I've tried and tried to link my footpath at 51.51463,-2.54578 link to the road and cyclepath next to it, with no success. Even placing the points right on top of each other, at the closest zoom. Is there something I'm missing?
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I've tried and tried to link my footpath at 51.51463,-2.54578 link to the road and cyclepath next to it, with no success. Even placing the points right on top of each other, at the closest zoom. Is there something I'm missing?
Discussion
Comment from Alexander Hunziker on 6 August 2009 at 09:36
That depends on the editor you are using. If you use JOSM (which i would recommend), you'll have to select both nodes, and press "M" for merge.
Comment from patrickhanft on 6 August 2009 at 09:39
fixed that, exactly the way that Alexander described
Comment from Richard on 6 August 2009 at 09:44
Using Potlatch (which I would recommend :p ), when you're drawing a line, just mouse-over the road/cyclepath you want to connect to. The nodes on it will light up blue.
Then click, and a new point will be added with a black box [_] around it. This shows it's a junction.
As ever, when you want to finish drawing, either double-click or press Enter.
Comment from NickBambridge on 6 August 2009 at 11:42
Wow. Thanks all!
Comment from zenfunk on 6 August 2009 at 12:22
Assuming you use potlach, I'd suggest you try JOSM for high precision tasks, as you can zoom in to centimeters if you wish.
Having said that, I prefer potlach for general mapping, since I never was able to setup the yahoo imagery in JOSM reliably.
My two cents,
Christian