[OSM-talk] Documentation on Editing Relations

[Graham Jones]

Hi,
I have always tried to avoid using relations (never really accepted that is
better than adding route= tags to ways, and they seem to complicate things
quite a lot....), but I am trying to tidy up some long distance footpaths
that have been done as relations.

The concept of relations is fine, but I am really struggling to find the
instructions on how to edit them properly without breaking anything - for
example:
   If I know a relation number, how do I load it (I don't mind which
editor!) - the bit of countryside I am editing does not include it, so it
does not appear in the JOSM relations list, but I have a number from a Wiki
page. I have pretty much worked out how to add ways to relations using
JOSM's relation editor, but haven't quite worked out how to re-order them,
apart from doing it manually - is this possible?

Is there a command line way of adding ways to a relation - for example,
rather than doing it by clicking on things, I would quite like to do "add
ways to relation XXXX where route="Pennine Way" or name="Pennine Way".

Any pointers would be appreciated.  Sorry for being dumb - I must have
missed the documentation somewhere?

Regards


Graham.

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Dr. Graham Jones
Hartlepool, UK
email: grahamjones139 at gmail.com
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