[OSM-newbies] Complex Ways et al

[J.Slee]

I have a couple of simple newbie questions:

1. Most of the residential roads in my area are not simple lines but
resemble television aerials with lots of off-shoots.
   In potlatch I have been drawing a way and tagging it as "residential"
and giving it a name.  Then I am selecting a point at each junction and
cutting the way and then extending from a new end-point into the extra
spurs of the way.  Is this the best / only way to map such complex ways?

2. I mark way points on my Garmin Edge 705 cycle GPS whenever I get to
letter boxes , bus stops etc but I can't find an easy way to get these
from the way point file into potlatch.  Any suggestions welcome.

Regards Jamie

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