Changes between Version 37 and Version 38 of Help/Action/Draw

Timestamp:

2016-03-26T00:48:51+01:00 (9 years ago)

Author:

openstreetmap.org-user-d1g

Comment:

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Help/Action/Draw

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  * If no node is previously selected and you click between (or very close to) two nodes in an existing way the new node is added on the existing way, between two existing nodes. If two ways cross, and there currently is no node in common at the junction, and you click near the intersection of the two ways, then the node will be inserted into both ways, which will then share a common point.
 
- * If a node is previously selected and you click between two nodes in an existing way the new node is added on the existing way, between two existing nodes, and a way is drawn between the previously selected node and the new node. 
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 === Create a node ===
 
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 [[Image(ex1-selected-node-draw-a-segment.gif​,nolink)]]
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+=== Common nodes with another way ===
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+This is often necessary when you edit highways.
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+If a node is previously selected and you click between two nodes in an existing way the new node is added on the existing way, between two existing nodes, and a way is drawn between the previously selected node and the ''new node''.
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+The ''new node'' will belong to both ways. It's often refereed as "common node".
+
+Simplest scenario:
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+[[Image(ex1-common-nodes-with-another-way.gif,nolink)]]
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+==== Common nodes are bigger ====
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+It help you distinguish them from other nodes. First drawn way have a common nodes old way and second drawn way has no common nodes (details how second way was drawn will be explained below):
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+[[Image(ex2-common-nodes-wtih-other-way-and-without-common-nodes.gif​,nolink)]]
 
 === Select and deselect objects ===