[josm-dev] addr mask / last tag takeover / dysfunctional when building=yes on way

[Dirk Stöcker]

On Wed, 6 Jul 2011, Florian Lohoff wrote:

>> JOSM distinguishes between untagged elements, which get defaults
>> applied and already tagged elements, where defaults are not applied.
>> This ensures that editing already tagged elements does not introduce
>> unwanted tags.
>
> Aeh - Okay - Somebody draws thousands of buildings and tags it with
> building=yes. Now i do site survey and add addresses - suddenly my
> presets dont work -> Bug ...

The "defaults" do not work. This is the same as when one of the elements 
would have the tag with a value. In this case defaults would not be 
applied as well.

"Default" means "try to guess what user wants". Guessing should be used 
with care and this is what josm does.

Ciao
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