[OSM-newbies] How do I break roads?

[Richard Welty]

On 3/14/10 11:55 PM, John Buxton wrote:
> I last looked at openstreetmap years ago and have forgotten all I knew 
> then.
> I have downloaded the latest version of JOSM and have managed to get 
> the data for my area with the intention of adding street names.
> I have found that a lot of the roads shown as a way are in fact 2 or 
> more different roads so I need to break them where the name changes so 
> I can add the correct names, but can't work out how to do that.
>
> How can I break the road sections  so I can add the names in either 
> JOSM or Potlatch?
in josm, select the node where you want to split the way, then use the 
keyboard shortcut p

in potlatch, select the way, then the node and then the little scissors 
icon on the lower
left should be active, it will split the way at the node.

richard