[OSM-newbies] copy and paste motorway

[Richard Fairhurst]

David Groom wrote:

> ----- Original Message -----
>   From: mclay
>   To: newbies at openstreetmap.org
>   Sent: Wednesday, October 29, 2008 6:01 PM
>   Subject: [OSM-newbies] copy and paste motorway
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>
>   Hi All,
>
>   Is there a way to copy and paste a motor way?  I want to make all   
> motor ways outside of cities 2 different ways instead of a single   
> line. Most motorways are right next to each other so I would like   
> just copy and paste and move it over and  edit the attributes.
>
>
>   Thanks,
>   Mui
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> JOSM has exactly this functionality, under the Edit menu.
>
> I'm not sure about Potlatch

If 0.10f is deployed (can't check, no Flash on wife's iPhone...) then  
just select the way and press P (for parallel).

Then delete the one you don't want, and unlock the one you do.

Richard
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