[OSM-talk] JOSM geometry support

[Frederik Ramm]

Hi,

>> I've played with the "align nodes in circle" function in JOSM for
>> neatening up a large roundabout, but had problems due to the
>> projection used in JOSM.  JOSM aligns the nodes in a perfect circle on
>> its display screen, which of course gives a squashed circle on the map
>> due to differing projection schemes.
>>
>> Are there any techniques to overcome this problem?  If not, I would
>> add it to the desired features list.
> 
> Change your projection in JOSM's view options pane.

Alex is right but I'd say this is a bug - aligning nodes in a circle 
should never create a circle according to the current projection but 
always a "real" one.

Entered as http://josm.eigenheimstrasse.de/ticket/233.

Bye
Frederik

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