[josm-dev] [FR] Moving node on top of way = snap into way

[Lambertus]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ulf Lamping" <ulf.lamping at web.de>
To: "Lambertus IJsselstein" <ijsselstein at wanadoo.nl>
Cc: <josm-dev at openstreetmap.org>
Sent: Monday, November 05, 2007 21:05
Subject: Re: [josm-dev] [FR] Moving node on top of way = snap into way


> Lambertus IJsselstein schrieb:
>> 1) If a node is moved on top of a way it snaps into that way 
>> automatically
>> (add the node to the way). This would make that action behave similarly 
>> to
>> the 'add new node' function.
>>
> I don't think that's a real good idea to do this automatically. This
> will make it pretty hard to *not* link stuff on crowded areas together,
> that shouldn't be connected.
>
Well what I requested was functionally about the same as with the add new 
node function... so it didn't sound too weird to me.

> You might try the UtilsPlugin, which has an action to combine a node
> with an existing way - that might help you here.
Ok, I'll try that one.

>> 2) When adding a node on top of crossing (but not connected) ways adds 
>> the
>> node to both ways, effectively making an intersection.
>>
> This is already the default behaviour of JOSM - if I understand you
> right?!?
>
Humm, I was really convinced it didn't, but you are right that function is 
already in JOSM. Sorry.