[OSM-newbies] copy and paste motorway

[David Groom]

1)  First select the way you want to copy

2) Then "zoom the view to the selection" - keystroke 3

3) Then edit > Copy

4) Then edit > Paste

At this stage the new way will be exactly on top of the old way with the new way currently selected

5) drag the new way to where to want it to be.


The reason I would do (2) above is that when you paste a copied way JOSM pastes it into the centre of the viewport.  If you first centre the viewport on the existing way by "zoom the view to the selection", then when you do the paste operation the new way is on top of the existing way and you don't need to drag it too far to get it parallel.

David


  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: mclay 
  To: David Groom ; newbies at openstreetmap.org 
  Sent: Wednesday, October 29, 2008 8:44 PM
  Subject: Re: [OSM-newbies] copy and paste motorway


  Hi David,

  Thank you for the pointer.  But I have another stupid question.  How do I paste the copied line next to the original line.  I am using JOSM.  The command window indicates a paste occurred but I have no idea where it is in the main window.  I've selected the node I would like the copied line to connect to but that doesn't seem to do anything.

  Thanks for the help.
  Mui




  On Wed, Oct 29, 2008 at 12:59 PM, David Groom <reviews at pacific-rim.net> 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


      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



--------------------------------------------------------------------------


      _______________________________________________
      newbies mailing list
      newbies at openstreetmap.org
      http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/newbies



    JOSM has exactly this functionality, under the Edit menu.

    I'm not sure about Potlatch 
    David


    _______________________________________________
    newbies mailing list
    newbies at openstreetmap.org
    http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/newbies



-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/newbies/attachments/20081029/ef71ea68/attachment.html>