Changes between Version 7 and Version 8 of Help/Action/SimplifyWay

Timestamp:

2016-03-09T00:31:50+01:00 (10 years ago)

Author:

openstreetmap.org-user-d1g

Comment:

rename heading to "Advanced Preferences" for consistency

Help/Action/SimplifyWay

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 After simplification, all of the deleted nodes will be closer than 3 m to the simplified way. In other words, the old and the new way will never be more than 3 m apart. 
 
-You can configure this threshold in the [wiki:Help/Preferences/Advanced advanced preferences] ({{{simplify-way.max-error}}}, in meters, default value is 3). A lower threshold makes the simplification less aggressive.
+The tool uses the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ramer–Douglas–Peucker_algorithm Ramer–Douglas–Peucker algorithm] for way simplification, but makes sure that tagged nodes and nodes with more than one parent way are not deleted.
 
-The tool uses the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ramer–Douglas–Peucker_algorithm Ramer–Douglas–Peucker algorithm] for way simplification, but makes sure that tagged nodes and nodes with more than one parent way are not deleted.
+== Advanced Preferences ==
+
+You can configure distance between two nodes in the [wiki:Help/Preferences/Advanced advanced preferences] ({{{simplify-way.max-error}}}, in meters, default value is 3). A lower threshold makes the simplification less aggressive.
+
 
 == See also ==