[OSM-talk] "Segment is deleted but part of Way"

[Tom Hughes]

In message <20070221121846.GH2376 at 42.dk>
        Kristian Thy <thy at 42.dk> wrote:

> On Wed, Feb 21, David Earl wrote:
>> I'm getting the following error in JOSM when I try to download a Way it
>> claims is incomplete (though I can see the full extent it should have; this
>> is the railway line running from the northern outskirts of Cambridge to Ely,
>> and I need to split it to form a level crossing and some bridges along its
>> length):
>> 
>>    Data error: Segment 14,501,980 is deleted but part of Way 3,693,993
>> 
>> What can I do to recover from this?
>
> * Edit the way. Anything - add a nonsense tag, for instance.
> * Save data layer from JOSM to a file.
> * Close JOSM
> * Open .osm file with text editor, search for action="modify". This will
>   be your way.
> * Manually delete the line with segment 14501980.
> * Save and close.
> * Open .osm file in JOSM.
> * Delete your nonsense tag from the way.
> * Upload.

* Bug somebody to fix trac ticket #155 so the applet doesn't keep 
  breaking ways like this

Tom

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