Hi Clifford, Well, I've come to believe you are right, the other editors are better suited for editing data into OSM. I'd probably be using JOSM already if I hadn't run into "the memory issue" that I'm still not sure I've corrected, On top of that, QGIS is a tool that I can directly apply to my work, while editors specifically for OSM are not -- so I was able to spend far more time and energy getting to know it ...well enough to find how much I was led astray by the statement under OpenStreetMap Plugin (obsolete) in http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/QGIS (This page was last modified on 11 March 2015, at 18:44) "QGIS OSM Plugin <http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/QGIS_OSM_Plugin> lets you load in vector data from OpenStreetMap, and even edit and upload your changes." where "obsolete" apparently refers to the functionality as a whole, not just an outdated plugin.
Cheers, John On Sat, May 9, 2015 at 8:12 PM, Clifford Snow <cliff...@snowandsnow.us> wrote: > John, > I use QGIS regularly. Personally I believe the OSM editors, iD, Potlatch, > and JOSM are better suited for editing data. Someone I know is very > comfortable with QGIS tried using it as an OSM editor. I don't think he > succeeded. As a tool for working with OSM data to give to others QGIS can't > be beat. Extract the information using overpass, load it into QGIS and you > can easily produce customized maps for your audience. > > Clifford > > On Sat, May 9, 2015 at 7:26 PM, john o'l <ol.john...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> >> Alas, the simple options that appeared to allow QGIS to make direct OSM >> uploads seem to have disappeared with updates over the past few years and I >> lack the technical chops to code an appropriate tool. >> >> QGIS seems to prefer creating shape (SHP) files, and I found that copying >> and pasting an attribute table will create a text file (I believe tab >> delimited) of the format: >> POLYGON((longitude<space>latitude,longitude<space>latitude,...etc)) then >> attributes/tags. First question is whether anyone has or knows of an easy >> conversion/upload tool to get this data into OSM? The closest I found still >> would have had me manipulating python or XML -- I am sure no sensible >> people really want me to go down that road. >> >> Getting to know QGIS has been a treat, by the way. It is great at >> extracting data from OSM and the imagery services associated with it. For >> folks having trouble with the free form nature of OSM, it allows sifting >> and structuring the data in a way that may be quite pleasing. I can't help >> but think Spring Harrison might enjoy extracting all the helicopter landing >> pads and leisure=common in earthquake hit areas and give them a thorough >> review, producing a shape or text file of his recommended choices. >> >> It seems data generated by osm users contained within Google's kmls would >> be available as long as it was extracted? Surely putting something in an >> envelope doesn't render it the property of the envelope manufacturer... >> >> Anyway, any help or non-coding recommendations would be appreciated! >> >> Cheers, >> >> John >> >> _______________________________________________ >> HOT mailing list >> HOT@openstreetmap.org >> https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/hot >> >> > > > -- > @osm_seattle > osm_seattle.snowandsnow.us > OpenStreetMap: Maps with a human touch >
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