Re: [Talk-GB] OS Boundary-Line - Manchester political wards and related boundaries, dealing with inconsistent data

2018-12-13 Thread Warin
I have faced formal learning things by using tool A at first because it 'is easy', then the next year learning tool B because 'we' needed to do more complex things, then the next year learning tool C because 'we' needed to do the most complex things... on numerous subjects... taught in formal

Re: [Talk-GB] OS Boundary-Line --- Sharing nodes

2018-12-13 Thread ael
On Thu, Dec 13, 2018 at 12:16:34PM -, Andy Robinson wrote: > If you are using JOSM you can use the "Unglue Ways" from the Tools menu. This > will duplicate the nodes to make the two overlapping ways independent. Don't > know if this functionality is available in other editors. I use josm

Re: [Talk-GB] Talk-GB Digest, Vol 147, Issue 6

2018-12-13 Thread Nick Allen
Hi All, When using iD you can stop it 'snapping' to a nearby feature by holding down the 'Alt' key whilst drawing the feature. This wiki list may help with some of the other shortcuts - possibly D will help with shared nodes (not sure on that one, I've never used it):

Re: [Talk-GB] OS Boundary-Line - Manchester political wards and related boundaries, dealing with inconsistent data

2018-12-13 Thread Paul Berry
I've been mapping for 5 years and I still use iD 95% of the time—because it just gets stuff done quickly and visually—so it's not just for newbies! Snapping to nodes isn't a problem per se but the implications of doing so can be. I've lost count of the times I've encountered roads with adjoining

[Talk-GB] OS Boundary-Line - Manchester political wards and related boundaries, dealing with inconsistent data

2018-12-13 Thread Edward Bainton
As a new mapper around just long enough to know that I've made some crass newbie mistakes already [point in case, just replied without editing the subject line... apologies!], I agree with Andy. The iD editor is the the go-to editor for newbies, myself included, and the snap feature is so apparent

Re: [Talk-GB] Talk-GB Digest, Vol 147, Issue 6

2018-12-13 Thread Edward Bainton
As a new mapper around just long enough to know that I've made some crass newbie mistakes already, I agree with Andy. The iD editor is the the go-to editor for newbies, myself included, and the snap feature is so apparent in the UX that I have regularly taken its steer and made new objects follow

Re: [Talk-GB] OS Boundary-Line - Manchester political wards and related boundaries, dealing with inconsistent data

2018-12-13 Thread Gareth L
If only it could “snap” to points, but not join, where the way is an administrative boundary. > On 13 Dec 2018, at 11:39, Andy G Wood wrote: > >> On Thursday, 13 December 2018 11:22:58 GMT Mark Goodge wrote: >>> On 12/12/2018 23:11, ael wrote: >>> This is perhaps slightly off topic, but this

Re: [Talk-GB] OS Boundary-Line - Manchester political wards and related boundaries, dealing with inconsistent data

2018-12-13 Thread Andy G Wood
On Thursday, 13 December 2018 11:22:58 GMT Mark Goodge wrote: > On 12/12/2018 23:11, ael wrote: > > This is perhaps slightly off topic, but this habit of some of sharing > > nodes causes me many problems. When I am updating roads and other > > features from fairly accurate gps surveys, I often

Re: [Talk-GB] OS Boundary-Line - Manchester political wards and related boundaries, dealing with inconsistent data

2018-12-13 Thread Mark Goodge
On 12/12/2018 23:11, ael wrote: This is perhaps slightly off topic, but this habit of some of sharing nodes causes me many problems. When I am updating roads and other features from fairly accurate gps surveys, I often find the I have all these tangled boundaries about which I know little. It