Issue when area stretches across 180 degree longitude.

[flomigulau]

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.

Thanks for fixing the bug!

Used version: 5531

[anonymous]

GPX tracklog

[skyper]

Closed as duplicate of #2212.