id	summary	reporter	owner	description	type	status	priority	milestone	component	version	resolution	keywords	cc
9565	"""create circle"" creates enormous circles of ways with three nodes"	malenki	team	"Issue: as mentioned in the subject

Circles created from not closed ways with three nodes have a diameter several times bigger then the length of the origin way.
If you try this trick with an exactly straight way no matter how short the circle has a little more than equator length.

r6659
tested with empty ~/.josm

java version ""1.7.0_45""
OpenJDK Runtime Environment (IcedTea 2.4.3) (7u45-2.4.3-4)
OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM (build 24.45-b08, mixed mode)
"	defect	closed	normal	14.01	Core	latest	fixed