On 24 May 2011 20:10, Frederik Ramm <frede...@remote.org> wrote: > Say you see a way in Potlatch which is a member of relation X (in Robin's > example, the Auckland coast to coast trail), and you want to add this > relation X to another relation, Y, which already exists (in Robin's example, > the 'te araroa' trail). > > * Select the way > * use "Advanced" mode to see relation X of wich way is a member > * double click relation X to open relation editor > * use "Advanced" mode to see relations of which X is member (currently > empty) > * click "Add to" to add X to another relation > * since Y is unlikely to be already loaded, and thus will not appear in the > list, click "Load Relation" and enter Y's relation ID > * Y is loaded, and X is made a child of Y.
excellent, thanks. exactly what i was after > In cases where Y doesn't already exist, use the "New Relation" button > instead of "New Relation". > > If you don't know the relation ID of Y, and don't even know an area that you > could load to find it, then it is possible that you can use Google for that, > searching for something like > > site:www.openstreetmap.org relation type=route route=hiking e6 ah, that's a good idea. i wonder - is there a way in osm to search for relations, other than using google/some other external search engine? if i know the number it's easy enough, but as you say, that's not always the case. also, if i have accidentally created a relation by mistake, how do i delete it? cheers for the help -- robin http://bumblepuppy.org/blog/?p=237 - government bill to remove basic human rights in NZ _______________________________________________ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk