[Live-demo] Re: OSM tools not working when offline

[Hamish]

Cameron wrote:

> Hamish,
> It seems that the OSM tools need to be online to
> work. Got a "Host not found" error from Merkaartor.
> 
> It worked when online.


the "download data" buttons are only going to work if you've
actually got a connection to the download server. You can use
the programs with the predownload .osm file, for Merkaartor
just un-bzip2 it first, then File->Open. JOSM can work directly
with the .bz2'd version.

Yahoo! satellite backdrops/WMS/etc will also require a network
connection but are not critical to the normal running of the
program.


cheers,
Hamish