[Potlatch-dev] [OpenStreetMap] #3980: RFE: Potlatch/2 feature to ease correct node<->way conversions

OpenStreetMap trac at openstreetmap.org
Fri Aug 26 03:58:59 BST 2011


#3980: RFE: Potlatch/2 feature to ease correct node<->way conversions
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 Reporter:  bryce2@…              |       Owner:  potlatch-dev@…                
     Type:  enhancement           |      Status:  new                           
 Priority:  critical              |   Milestone:                                
Component:  potlatch2             |     Version:                                
 Keywords:                        |  
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 This is a request from a data-import concern with osm:

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 A frequent enough use case is seeing a point feature and converting it to
 an outline.  For example a named historic landmark that's a point, but is
 turned into a building outline.

 Imagine instead two new action buttons in the bottom right corner of
 Potlatch/2:
         Convert node --> area
         Convert area --> node
 The node would turn into a small square area.  An area would be collapsed
 into a point feature at the centroid.  The concept works well as an icon.

 Presently this operation can be fragile, as beginner mappers may destroy
 the point's keys in the conversion from node --> area.  If the destroyed
 key documents a primary key from an import, it becomes harder to re-
 reconcile the import with the original data source.

 The 'R' key presently does not work for this, though JOSM does have
 shortcut.  But even the 'R' key is much more obscure compared to the
 proposed action button.

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Ticket URL: <https://trac.openstreetmap.org/ticket/3980>
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