It’s an API limitation. If no node is within the bbox the API has no way of knowing there should be something there. I don’t believe there is a different workaround from the one you already suggest yourself, but I would be happy to be wrong (as I too find this an unfortunate limitation). Martijn
> On Feb 26, 2016, at 9:54 AM, Mike Thompson <[email protected]> wrote: > > When using the standard API to download an area to edit (through JOSM) it > seems that if a way runs through the bounding box you provide the API, but > doesn't have any nodes in that bounding box, it will not be returned. This > can result in collecting the same data a second time because the first > instance is not returned. > > 1) Is this a JOSM issue or an API issue? > 2) Is there any work around other than to download using a larger bounding > box and hope that the way in question references at least one node in that > bounding box? > > Mike > > > _______________________________________________ > Talk-us mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us _______________________________________________ Talk-us mailing list [email protected] https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us
