Changes between Version 44 and Version 45 of Help/Dialog/Validator


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2020-03-23T16:40:45+01:00 (6 years ago)
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  • Help/Dialog/Validator

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    22[[PageOutline(2-10,Table of Contents)]]
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    4 = Validator window =
     4= Validator panel =
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    6 [[JOSMImage(dialogs/validator)]] ''Keyboard shortcut:'' **{{{Alt+Shift+V}}}** — one of the [wikitr:/Help/ToggleDialogs#Toactivateawindow JOSM windows]
     6[[JOSMImage(dialogs/validator,48,link=,middle,margin-right=20)]] ''Keyboard shortcut:'' **{{{Alt+Shift+V}}}** — one of the [wikitr:/Help/ToggleDialogs#Toactivateawindow JOSM panels]
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    88The **JOSM Validator** is a feature of JOSM which checks and fixes invalid data.
     
    1010== Usage ==
    1111
    12 * Click on the [[JOSMImage(dialogs/validator,15)]] ''Validation'' button at the bottom of the validator panel or press {{{Shift+V}}} to run the validation process:
     12* Click on the [[JOSMImage(dialogs/validator,16,top,link=)]] ''Validation'' button at the bottom of the validator panel or press {{{Shift+V}}} to run the validation process:
    1313 * If there are currently no [wikitr:/Help/Dialog/SelectionList selected objects], then it checks all objects in [wikitr:/Help/Dialog/LayerList#LayerButtons the current layer].
    1414 * If there are selected objects, then it checks only selected objects.
    15 * Most of the errors must be manually fixed, while some of them can be automatically fixed by selecting the error or errors and clicking the [[JOSMImage(dialogs/fix,15)]] ''Fix'' button.
     15* Most of the errors must be manually fixed, while some of them can be automatically fixed by selecting the error or errors and clicking the [[JOSMImage(dialogs/fix,16,middle,link=)]] ''Fix'' button.
    1616* Use the right click menu to "Zoom to problem".
    1717* Multiple objects with the same symptom are [wikitr:/Help/Validator/MapCSSTagChecker#Grouping grouped together].
     
    1919The validator is an automatic test tool. It can show you errors in the data, but it is not perfect and may also tell you errors, which indeed aren't errors ("false positives"). Thus every by the validator marked object should be checked by the user before changing it.
    2020
    21 [[Image(validator_using.gif)]]
     21[[Image(validator_using.gif,link=)]]
    2222
    23 The validator will check the data and display all errors, categorized as [[JOSMImage(data/error,15)]] ''errors'', [[JOSMImage(data/warning,15)]] ''warnings'', and [[JOSMImage(data/other,15)]] ''other'', depending on the severity of the error as a list. Additionally a new [wikitr:/Help/Dialog/LayerList validation layer] is added, which shows you where the problem cases are located in the mapview (can be disabled in the preferences). By default only errors of level ''error'' and ''warning'' will be displayed. Warnings of level ''other'' can be enabled in the preferences but produce more false positives and thus need more care from the user.
     23The validator will check the data and display all errors, categorized as [[JOSMImage(data/error,16,middle,link=)]] ''errors'', [[JOSMImage(data/warning,16,middle,link=))]] ''warnings'', and [[JOSMImage(data/other,16,middle,link=))]] ''other'', depending on the severity of the error as a list. Additionally a new [wikitr:/Help/Dialog/LayerList validation layer] is added, which shows you where the problem cases are located in the mapview (can be disabled in the preferences). By default only errors of level ''error'' and ''warning'' will be displayed. Warnings of level ''other'' can be enabled in the preferences but produce more false positives and thus need more care from the user.
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    25 [[Image(validator2.png)]]
     25[[Image(validator2.png,link=)]]
    2626
    2727There are six buttons in the validator panel:
     
    3535== Ignore List Management ==
    3636
    37 [[Image(ValidatorIgnoreListManagement.png)]]
     37[[Image(ValidatorIgnoreListManagement.png,link=)]]
    3838
    39 This window allows to remove items from the ignore list. You can use the delete key or the right mouse button to remove items. **If you see only numbers and no descriptive texts the list was migrated from older JOSM versions. In this case it is recommended to remove all items and ignore them again to get the descriptive texts shown above.**
     39This dialog allows to remove items from the ignore list. You can use the delete key or the right mouse button to remove items. **If you see only numbers and no descriptive texts the list was migrated from older JOSM versions. In this case it is recommended to remove all items and ignore them again to get the descriptive texts shown above.**
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    41 **Note:** in the context menu of an error in the list there is the entry [[JOSMImage(dialogs/delete,15)]] ''Ignore for now''. This just removes the entry from the list but does not add it to the ignore list. Therefore it will appear again on the next validation run.
     41**Note:** in the context menu of an error in the list there is the entry [[JOSMImage(dialogs/delete,16,middle,link=))]] ''Ignore for now''. This just removes the entry from the list but does not add it to the ignore list. Therefore it will appear again on the next validation run.
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    43 [[Image(IgnoreForNow.png)]]
     43[[Image(IgnoreForNow.png,link=)]]
    4444
    4545== Validation on upload ==
     
    4949== Validation result can depend on the downloaded area ==
    5050
    51 Some validator tests include a check whether the tested object is in or out of the downloaded area to avoid false positives. The not downloaded area is displayed with a yellow hatching. Downloaded ways can end in the not downloaded area. If e.g. a waterway ends in the downloaded area then the validator warns that it should be connected to another waterway. If the waterway ends out of the downloaded area then the validator will not warn because it doesn't know if there is really an error because the possible connected waterway was not downloaded. The validator will also not warn if there was never an area download in this data layer (there is no yellow hatching in this layer). Such a layer exists when you e.g. create a [wiki:Help/Action/NewLayer new empty layer] or when you download single objects via [wikitr:/Help/Action/Download#DownloadfromOverpassAPI Overpass]. In both cases the data is assumed as incomplete and handled like out of the downloaded area to avoid false positives and a lot unnecessary warnings.
     51Some validator tests include a check whether the tested object is in or out of the downloaded area to avoid false positives. The not downloaded area is displayed with a yellow hatching. Downloaded ways can end in the not downloaded area. If e.g. a waterway ends in the downloaded area then the validator warns that it should be connected to another waterway. If the waterway ends out of the downloaded area then the validator will not warn because it doesn't know if there is really an error because the possible connected waterway was not downloaded. The validator will also not warn if there was never an area download in this data layer (there is no yellow hatching in this layer). Such a layer exists when you e.g. create a [wikitr:/Help/Action/NewLayer new empty layer] or when you download single objects via [wikitr:/Help/Action/Download#DownloadfromOverpassAPI Overpass]. In both cases the data is assumed as incomplete and handled like out of the downloaded area to avoid false positives and a lot unnecessary warnings.
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    5353Some validator rules are limited to defined areas (e.g. countries), see [wikitr:/Help/Styles/MapCSSImplementation#Territoryselector Territoryselectors].
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    5556== Advanced Preferences ==
    56 
    5757There are some advanced settings which can be changed in the [wikitr:/Help/Preferences/Advanced advanced preferences]:
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    6868----
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     69Back to [wikitr:/Help/Menu/Windows Windows menu]\\
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