[josm-dev] self-intersecting ways

[Alan Mintz]

At 2010-02-23 09:41, Matthias Julius wrote:
>...
>I am wondering whether JOSM should actively support the creation of
>self-intersecting ways or whether the Join Node to Way command should
>only join a node to ways it is not already member of.

Based on my usage, the latter (do not join to existing parents of the node).


>Also, I am wondering whether it should join a node only to the nearest
>way instead of all ways withing snap distance.  If one wants to join
>the node to another way one can just repeat the command.

I like this. I'm often dealing with administrative boundaries that run down 
the centerlines of streets, and have to move either the boundary or the 
street to join a new cross-street.

Of course, I'd really like to see the ability to ignore admin boundaries 
completely (perhaps during download), as they almost always are simply in 
the way, either because they have been glued to roads, or because they are 
close to roads. A similar problem exists with some landuse=* ways that 
people have glued to roads.

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Alan Mintz <Alan_Mintz+OSM at Earthlink.net>