[OSM-talk] How to extend a way?

[Erik Johansson]

On 7/14/06, Immanuel Scholz <immanuel.scholz at gmx.de> wrote:
> 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. :-)

Which after about 540km would be kind of tedious... ;-)

-- 
/Erik