[OSM-talk] Way with only one single node

John F. Eldredge john at jfeldredge.com
Tue Mar 20 19:46:04 GMT 2012


ThomasB <toba0211 at yahoo.de> wrote:

> I am wondering how a way with only one node can exist in the database.
> I have
> deleted it but how many still exist? 
> http://www.openstreetmap.org/browse/way/154820504/history
> 

Since it takes at least two points to define a line, a way with only one node would be zero units long, and effectively nonexistent.

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