On Thu, Aug 25, 2011 at 7:56 PM, Bryce Nesbitt <[email protected]> wrote:
> ** > > Mike Thompson miketho16 at gmail.com > <talk-us%40openstreetmap.org?Subject=Re%3A%20%5BTalk-us%5D%20Double%20Mapping%20-%20Point%20and%20Polygon&In-Reply-To=%3CCALJoUkteF1hb%3DDsUc%3Dm2ypXuhxeS%2BZxuHYwPTgCMwMbxJBhRBg%40mail.gmail.com%3E>wrote: > > It seems that some things in OSM have been mapped twice, once as a > point and once as a polygon. Here is an example: > http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=40.42939&lon=-105.31262&zoom=17 > > The example appears to be from two different imports: NHD and GNIS, > but I have seen other things, such as parking lots, mapped twice in > this fashion as well. In these cases do we want to keep both, or > delete the point? If we delete the point, should its tags be merged > with the polygon? > > I change one to the other all the time, usually taking a GNIS point and > making it a building outline. But it is a pain to preserve the keys. > > In JOSM: Select the way/node. Control+C to copy Select the new way/node Control+Shift+V to paste the tags on the new item.
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