[OSM-talk-be] Chaos in regio Peer-Bree

[Denis Jacquerye]

On Fri, Oct 30, 2009 at 5:18 PM, Andre Engels <andreengels at gmail.com> wrote:
> 2009/10/30 Denis Jacquerye <moyogo at gmail.com>:
>> Some points are also affected in the Liège area.
>> http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=50.6479&lon=5.6525&zoom=12&layers=B000FTF
>> It seems some points are now forming a huge circle.
>> The last changeset
>> http://www.openstreetmap.org/browse/changeset/2984342 of
>> foxandpotatoes could be the problem.
>>
>> One option is to run a revert script.
>> http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Change_rollback
>>
>> Reverting through Potlatch is possible but would be a lot of work for this fix.
>
> Ah, your remark 'huge circle' makes me realize what is going on: If
> one has a closed loop, and uses the 'straighten' tool in potlatch, the
> way is changed into a circle. Apparently this has been done with road
> 29095033 (edge of high-resolution Yahoo imaging area) to cause these
> problems. Unfortunately, it seems that simply reverting this one road
> in Potlatch does not solve the problems of the other roads.

Reverting in Potlatch isn't that good. When I tried, I could only
slowly moved each way and had to reconnect ways. Reverting just points
could have worked but seems tedious. Good thing the revert script is
there.


Denis Moyogo Jacquerye