[OSM-newbies] josm and copying from one layer to another

[swanilli]

It is not a bug and easily overcome.

In the top right of JOSM you will see a box labeled "Layers". When you
create a new layer (I use Ctrl+N), focus shifts to that layer and it appears
at the top of the list of layers (say as "Data Layer 2").

Your original layer (usually "Data Layer 1") will be greyed out and
everything you add will be on Data Layer 2. To shift focus, select the
required layer in the Layers box, click "Activate the Selected Layer" button
(just below, in the Layers box) and you will be back into it.


2009/10/24 Rik de Landloper <rik at the-quickest.com>

> Hello,
>
> I made a three-day hike and tagged all the features of my hike on
> openstreetmap. Now I want to make a track of my walk which is exactly
> matching the ways in openstreetmap along which I have been walking. So I
> thought let's make an extra layer in josm (file/new) and copy/paste
> these ways from the osm-map into a new layer and save it as an gpx-file.
> But as soon as I made a new layer in josm, the ways in the layer with
> the osm-map are no longer selectable anymore. I made sure that I have
> selected/highlighted the osm-layer and point my mouse to a way, but the
> way is not highlighted anymore.
>
> Is this a bug or a feature ? Does anyone has a suggestion how I can
> manage to copy ways from osm-map to a private layer ? The workaround I
> found is not a real option. Before making a new layer I can select and
> copy ways and paste them into a new layer. But it is quite difficult to
> select tens or hundreds of ways without misclicking once in a while and
> losing the whole selection again.
>
> Rik
> ---------------------------------
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