[OSM-talk] How to extend a way?

[Immanuel Scholz]

Hi,

> This is pretty straightforward in JOSM. If you are not sure about the
> process then I suggest you find a spare scrap of land and make a short way
> which you can delete when you are done. Give this little way a name if you
> like. Next create additional nodes and segments to extend this way. Then
> click the "select" button and select the way you made plus the adjacent
> segments you want to make part of the same way. With the way plus the extra
> segments selected click the way button. The prompt will ask if you want to
> select the underlying segments, click No. At the next prompt click yes to
> add the segments to the existing way and then yes again to reorder the
> sequence of segments. Hey presto you are done. The revised way will contain
> the original way plus the new segments and if you named it or added any
> other attributes the extended way will have those attributes.

Errm... this is correct, you *could* do it like that.

Or you just click on the way-mode button, then click on the way to
modify and finally subsequently click on every segment to add. :-)


Ciao, Imi.