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New edits not showing (yet again)

Posted by GMHeyes on 1 March 2017 in English.

The area I now live in is a bit short of detail, I enjoyed editing around my previous address, so last night I thought I would start adding features around my new home. the aim is to start locally and then moving around my home town! I made half a dozen or so edits, which included shops, a path, removed a road that no longer exists, grassed areas and terraced housing. None of the above is yet to appear on the map, I have checked on my iPad, PC and mobile phone. I used the id (In browser editor)

Location: Moorside, Shaw, Oldham, Greater Manchester, England, OL4 2XA, United Kingdom

Topo Hiking Map

Posted by GMHeyes on 30 April 2013 in English.

Would anyone be interested in developing Topo type map of the british isles aimed primarily at hikers with me? A lot of the maps out there are aimed at motorists and cyclists and I think one fine tuned primarily for hiking would create a lot of interest! My goal is to set up a website and enable users to download the map for Garmin hand held units and also to be able to install the map for use in Basecamp and Mapsource!

I could do with a helping hand

Posted by GMHeyes on 22 March 2012 in English.

I want to contribute as much as possible to OSM but at the moment I dont know quite enough about the editing to get things looking exactly how I want them. The idea I have is to work with someone who can add my work to the map. I will do the tracing with my GPSr and then describe to whoever what it is I have traced, the end result would be a far greater detailed map. Ultimately I would like someone to show me how to edit properly so I can do it all myself. Anyone interested?

A week on

Posted by GMHeyes on 4 March 2012 in English. Last updated on 5 March 2012.

Done a bit more editing this week, certain aspects are getting a little bit easier, and thats a step in the right direction! Does anyone have a link to a step by step guide to putting certain areas of the map on my Garmin device? I know you can download the .img files already done but want to be able to do them myself, also I only need a small portion of the map as I use it mainly for hiking and fishing!

New to OpenStreetMap

Posted by GMHeyes on 26 February 2012 in English.

I have only just joined, to be honest I didnt know it existed until a couple of days ago, I heard about it via a GPS forum, it is fantastic and I am really impressed. I have changed a couple of local POI and added a missing road so far, as I get out and about with my GPSr I will be adding more to the map!

Location: Gatley, Stockport, Greater Manchester, England, SK8 4PD, United Kingdom