[OSM-talk] Duplicate ways in multipolygon relations

[nwastra]

…..Actually, all the overlapping ways in the current shapefile are where adjacent relations meet.

> On 19 Feb 2017, at 2:04 PM, nwastra <nwastra at gmail.com> wrote:
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> Hi
> is there a JOSM plugin to assist with duplicate ways?
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> We have been given explicit permission to use a good data set of shapefiles that define boundaries for the OSM.
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> Using JOSM, my method is to select the shapefile relation for a particular National Park for instance then merge the selection into the OSM Data Layer. Often a replace geometry is needed on many polygons to help preserve the history. Add all the tags to the relation. 
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> Then the hard part….
> You have to cut up and conflate the new boundaries with the existing data. 
> All the duplicate overlying ways need to be selected, nodes entered, nodes merged and joined at the end, boundary and nodes selected where split is performed, remove extra over lapping ways to generally leave one, add that one left to this or another relation. Add more tags as needed.
> Then selection each relation that was affected and view the result to see if it is complete.
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> In some areas there are likely to be National Parks and other protected areas, forestry areas, etc all adjacent to each other with boundaries that meet.
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> Another method I use is to split up the relation before merging piece by piece but is just as complex.
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> Another method is to leave the overlapping ways for someone else to sort out.
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> In some relations there may be 30 or so adjacent polygons with ways partially overlapping so is a lot of work that I think would be ideal for plugin assistance and efficiency. 
> It seems to me that if one relation is selected at a time, it should be a task able to be mostly automated by programming. Then it would be up to the mapper to verify and quality control the result.
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> I am a new user to QGis and wonder if the splitting and conflating of the shapefile to be merged can be done in QGis prior to introduction to JOSM and then would only need to sort out areas between adjacent relations. 
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> Is it best not to bother doing this anyway or even preferable to leave all the polygons as individual entities with overlapping ways?
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> Finally, I should add that I do try to add small discreet areas and relations one at a time that are manageable before proceeding. 
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> Nev     
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