Well I now know a little more about JOSM and Validator but I still haven't quite worked out how to merge the two parts of the building.
Thanks John On 29 July 2010 21:35, Tyler Gunn <ty...@egunn.com> wrote: > If you draw a selection box over where the two tiles meet and run the > validator in Josm one of the errors it can report is "duplicate nodes". When > you are merging tiles where roads and areas are split between the tiles there > is a copy of all nodes on the "border" between the tiles in each file. Josm > Recognizes this and can merge the nodes from both tiles so there are no > duplicates. > > > Sent from my iPhon > > On 2010-07-29, at 7:56 PM, john whelan <jwhelan0...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Sounds simple but Shift-J doesn't seem to do anything, they don't >> quite overlap. What is a duplicate node error and how do I fix it? >> >> Thanks John >> >>> - Select the data all along the boundaries of the tile. >>> - Use the JOSM Validator on the selection. >>> - Fix all the duplicate node errors. >>> - Select both ways that make up the building/area (ie shift-click on both >>> parts of the building) and hit SHIFT-J to execute the "Join overlapping >>> areas" >>> - Voila! > _______________________________________________ Talk-ca mailing list Talk-ca@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ca