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

[Raphaël Jacquot]

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? Should I just delete the Way (even
> though it is supposedly incomplete) and recreate it from the segments, or
> what? Or does someone need to go into the database and correct the data
> integrity problem?
>

you've encountered YET another data integrity bug in the API / database