[OSM-newbies] 412 precondition failed deleting nodes

[Robert Hart]

On 28/09/2007, Ted Mielczarek <ted at mielczarek.org> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I've been working on mapping my home town, and I've hit an odd
> situation.  I was tracing a pond using Potlach, and I wound up
> deleting part of the way, so I figured I'd delete the rest and start
> over.  I've wound up with a few nodes that I can't delete.  If I
> delete them in JOSM, I get "412 precondition failed" when I try to
> upload the data.  I don't see any segments or ways there, so I'm not
> sure what I'm doing wrong.  Any ideas?  The area is just northeast of
> what I've mapped here:

Try clearing out JOSM (e.g. restart) and then download again. You'll
probably find something has changed in that area, and at least one of
those nodes has in fact been deleted already.

Rob

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Robert Hart