Hi Dirk, I believe the reason that when you copy a URL into JOSM from the map page, the rectangle is smaller is because it assumes a smaller screen resolution/browser window size than I always use. It is hard to think of a way round this, but I think that JOSM should assume a higher screen resolution than it currently does.
The square is the area within which you can be sure all data has been downloaded. If a way is part in the square, and part outside, it gets downloaded. This is the cause of ways extending outside the square. Remember that other ways and nodes outside the square will not have been downloaded, so avoid editing ways outside the square if other ways could be connected to them, for example - you don't know how it will affect the other data. Working within the square is safe. If you want to define the area in JOSM, you can either use the slippy map download plugin (i can't remember the exact name, but it's different from the slippy map plugin) or you can use other data (eg a GPX track you have opened in JOSM rather than downloaded) to zoom to the area you want to work on, then click download. JOSM defaults to downloading the area currently visible in JOSM. Regards, David --- Dirk Vervoort <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > I use Josm, but have a question. > How can I define the area I want do download in Josm > ? > When I copy the urls from de view osm the area is > always less. > What is de meaning of the square around an area ( > some routes are going > outsite this square) in OSM > > Thanks, > > Dirk > > > _______________________________________________ > newbies mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/newbies > ___________________________________________________________ Yahoo! Answers - Got a question? Someone out there knows the answer. Try it now. http://uk.answers.yahoo.com/ _______________________________________________ newbies mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/newbies
