Re: [OSM-talk] Multi Polygon problem - could someone take a look?

2017-04-04 Thread Dave F
...Or JOSM & OSM.org could interpret & list data accurately as perceived in the real world. Ta DaveF On 02/04/2017 20:51, Martin Koppenhoefer wrote: sent from a phone On 2 Apr 2017, at 14:19, Andy Townsend wrote: Maybe we should ask the JOSM maintainers to add an "open

Re: [OSM-talk] Multi Polygon problem - could someone take a look?

2017-04-02 Thread Martin Koppenhoefer
sent from a phone > On 2 Apr 2017, at 14:19, Andy Townsend wrote: > > Maybe we should ask the JOSM maintainers to add an "open in Potlatch 2" > option to allow the full history to be seen :) +1, and also an "open in Potlatch" for seeing deleted ways in an area. cheers,

Re: [OSM-talk] Multi Polygon problem - could someone take a look?

2017-04-02 Thread Dave F
On 02/04/2017 13:19, Andy Townsend wrote: Maybe we should ask the JOSM maintainers to add an "open in Potlatch 2" option to allow the full history to be seen :) Need to start with the OSM.org listing such amendments within changesets. DaveF --- This email has been checked for viruses by

Re: [OSM-talk] Multi Polygon problem - could someone take a look?

2017-04-02 Thread Andy Townsend
On 02/04/2017 11:29, Dave F wrote: Move a node & the way's vector is amended. Common sense tells you that the polygon has changed & needs to be listed as such. It appears that the data takes priority over the needs of the contributors. This can't be correct. When in JOSM, I've sometimes

Re: [OSM-talk] Multi Polygon problem - could someone take a look?

2017-04-02 Thread Dave F
Move a node & the way's vector is amended. Common sense tells you that the polygon has changed & needs to be listed as such. It appears that the data takes priority over the needs of the contributors. This can't be correct. DaveF. On 02/04/2017 01:05, Martin Koppenhoefer wrote: sent from a

Re: [OSM-talk] Multi Polygon problem - could someone take a look?

2017-04-01 Thread Martin Koppenhoefer
sent from a phone > On 1 Apr 2017, at 23:22, Dave F wrote: > > I'm struggling to see how this isn't a fundamentally incorrect way for > OSM/JOSM etc to interpret the data. If nodes are moved then ways are amended > & should be listed as such to avoid confusion &

Re: [OSM-talk] Multi Polygon problem - could someone take a look?

2017-04-01 Thread Dave F
Hi >Hence while the shape my have been drastically altered, the polygon way is still the "same" it has been since you touched it 2 weeks ago. You can see that in the history of the individual nodes. >Potlatch uses a slightly different data model where a way's nodes are integrated with the

Re: [OSM-talk] Multi Polygon problem - could someone take a look?

2017-04-01 Thread Frederik Ramm
Hi, On 04/01/2017 12:36 AM, Dave F wrote: > But how did the edit affect *all* nodes? Why didn't a changeset revert > solve the issue? is this 'osmtools' publicly available or is it a > self-written tool? Ortholgonalizing a shape will usually move all its nodes so no surprise there. Reverting the

Re: [OSM-talk] Multi Polygon problem - could someone take a look?

2017-03-31 Thread Dave F
That resolved it, thanks. But how did the edit affect *all* nodes? Why didn't a changeset revert solve the issue? is this 'osmtools' publicly available or is it a self-written tool? Cheers DaveF On 31/03/2017 23:10, Frederik Ramm wrote: Hi, On 03/31/2017 11:29 PM, Dave F wrote: OSM's &

Re: [OSM-talk] Multi Polygon problem - could someone take a look?

2017-03-31 Thread Frederik Ramm
Hi, On 03/31/2017 11:29 PM, Dave F wrote: > OSM's & JOSM's history shows me (DaveF) as he last amender 2 months ago. > Potlatch 1&2 show user ndm as the last one on the 28th at 22:04 although > I can't see it listed in his changesets ndm has only moved the *nodes* that form the polygon. Hence