[josm-dev] Newbie question

[ael]

Frederik Ramm wrote:
> Hi,
> 
>> Often when I upload to OSM, I am presented with errors or warnings that
>> the validator has not detected.
>>
>> My problem is in locating these errors. Often I can spot them visually
>> or just by checking recent edits. I have tried clicking on the error box
>>  and the like in an attempt to highlight or select the offending nodes
>> or ways, but to no avail. With the errors spotted by the validator, it
>> is all easy, but I can't find any similar mechanism for the error dialog
>> presented during uploads.
>>
>> This message is prompted by a case where "two crossing ways" were
>> reported, but I couldn't locate them, so I uploaded anyway.
> 
> Crossing ways are in no way checked by the server, so you should be
> able to upload data with as many crossing ways as you like and it
> should not complain.
> 
>> In the past I have actually read the coordinates from the dialogue box
>> and manually entered them (I couldn't cut-and-paste: why not?) and found
>> errors that way, but it was impossibly slow and tedious.
> 
> You're saying you got a dialogue box with an error message that
> contained coordinates? Totally news to me - next time this happens,
> can yo somehow make a screenshot or so?

>From memory, yes. I certainly went through that painful process of
re-entering coordinates and indeed found and corrected  errors. A little
while ago when I had just started, so the exact details are now hazy.

As for the current problem, I tried to reproduce the error by
downloading and then uploading the particular area, but there was no
error report this time. That seems to agree with the comment above that
"crossing ways" are not erroneous.

I assumed that the error box was directly generated by josm (or maybe a
plugin) rather than prompted by a server response.

Thanks for the reply. I will try to remember to take a screen shot the
next time this happens.

ael