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| 5 | | The '''JOSM Validator''' is a feature of JOSM which checks and fixes invalid data. |
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| 7 | | == Usage == |
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| 9 | | * Click on the new tick icon [[Image(source:/trunk/images/dialogs/validator.png)]] in the vertical toolbar to show the validator panel on the right. |
| 10 | | * Select the data you want to validate (or deselect to validate everything) |
| 11 | | * Click on the ''Validate'' button at the bottom of the validator panel |
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| 13 | | While some of the errors must be manually fixed, most of them can be automatically fixed. Just select the error or errors and click the ''Fix'' button to automatically fix them. You can select multiple errors, and all of them will be fixed. |
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| 15 | | The validator is an automatic test tool. It can show you errors in the data, but it may also tell you errors, which aren't real. |
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| 17 | | '''Don't fix errors when you aren't sure something is really wrong.''' |
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| 19 | | This will check the data and display all errors, categorized as ''errors'', ''warnings'', and ''other'', depending on the severity of the error. |
| 20 | | By default only warnings of lever error and warning will be displayed. Warnings of lever ''other'' produce a lot more validation errors for |
| 21 | | valid data and thus need more care from the user. |
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| 24 | | == Validation preferences == |
