[OSM-newbies] removing existing ways & editing in Potlatch

[Richard Fairhurst]

Alexandros Papadopoulos wrote:
> 1. Am trying to edit
> http://www.openstreetmap.org/user/AlexandrosPapadopoulos/traces/609142
> - why is it not automatically converted to a way when I ask potlatch
> to do so, forcing me to re-trace 100+ km manually on the map?

When I click your link, I get "Trace not found!".

However, if I try another one of your tracks - for example,
http://www.openstreetmap.org/edit?gpx=522327 - then it works exactly as I'd
expect. Could you try, and report back if it doesn't?

> 2. I recently also captured this [...]
> but how can I get rid of the old, pre-existing way, while
> maintaining routability by joining my new route's first and last
> points with existing OSM data?

Shift-delete a way in Potlatch to delete it.

To connect points in Potlatch, click the first or last point to go into draw
mode ('elastic band'); then mouse-over another way so the points light up
blue; double-click one of them to make a junction and stop drawing.

Potlatch has built-in help - it's worth reading.

cheers
Richard
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