[OSM-talk] Editing problem?

[David Earl]

Is there something people can do too easily and inadvertently in iD which
leads to a problem if they don't spot they've done it? Or maybe even a bug?

In the last month I've found edits by two different accounts, both editing
in iD, where a node has ended up merged with another node, or possibly a
way re-connected to a different incorrect node, some hundreds of metres
away (in both cases the original location ended up eastwards, but that's
probably just coincidence). The visual result is a road or building ends up
with a long narrow spike in it.

In both cases, from the changeset comments, it doesn't look like either of
them were even trying to edit the particular feature in question - they
were doing something quite unrelated.

What I'm wondering is if there is perhaps some gesture, like panning the
map, which can end up dragging a node which dropped onto another node
connects them. If you're rapidly panning perhaps you may not notice you
picked up a node? Is this possible? Is there some other scenario that could
lead to this accidentally? I can understand one mistake, but two so very
similar accidents by different people looks suspicious.

David
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