Hi, I don't know quite what happened, but the relation and all the ways were duplicated four times.
I deleted three of them. You can specify in the advanced settings of josm to upload the changeset in smaller chunks. I find this is useful. Ian. On 25 June 2013 13:43, Brett Russell <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Ross > > Thanks for the info. I will give it a shot and look for the node count. > > I have when creating a way found hovering back over it down the bottom of > the screen it will tell me the nodes used. > > What I have found if I create a way of say 1500 nodes and upload, then > create another way of say the same number of nodes, and then upload and > finally then create a multipolygon relationship and tag the properties and > upload all works well. But if I do it in one step and then upload I strike > the mentioned problem. My worry is multiple uploads as they are a pain to > find, edit and or remove. Just want to keep OSM data a clean as possible > and not corrupt the database. > > From memory moving a large multipolygon lake in JOSM creates a similar > problem. So I align lakes in Polatch 2 and all works well. > > Finding JOSM very powerful but still very much a newbie with it. > > Cheers > Brett Russell > PO Box 94 > Launceston Tas. 7250 > Australia > 0419 374 971 > > On 25/06/2013, at 1:25 PM, "Ross Scanlon" <[email protected]> wrote: > > >> Hi > >> > >> I am all to aware of the 2000 node limit with OSM but when using JOSM to > >> create lakes as multipolygons from multiple ways it is easier to create > >> the ways, link them a multipolygon relationship, tag properties and > >> upload. JOSM then creates a change set and gives five tries and fails so > >> if you hit upload again it tries again. Strangely if I use Polatch 2 to > >> check I nearly always find the lake is added to OSM. On at least one > >> occasion JOSM uploaded the lake more than once. In fact five times. I > >> have to exit JOSM and restart it to avoid the changeset wanting to > >> endlessly upload, > > > > Rather than restarting josm: > > > > Upload->Changesets->Upload to a new Changeset > > > > The old changeset will time out and you can upload to new changeset(s) > from there on. > > > >> Has anyone else experienced this issue. Reading on the web suggests this > >> is a common problem with some claiming a configuration setting in JOSM > >> can eliminate this issue. > > > > Don't know about a config setting but if you have the Selection panel > open on the right hand side of the window, then select the object it will > tell you how many nodes are used by it. It is then a simple matter to > split (Tools->Split Way) the way into two (or more) pieces. If its a loop > way then select two (or more) nodes on opposite sides and then split it. > > > > If you do the split after adding all the tags or creating the > multipolygon they are copied to the new way. > > > > Cheers > > Ross > > > > > >> As usual any help would be appreciated as you can imagine it is > >> frustrating when mapping large lakes. > >> > >> Cheers > >> > >> Brett > >> > >> _______________________________________________ Talk-au mailing list > >> [email protected] > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-au > >> > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Talk-au mailing list > >> [email protected] > >> http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-au > > > _______________________________________________ > Talk-au mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-au >
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