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= Tools > Merge Nodes =

[[Image(source:/trunk/images/mergenodes.png)]] ''Keyboard shortcut:'' '''{{{M}}}'''

'''Merge the currently selected nodes into one node.'''

Note there is also a merge nodes function associated with the [wiki:/Help/Action/Move/Move Select Move] tool.

There is a further merge nodes function if the Utils plugin has been installed.

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== Can't merge because way still in use == #WaysToDeleteStillInUse

The nodes you merge may be part of [wiki:/Help/Concepts/Object ways]. If you merge them these "parent" ways may loose one or more of their nodes. In some cases the number of nodes left in these ways may drop below 2. Ways with less than 2 nodes don't make sense and JOSM tries to delete them.

In some cases, though, a way to be deleted could still be in use, for instance, because a relation is referring to it. JOSM aborts merging nodes in these cases. Instead, it displays the following warning message: 

[[Image(warning-way-still-in-use.png)]]

Click on ''Abort Merging'' to close the dialog. The selected nodes are not merged. 

== See also ==
 * [wiki:/Help/Action/Move/Move Select Move]

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