Re: [talk-au] How to merge existing ways with Potlatch?
Hi Paul, Thanks for the hint, now it is working for me too. On some ways I had to shorten the way first (because both endpoints were on top of each other) and then extend the end to the end point of the other way. tschuess Thomas On Friday 10 October 2008 14:32:41 you wrote: > Hi Thomas, > It works for me like this (it's hard to put in words, but here goes)... > * Have two separate ways, that you want to join into one way (not for a > T-intersection or a crossing) > > * Select an end node of way1 (selecting end nodes puts you in a mode to > extend the way by further clicking) * Hover the mouse over the end node of > way2 where you want them to join (way2's nodes will show as bigger blue > squares) * Hold the Shift key while clicking on way2's end node > * Way2 now becomes part of Way1 > > I've gotten the "The ways do not share a common point" message before, when > I had way1 selected (but not an end node), and shift clicked in between 2 > nodes on way2. I was doing this to add more nodes to way2 to smooth curves > of a freeway, but you can only do this if way2 is selected, but I had the > other side of the freeway selected. > > Hope that helps, > BlueMM > > > - Original Message > > > From: Thomas Schroeder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: talk-au@openstreetmap.org > > Sent: Thursday, 9 October, 2008 11:42:44 PM > > Subject: [talk-au] How to merge existing ways with Potlatch? > > > > Hi, > > > > I try to merge two existing ways with Potlatch, but it does not work. > > I followed the documentation: > > cite-start--- > > To merge two ways into one: > > > > * Draw your way as normal. > > * When you move your mouse over another way, the points light up > > blue. * Shift-click the blue point at the start or end of the other way. > > * Or: if the ways are already drawn, select one, then hold Shift and > > click the other. > > cite-end > > > > Selecting one and Shift click the other always results in the > > error/message "The ways do not share a common point". > > > > How do I create a "common point" or merge points? > > > > tschuess > > Thomas > > > > > > -- > > Thomas Schroeder > > eMail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > ___ > > Talk-au mailing list > > Talk-au@openstreetmap.org > > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-au > > Make the switch to the world's best email. Get Yahoo!7 Mail! > http://au.yahoo.com/y7mail -- Thomas Schroeder eMail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Talk-au mailing list Talk-au@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-au
Re: [talk-au] How to merge existing ways with Potlatch?
Hi. Note that you can only merge ways that meet end-to-end. e.g. *way1*-way2--* can be merged to make *-way3---*--* So you cannot merge something like this where way 2 joins in the middle of way 1. * w a y 1 | | *-way2-* | | * - Ben. On Thu, Oct 9, 2008 at 11:42 PM, Thomas Schroeder < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > I try to merge two existing ways with Potlatch, but it does not work. > I followed the documentation: > cite-start--- > To merge two ways into one: > >* Draw your way as normal. >* When you move your mouse over another way, the points light up blue. >* Shift-click the blue point at the start or end of the other way. >* Or: if the ways are already drawn, select one, then hold Shift and > click > the other. > cite-end > > Selecting one and Shift click the other always results in the > error/message "The ways do not share a common point". > > How do I create a "common point" or merge points? > > tschuess > Thomas > > ___ Talk-au mailing list Talk-au@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-au
Re: [talk-au] How to merge existing ways with Potlatch?
[Sorry, first post went to Thomas directly, seems the list doesn't set reply-to field to the talk-au list :( ] Hi Thomas, It works for me like this (it's hard to put in words, but here goes)... * Have two separate ways, that you want to join into one way (not for a T-intersection or a crossing) * Select an end node of way1 (selecting end nodes puts you in a mode to extend the way by further clicking) * Hover the mouse over the end node of way2 where you want them to join (way2's nodes will show as bigger blue squares) * Hold the Shift key while clicking on way2's end node * Way2 now becomes part of Way1 I've gotten the "The ways do not share a common point" message before, when I had way1 selected (but not an end node), and shift clicked in between 2 nodes on way2. I was doing this to add more nodes to way2 to smooth curves of a freeway, but you can only do this if way2 is selected, but I had the other side of the freeway selected. Hope that helps, BlueMM - Original Message > From: Thomas Schroeder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: talk-au@openstreetmap.org > Sent: Thursday, 9 October, 2008 11:42:44 PM > Subject: [talk-au] How to merge existing ways with Potlatch? > > Hi, > > I try to merge two existing ways with Potlatch, but it does not work. > I followed the documentation: > cite-start--- > To merge two ways into one: > > * Draw your way as normal. > * When you move your mouse over another way, the points light up blue. > * Shift-click the blue point at the start or end of the other way. > * Or: if the ways are already drawn, select one, then hold Shift and > click > the other. > cite-end > > Selecting one and Shift click the other always results in the > error/message "The ways do not share a common point". > > How do I create a "common point" or merge points? > > tschuess > Thomas > > > -- > Thomas Schroeder > eMail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > ___ > Talk-au mailing list > Talk-au@openstreetmap.org > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-au Make the switch to the world's best email. Get Yahoo!7 Mail! http://au.yahoo.com/y7mail ___ Talk-au mailing list Talk-au@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-au
