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- For other uses, see JOSM/Guide.
- For other uses, see How to contribute.
- For other uses, see Contribute map data.
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Absolute beginners
- Using the OpenStreetMap website
- First Steps in OpenStreetMap iD Editor
- A turbo introduction to Overpass - MInh Nguyễn
Concepts for beginners
By emacsen - A series of videos for the new OSM contributor covers general concepts from nodes to changests and rendering.
- Playlist
- Nodes and Tags
- Ways
- Closed Ways and Object IDs
- Routing
- Layers
- Splitting Ways
- Relations
- Addressing (Part 1)
- Addressing (Part 2)
- Tags in Depth
- Object Metadata
- Changesets
- Rendering Overview
Tutorials or sets of tutorials by specific people
- Series by Steve Coast
- See the series
- "OpenStreetMap introduction" by Steve Coast - 17:34 - Introduction to the website and related resources
- Potlatch Introduction - An introduction to the openstreetmap.org online Flash-based editor, Potlatch1
- How to remove duplicate nodes - Using the duplicate nodes map and editing in Potlatch
- Keepright - Using Keepright to find bugs and fix them in Potlatch
- GPSBabel - How to use GPSBabel on a Mac to get data off of your GPS and in to GPX. Some applicability to Windows users also as it's a similar interface.
- JOSM basic introduction - A basic introduction to JOSM - the Java OpenStreetMap editor
- Editing in JOSM - How to edit data in JOSM
- Photos in JOSM - How to pull in photos of street signs etc into JOSM (now a bit out of date)
- Russ Nelson on JOSM
- Series of short JOSM tutorials by Russell Nelson:
- Your first edit ever
- Your second edit ever
- Adding house numbers
- Merging two ways into one
- Merging two ways into one using keyboard shortcuts
- Fixing an Interstate junction
- Saving and reloading
- Humanitarian mapping tutorials
- (These often apply just as well to normal mapping)
- Tutorial videos from the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team
- Humanitarian Mapping - Tracing Roads in Japan Using JOSM by User:Davespod
- Pakistan flood mapping with Potlatch 1 - by CrisisCampSydney
- http://imaphaiti.com/ - Introductory videos showing Potlatch. Relates to Haiti disaster mapping. By User:Wonderchook
- OSM Tutorial - Using the Keyboard to Save Presets in Potlatch by Margie Rosswell 00:55
- How to Load a Haiti Basemap onto a Garmin GPS Receiver by Margie Rosswell 02:16
- Todd Huffman
- OpenStreetMap, from the Kabul Airport to Jalalabad - Quick real-world mapping example using Android apps for viewing and tracing.
- Kevin Steinhardt
- Basic tracing, from 7th Series - Using Potlatch and thoughtful explanation of tracing from 7th Series out-of-copyright maps (UK)
- Loch Calium - Using JOSM to trace a Scottish loch from 7th Series
- User:Maning
- osm in less than 5 - series of basic tutorials for JOSM and Potlatch
Blake Girardot
- 57 videos on different subjects using JOSM
JOSM video collection
- Official JOSM video tutorial list
- Some JOSM videos as part of the Steve Coast's video series:
- Series of short JOSM tutorials by Russell Nelson:
Some videos online explaining how to edit
- How to add a new road relation in JOSM
- Video example - How to add a speed camera in Potlatch
- Video example - How to add a speed camera in JOSM
Misc
- Potlatch introduction
- Potlatch turn restrictions
- Import your printed maps into OSM via JOSM with Piclayer plugin (de)
- CityEngine Import How to import OSM Data to the CityEngine generator
- OSM->Garmin - explaining Mkgmap to get Garmin datas
- uMap dinamic data layer (it) with overpass-api query url
- Video example series - Editing OSM
In Other languages
Other video tutorials have been created in other languages. See the language bar at the top
Recently there were some nice new tutorials created by skobbler in German for example.
New videos
See Video tutorial development for inspiration and coordination around creating video tutorials.
Feel free to link more tutorial videos from this page. Videos should be tagged 'osm' and 'openstreetmap' to maximise find-ability on YouTube/Vimeo.