags.py which you could use for mass renaming, but I would discuss something like that on the mailing list first.

It seem it was already in, visible at high zoom.
You might want to use http://openstreetbugs.appspot.com/?lat=29.7988263349545&lon=-98.4717323871793&zoom=14 for further such bug reports (keep 'em coming :).

sudo make the "17" a ref tag instead of the name tag (will give you "shields")

12.000 inhabitants fully warrants place=town, good catch.

One thing I noticed when looking at the map there: the SP236 and SP205 and SP83 etc. parts of the road names should be in the ref tag instead, like this: ref=SP236. This will give you nice little boxes with this number in them, and the real name of a road in addition.

Have fun mapping!

On the other hand, http://matt.sandbox.cloudmade.com/?lat=50.31022&lon=12.19014&zoom=16&layers=B0 still shows it...

Wow, cool.

Maybe you can also derive something useful from http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/ams/manchuria/txu-oclc-6614368-nk52-3.jpg

The red X should work for deleting tags - you have to have your input focus set to the tag you want to delete. There is also a patch now that makes trackpoints unclickable (hopefully integrated into SVN soon). As for the icons, do you know that you can switch the map style? Try MapnikPlus for instance, it has more icons than the Classic style. MapnikPlus will also show a different icon for a node with tags even if it doesn't have a specific icon defined (I thought the Classic style did that too though...).

Einfach Geduld haben, auf der Mailingliste oder im Forum konkret fragen, oder am 8.1. beim
osm.wiki/index.php/DresdnerOSMStammtisch vorbeikommen. :)

Now is the time to lighten up the streets by using lit=yes :)

Also take a look at http://gpsies.com then.

Merkaartor has always been able to split a road AFAIR. You sometimes need to select the road in addition to the node though.

Coole Sache. Mal sehen, wie es mit
osm.wiki/index.php/Proposed_features/IMBA_Trail_Difficulty_Rating usw. weitergeht, vielleicht gibt koennen wir bald die Cycle Map damit aufwerten.

As much as I love Merkaartor, if you find yourself adding lots of new nodes to existing ways in order to smooth them, try a recent JOSM version instead. It has "virtual vertices" that allow you to grab and drag the "x" in the middle of a way segment and makes it a new node automatically.

walky: In Merkaartor, you use Node > Merge (Alt+M).

I think tourism=guest_house would fit quite nicely.

When you go a way twice, you will get two ways, not one, but that's not a bad thing as the others have said. If you don't have the time to properly tag your ways, you could still help naming streets etc. by using http://openstreetbugs.appspot.com/

The huge bus is a known and now fixed problem, should be gone soon.

Always great to hear about mappers in places where THEY don't have data :)