Peter Miller wrote: > On 22 Jul 2009, at 15:18, Andy Allan wrote: > >> On Wed, Jul 22, 2009 at 1:37 PM, Peter Miller<[email protected] >>> wrote: >>> Without going through every edit in the changeset it will be hard to >>> determine. If we do have to go through every changeset then we >>> might as well >>> revert them by hand. Possibly we need to leave this until better >>> tools are >>> available or challenge some clever person to write the required >>> tool in the >>> next day or two. >> OK, I now have a tool that will revert all the components of a >> changeset that haven't been reverted already, and ignore everything >> that has been changed since. And now I have a good example of why it's >> not that straightforward. Take this: >> http://www.openstreetmap.org/browse/node/242058267/history >> The guy moved it (v3), and then deleted it (v4). So reverting it would >> put it back to v2. But if it was deleted out of a way, and that way >> has been moved since, it wouldn't put it back in the way again since >> that way wouldn't be reverted. Which makes it a bit pointless. And >> maybe someone has fixed the way (adding in a new node there, or >> nearby, or similar) so this node isn't needed. So it's impossible to >> tell what to do with the node. >> >> So after a few hours of investigating this, I'm back to where I >> started* - reverting changesets is easy so long as nothing has changed >> since. Anything else needs a graphical editor. Better such tools can >> be created, and ideas/mockups/code is wanted. >> >> So for the future, if there's another changeset that needs sorting >> out, please consider asking someone to revert it before anyone tries >> to manually fix it. Manually fixing stuff is of course fine but it's >> an all-or-nothing approach that can't be "finished off" with a script. > > Ok, so I claimed 6 change-sets with the ones at the top of the list. I > checked all the nodes on the first page and then noticed that this was > page 1 of 42 of changed nodes - a total of 823 nodes to fix. Now that > is 823 nodes (and 39 ways) in one of 35 change-sets. That is > potentially a lot of work. Any ideas anyone? >
My he has been a busy bunny hasn't he. Virtual Mapping Meetup anyone? [Goes off to investigate the Wiki now..] BTW, it's all very well (and no doubt correct) saying not to change stuff like this, but if you come across an obvious grolly with a name to it you don't know, the natural thought is "Oh look a newbie let's be helpful" - it's only when you find the next few that you start to suspect. Mark _______________________________________________ Talk-GB mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb
