On Mon, 16 Apr 2012 08:33:01 -0700 Andrew Lester wrote: > Looking at the history of the objects, it looks like another mapper used > Bing to map out the road network on Apr 14th, then you added CANVEC data on > top of this on the 15th, so nearly everything is now duplicated. Question: > Did you download the existing data for the town when you made your edits, or > did you just upload the CANVEC data?
I downloaded the existing data, then loaded the CANVEC data, then uploaded the result. I now plan to fix it as soon as I find out the best way to go about it. > When importing data, you need to make > sure the data you're importing isn't going to conflict with existing data. > Download the existing data, make your additions or changes, then upload the > end result. I don't have anything else that I'm planning to import at this time, but I'll certainly try to do that the next time, if there is one. Actually, I thought that's what I did this time, but apparently not, somehow. > As for the buildings, Richard's suggestion of the "orthogonalize" tool is > the best. It has the keyboard shortcut of "Q". It will take your best guess > and square off all corners to 90 degrees. Keep in mind that if there are any > other angles, like a wall that is 45 degrees with respect to another wall, > this tool will try to square it off and really mess it up. In cases like > this, I'll temporarily split the way such that I have the parts of the > building that are all square to each other in one way, orthogonalize that, > then combine the ways back together. It occurs to me that I may have been doing this wrong, and if so now would be the time to find out about it. The Coop grocery store, for example, is laid out as a building on a large lot, the unoccupied portion of which is customer parking. I outlined the store, marked that as the Coop, then outlined the parking lot and marked that as parking. However, I'm wondering if I should have outlined the whole thing and marked that as the Coop, then made two smaller outlines within that for the building and the parking lot. If so, should I also name the smaller outlines as Coop, or is naming the large outline around everything sufficient? -- MELVILLE THEATRE ~ Real D 3D Digital Cinema ~ www.melvilletheatre.com www.creekfm.com - FIFTY THOUSAND WATTS of POW WOW POWER! _______________________________________________ Talk-ca mailing list Talk-ca@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ca