id	summary	reporter	owner	description	type	status	priority	milestone	component	version	resolution	keywords	cc
5471	[Patch] Empty OSM files not announced	jp42@…	team	"Was trying to clean up a few lone tags. Loading this link returns an empty osm document - tags have already been fixed by someone else.

[http://tagwatch.stoecker.eu/osmxapi/*[bikeway=lane]]

The node/way/relation panels are empty but they may not be on show to the user. The map just shows a strip of the whole world above about latitude 67 degrees. The rest of the map is missing/white. The user may think there is some data and it's not showing on the map. Especially as nodes show as yellow against a white background.

It would save time if JOSM announced the document is empty as soon as it is loaded. It will do this if you try and save an empty document.

It all gets more confusing when you find that tags listed here for Australia-Oceania contain tags in Europe - making any clean up much more difficult:

[http://tagwatch.stoecker.eu/Australia-oceania/En/tags.html]

see tag: bicycle=y The node is very hard to spot:

[http://tagwatch.stoecker.eu/osmxapi/*[bicycle=y]]

see tag: access=bicycle Shows nodes in Europe

[http://tagwatch.stoecker.eu/osmxapi/*[access=bicycle]]

In the majority of cases, ways/relations are highly localised (compared to the planet). Can JOSM zoom to the extent of the way(s)/relation(s)? That way you don't have to search on the map for them.


"	defect	closed	normal		Core	latest	fixed