[Talk-us] [Imports] Double Mapping - Point and Polygon

[Bryce Nesbitt]

On 08/25/2011 08:06 PM, Mike Thompson wrote:
> I have been able to convert a point to a way in Potlatch 2.  I can
> then select the way (polygon) representing the feature and use the "R"
> command to copy over the tags.  I then delete the way that was
> originally a point.
Oooh, tricky and cool.

So you click on the node.  Then shift click elsewhere.
The node is now an area with the same tags.

Click on the target outline and press R.
And you've done it.

That's great.  But if we want more people to use it, it needs to be a 
bit more obvious:
http://trac.openstreetmap.org/ticket/1682
http://trac.openstreetmap.org/ticket/3980