can't edit over 180th meridian

[rvollmert@…]

JOSM currently treats the 180th meridian as the end of the world, making it difficult to edit data like ​http://openstreetmap.org/browse/way/31254026 . Disregarding the poles, JOSM should treat the world as a cylinder, not as a rectangle.

Note that the API doesn't currently support map calls that cross the 180th meridian, which could be a problem with seamless support.

I'd class it as a defect, but feel free to change to enhancement.

Cheers
Robert

[Don-vip]

In [4580/josm]:

see #2212 - Allow JOSM to download data crossing the 180th meridian

[skyper]

In my eyes this is at least a normal priority.

Have you ever tried to edit there ?

[skyper]

Ticket #8157 has been marked as a duplicate of this ticket.

[skyper]

From #8157:

I want to do some mapping on the Fiji island of Taveuni, which stretches across the 180° longitude
(see ​http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=-16.853&lon=-179.935&zoom=11&layers=M )
My problems are that it is not possible to
a) load an area across 180° longitude
b) seamless move from the western to the eastern hemisphere. At 180° the world "ends" and a GPX track from the eastern to > the western hemisphere draws long lines across the earth.

I would expect that JOSM is able to seamless scroll from the eastern to the western hemisphere.
Use attached GPX file to reproduce the issue.

example gpx file​​

Thanks for fixing the bug!

[Don-vip]

See ​http://trac.openstreetmap.org/ticket/1612 for the OSM API ticket.