[OSM-newbies] My fresh edits got distorted

[Ari Torhamo]

to, 2008-04-10 kello 20:43 -0600, James Ewen kirjoitti:
> On Thu, Apr 10, 2008 at 8:02 PM, Ari Torhamo <ari.torhamo at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> >  I edited some existing streets with Potlatch to make them look better. I
> >  added a lot of points to curves to make them look smoother, etc. When I
> >  went back to see my changes a few hours later, a large part of the
> >  changes I made were distorted. The points had moved sideways so that the
> >  smooth curves I made became slightly zigzag-like - not much, but enough
> >  to make them look ugly. There are several separate ways that got
> >  distorted. The distorted ones seem to be the last ones I edited. They
> >  were OK when I finnished though.
> 
> I observed something similar here in Canada. I am the only one working
> in my area, and noticed that some of my points appeared to be moved
> slightly from where I had placed them. It was just a handful that I
> had worked on not long ago. Most of the work I had done was okay, just
> a few had "slipped" from where I had placed them.

I just had a look at the edits that had changed, and now they are back
to normal. Perhaps this was just a temporary problem in the system.
Well, I'll keep my eye on them for a while anyway.

I forgot to say in my previous message that according to the edit
history no one else has edited the ways in question for a long time.

Ari