[OSM-newbies] Deleting ways

[Kenneth Gonsalves]

On 04-Aug-08, at 3:37 AM, James Ewen wrote:

> I am in the process of adding more roadways to the Millwoods
> neighborhood in Edmonton using Potlatch, and part of what I need to
> to, is pull up the old "main roads" that were hastily drawn in the
> past, and replace them with more accurate renditions. I can go in and
> select points on the ways, and press the delete key to remove them, in
> the process stripping up the roadway. However, the road will reappear
> again and again. I have pulled up the old roadway pointed to above 5
> times now, and it keeps coming back. I have had this issue in the
> past, and after a number of attempts, the roads finally go away. This
> time, this road is being very persnickety.

I find it quicker to split the road at the two ends in between which  
I am doing the modification, draw the road afresh and then join it to  
the two ends.

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