[OSM-dev] Set configurations in JOSM advanced preferences

[amrit karmacharya]

Thank you, i will not upload the changes. This is for reducing data size to
use in other applications.


On Wed, Jun 18, 2014 at 8:17 PM, Martin Koppenhoefer <dieterdreist at gmail.com
> wrote:

>
> 2014-06-18 15:09 GMT+02:00 amrit karmacharya <amrit.im at gmail.com>:
>
>
>> Is it okay if i add it myslf?
>>
>
>
> yes, you can add values that aren't there and it will (sometimes ;-) )
> work.
>
> As a sidenote you shouldn't use the simplify way functions on other stuff
> on osm.org than those that you entered yourself (IMHO), or in other
> words, use it with great caution (it will most probably create more harm
> then well if the mapping was sensible before). It will remove nodes that
> create very gentle curves / minor deviations from straight lines that do
> exist also in reality, etc and will eliminate fine detail that should be
> there instead. Please be aware that this function
> (douglas-peucker-algorithm) isn't aware of angles but only of delta
> distances (causing it to "fail" in the case of very sharp curves for
> instance).
>
> cheers,
> Martin
>
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