[OSM-talk] Unwayed segments (was Re: API 0.5 is on the way)

[Richard Fairhurst]

Gabriel Ebner wrote:

> On Tue, Sep 11, 2007 at 02:09:26AM +0200, Ulf Lamping wrote:
>> What will happen to a series of segments where no way is currently attached?
>
> Unwayed segments will be converted to a way each.  And as we didn't want to
> lose any data, tagged segments are converted too.

Which means it's a _really_ _great_ _idea_ for people to start work on  
'waying' unwayed segments right now, making use of the tools designed  
to do this.

To do this:

- in JOSM: use the TWays plugin  
(http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/JOSM/Plugins/tways) - or do  
it manually, of course

- in Potlatch: enable unwayed segment display (on the prefs), then  
move to a corner on the pink lines, and press 'U'  
(http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/Potlatch/FAQs#FAQs_for_existing_OSM_users)

And if any developers are feeling really helpful, it'd be good to have  
an overview map of unwayed segments across the world (whether a whole  
new Maplint-style layer or just a small number of static PNGs), so we  
know where to concentrate our efforts.

cheers
Richard