Always connect new ways to existing ways so that you know all ways are properly joined. If you need to use the last node in a way then that will indeed make a continuation although its pretty easy to split the way at that point later.
Cheers Andy >-----Original Message----- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:newbies- >[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Anne Wilson >Sent: 25 February 2008 2:13 PM >To: [email protected] >Subject: Re: [OSM-newbies] When and what to upload > >On Monday 25 February 2008 12:35:50 Andy Robinson (blackadder) wrote: >> Ann, >> >> No real need to edit the trace. Traces always contain some poor data >> anyway. >> >> Whether you upload the trace before or after you create the ways is up to >> you depending upon what editor you are using. >> >OK, thanks. > >When creating ways from the trace, is it best to create unlinked nodes >where a >new way-segment starts. then merge nodes later? If I use an existing node >it >links to it and expects to be the same street. > >Anne _______________________________________________ newbies mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/newbies

