Am 24.08.2013 11:00, schrieb Lester Caine:
> Case 1 ... better imagery shows that the location of a way is wrong ...
> so move the way to the new location! Do not delete the way and and start
> again from scratch. This is were 'imports' are very badly broken, and
> when a new import is applied it should update the one it replaces
> especially when other material may well now be using the original nodes?
> We have many years of 'history' building up, but if that is wiped every
> time some new raw data is loaded information is lost.
> 
> Case 2 ... an area is redeveloped and the road structure and buildings
> replaced with a new layout. In this case the old layout very much needs
> retaining and is exactly the sort of thing that needs to be transferred
> to an historic map. Again - delete - is totally the wrong action!
> 
> Case 3 ... vandalism creating havoc ... this can only be correctly
> handled by reverting the change set ... a delete button is not the right
> tool!
> 
> Case 4 ... you add something wrong to the map while editing ... use undo!
> 
> Bottom line - remove the delete button :)

+1

The revert button is also not needed quite often and as direction is
only indicated with oneway you would only need it to change the
direction of a oneway street which works by changing the tag. E.g. why
is the button that prominent ?


Cheers

colliar

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