Changeset: 56892334
Edits along cycle route
Closed by MacLondon
Tags
build | 2.5-21-gec1befed |
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created_by | Potlatch 2 |
version | 2.5 |
Discussion
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Comment from motogs
Hi MacLondon,
Can you let me know what happened to the history of the way that cycleway 566546111 (created by this changeset 56892334) replaced last week? It seems the tagging’s been transferred over, but I’m unable to compare it with what was there before. I understood that replacing (rather than changing) ways and nodes was frowned on in the OSM community unless the history was transferred too. Or is this the same way as before and the history for some reason isn’t visible to me in JOSM?
Can you help me by explaining what you’ve done please?
I see also that the connecting footway 238240767 has been left in place virtually as it was, resulting in a discontinuity of the Greenwich to Bexleyheath Quietway.
Regards,
motogs -
Comment from MacLondon
Hi motogs,
The history you want is at https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/237853111/history. There is no discontinuity in the Greenwich to Bexleyheath Quietway (https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/7812267#map=16/51.4571/0.0825) however.During my update I had to split what is now cycleway 566546111, which would have created the 'new' way.
According to https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/205286019/history you yourself 'deleted' a footway 3 month ago, but I'm sure it will have been an appropriate edit rather than an actual deletion.
Regards,
MacLondon -
Comment from motogs
Hi MacLondon, and thanks for your reply.
If I understand correctly, when you split a way, the history is only retained with the part of the way that retains the same identity, and the part of the way with a new identity doesn’t carry the history. This would explain what happened and resolves one of my queries.
I realise that everything including deletions is registered and retained, but I have difficulty finding information.
For example, I haven’t yet been able to find where the original way 237853111 is referenced by the new way that’s created from the old one.
I know it’s there somewhere, so I’ll try and work out how to follow the trail back.I guess I’ll then need to find how to open the way history from that reference number.
Jumping these steps by using the link you provided for the history of way 237853111 I’m then finding problems using the information in the way history in OSM - but I am making some progress. I’ll also spend a bit of time to try and work out if this history is visible in JOSM.
I can see now that the quietway leaves and then re-joins the footway further on and that it is indeed continuous – sorry for that.
I’d be interested to know which footway I deleted, so I’ll see if I can work out how to find it. There may well be more than one. I haven’t yet learned how I can leave an explanation if I delete something with good reason, so I probably didn’t leave one. As with a lot of OSM I’m making slow progress working these things out bit by bit without compromising progress with developing the map data.
Please don’t feel obliged to respond to this.
Regards,
motogs
Ways (1-20 of 79)
- Riefield Road (4304047), v14
- Glenesk Road (4304275), v5
- East Rochester Way (4352345), v23
- 5019555, v14
- Wellan Close (5214549), v7
- Westwood Lane (5214556), v12
- 5214624, v2
7971482, v4- Eltham Cemetery and Crematorium (10410585), v6
- Park Mead (16727911), v8
- 16728852, v3
- Dunvegan Road (22875151), v13
- 29549708, v3
- 30498704, v3
- 30498705, v4
30498706, v3- Radnor Avenue (30498707), v5
- 30498708, v2
- 30498709, v2
- 30498710, v3
Relations (4)
Nodes (1-20 of 270)
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