[talk-au] Roundabouts and routing

[John Smith]

2009/12/18 Steve Bennett <stevagewp at gmail.com>:
> I'm guilty of this sometimes. One reason for me comes from the method of
> tracing: zoom in, mark points along the longest straight stretch you can
> see, then pan the map, repeat, etc. If you're very zoomed in, you can't tell
> that the road will be straight off the screen.
>
> And sometimes you just forget not to. Or you're not certain that the road
> really is straight, etc.

Both potlatch and JOSM have a simplify option... So even if you add a
way with a lot of points you can simplify it after you are done.