[OSM-talk] to all potlatch and JOSM users - automatic simplification of geometry

[Stefan de Konink]

On Sun, 9 Aug 2009, Richard Fairhurst wrote:

> Turn on the Yahoo imagery, align the start and end points of the way, and
> select the 'Tidy' function. Hey presto, the street is now correctly aligned
> to the grid. You could have done this manually, but it would have taken 10
> times as long and wouldn't be as precise.

And then you realise that the alignment of Yahoo Imagery is wrong on most
places, and you have killed good vector material. Great job :)


Stefan