Ed Loach wrote: >> I use Potlatch where you get a warning. is there not a similar >> procedure >> in JOSM? >> > > I think there is an issue with JOSM where if you download the > relation, then download the ways that make that relation, it isn't > aware of other relations those ways are in. That means if you split > any ways, while JOSM may update the relation you *have* downloaded, > it will also create gaps in all the ones it doesn’t. I've seen this > a lot with boundary relations recently where someone has tried to > improve things in one place but broken a lot of others... > > I have edited big relations in JOSM v2561 without any problems at all. These include long distance cycle routes that I certainly haven't downloaded the whole area for - it would be much too big to download from the API. You are right to be cautious, but I don't think there is a problem with this version, which is the current, tested one I think.
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