[Potlatch-dev] [OpenStreetMap] #4375: Potlatch 2: join nodes function creates duplicate nodes in ways

[Steve Bennett]

Good to know - I'll take a look next week. Pretty sure I wrote that
code, and it sounds like I missed a special case or two.

Steve

On Tue, Apr 24, 2012 at 5:44 PM, OpenStreetMap <trac at openstreetmap.org> wrote:
> #4375: Potlatch 2: join nodes function creates duplicate nodes in ways
> -----------------------+----------------------------------------------------
>  Reporter:  Firefly!   |       Owner:  potlatch-dev@…
>     Type:  defect     |      Status:  new
>  Priority:  minor      |   Milestone:
> Component:  potlatch2  |     Version:  2.0
>  Keywords:             |
> -----------------------+----------------------------------------------------
>  It seems to be a bug inside the Potlatch function "join nodes" (key J).
>  When I stick together two (or more) areas by joining nodes, sometimes the
>  OSM inspector tool tells me, I have created duplicate nodes in one of the
>  resulting ways.
>  f.e.
>  http://www.openstreetmap.org/browse/node/1728680163
>  http://www.openstreetmap.org/browse/node/1706551424
>
>  I can reproduce it as follow:
>  Way 1 contains node 1a and node 1b. Way 2 contains node 2.
>  I join node 2 with node 1a. Later I join the resulting node with 1b.
>  After uploading I will get the duplicate node in way.
>
>  Normally this situation will not happen so often, but at edges of three or
>  more areas you can have a lot of nodes and it is almost impossible to take
>  care for all ...
>
>  Best regards
>
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> Ticket URL: <https://trac.openstreetmap.org/ticket/4375>
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