[OSM-newbies] newbies Digest, Vol 27, Issue 13

[Doug Kim]

Thank you so much for the assistance!

Doug


On May 8, 2009, at 10:38 PM, Aspen Swartz <aspendel at gmail.com> wrote:

> In Potlatch, there is a button on the lower left, with the background,
> reverse way, and other buttons, that looks like a pair of scissors.
> Select a point on the way, where you wish it to be split, and hit the
> scissors button.
>
> I have my own question:
>
> Some ways serve as the edge of more than one area.  A road can be also
> the edge of a landuse category; a river can serve as a boundary; and
> many administrative borders are multiple- that is, the northern border
> of my home county is also the northern border of my home state and
> country, the western border of my home county is the centerline of a
> river.   How can I make an area that includes sections like this that
> need to be tagged diffferently?  So far it seems like Potlatch won't
> recognize a circular way unless it's one continuous way, with no
> splits.  Am I just understanding Potlatch wrong?
>
> -Aspen
>
> How can I create these multiple-meaning borders?
>> Date: Fri, 8 May 2009 15:32:25 -0400
>> From: Doug Kim <doug.kim at tuftandco.com>
>> Subject: [OSM-newbies] Splitting a long road
>> To: newbies at openstreetmap.org
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>> Greetings all!
>>
>> I am a very new newbie.
>>
>> My question is: for a long way or road that I want to split from  
>> into two
>> parts (residential and service), is there any way to split the  
>> road? Or do I
>> have to delete the part I wish to change from one end all the way  
>> to the
>> starting point? Some of these roads / ways are long.
>>
>> Thanks in advance!
>>
>> Doug
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>> Date: Fri, 8 May 2009 21:43:46 +0200
>> From: "Fabrizio Carrai" <fabrizio.carrai at gmail.com>
>> Subject: [OSM-newbies] R:  Splitting a long road
>> To: <newbies at openstreetmap.org>
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>> What program are you using ?
>> In JOSM you can add a point where to split the way then use the "P"  
>> key".
>> Now you have two connected ways that you can independently tag.
>>
>> F.
>>  -----Messaggio originale-----
>>  Da: newbies-bounces at openstreetmap.org
>> [mailto:newbies-bounces at openstreetmap.org]Per conto di Doug Kim
>>  Inviato: venerd? 8 maggio 2009 21.32
>>  A: newbies at openstreetmap.org
>>  Oggetto: [OSM-newbies] Splitting a long road
>>
>>
>>  Greetings all!
>>
>>  I am a very new newbie.
>>
>>  My question is: for a long way or road that I want to split from  
>> into two
>> parts (residential and service), is there any way to split the  
>> road? Or do I
>> have to delete the part I wish to change from one end all the way  
>> to the
>> starting point? Some of these roads / ways are long.
>>
>>  Thanks in advance!
>>
>>  Doug
>>  --
>>  Doug Kim | Sr. Producer | Tuft+Co.
>>  www.tuftandco.com
>>  641 Avenue of the Americas
>>  New York, NY 10011
>>  O 646-257-4871
>>  C 310-869-0498
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