[OSM-talk] JOSM cut and paste between layers results in position change

[David Earl]

On 11/06/2008 04:32, Adam Schreiber wrote:
> On Tue, Jun 10, 2008 at 10:56 PM, Simon Wood <simon at mungewell.org> wrote:
>> Q). Is there some what to duplicate a way/node on another layer without this displacement?
> 
> I've run into this bug during the US state borders import.  My
> solution was to select what I wanted to c&p, zoom to selection, copy
> selection, switch layers, and paste.  That should take care of things
> for now.

This isn't a bug, it is intentional. It pastes in the centre of the 
screen so that you don't have to search for the thing you pasted (which 
might be anywhere in the area you're working in), on the basis that 
you're trying to create something based on something similar, and you 
will want it near where you're working. I wasn't envisaging it would be 
used to replicate a data set.

David