Re: [Talk-ca] Merging ways

2011-08-21 Thread Adam Dunn
There's two methods to join two areas: you can delete the coincident segments and combine the two unclosed polygons (as you have tried), or you can use JOSM's join ways feature. What you are doing (the first method) should have worked, and I don't know why the two ways don't want to stay joined

[Talk-ca] Future GPS issues?

2011-08-21 Thread Colin McGregor
I ran across the following on a website dedicated to small boats about a possible threat to the GPS system: http://www.duckworksmagazine.com/11/reports/gps/index.htm Not sure how big an issue this will be, but it is something to watch... Colin McGregor

Re: [Talk-ca] Future GPS issues?

2011-08-21 Thread Gordon Dewis
The geocaching community has been watching this for a while. I don't understand why this has gotten as far as it has given that the GPS system is owned by the United States and is used for military and law enforcement applications domestically. You would think that the government would just say

Re: [Talk-ca] Merging ways

2011-08-21 Thread James Ewen
On Sun, Aug 21, 2011 at 9:14 AM, Adam Dunn dunna...@gmail.com wrote: There's two methods to join two areas: you can delete the coincident segments and combine the two unclosed polygons (as you have tried), or you can use JOSM's join ways feature. What you are doing (the first method) should

Re: [Talk-ca] Merging ways

2011-08-21 Thread Adam Dunn
My involvement with OSM predates Potlatch by a couple months, so I learned to edit OSM with JOSM, and that's what feels most natural to me. I get frustrated trying to use Potlatch. The complete opposite of you :) Your data looks good, except for one thing: you tagged the way with the name,