Editing existing features
- Select the feature to edit from the map, and then from the drawer after confirming the details
- Press the ‘pencil’ button to start editing
- Edit attributes by adding new fields, removing existing tags, or introducing additional tags
- To change the preset of the feature, press the preset icon. Then follow steps similar to adding a new feature.
- Changing the preset of a feature that is part of a relation is currently not allowed.
- To change the location of a point, press ‘Edit coordinates’. Move the crosshair to the desired location, and confirm by pressing the ‘tick’ button
- When done editing, press the ‘tick’ button, enter an optional changeset comment, and press save
- Select a line or polygon
- In the feature detail screen, press 'Edit geometry'. If the Edit coordinates button is not available it is because Observe currently doesn't support editing MultiPolygons and MultiLineStrings.
- Select any node to move, delete or merge. Or add new nodes.
- When done, press the 'tick' button to continue.
When editing members of a relation, a warning is presented to the user at all times. Deleting, merging, and changing the preset of a feature is not allowed when they are part of a relation.
- In the edit way mode, new nodes can be added only to existing ways
- Move the crosshair to the desired way, and notice the snapping node
- Snapping nodes are styled differently - if a new node is going to be created it's shown as a white circle. In case it's snapping to an existing node, it'll be a blue circle
- Press '+' to add a new node at that location
- In the edit way mode, select any node of the way
- Move the crosshair to the desired location
- Press the 'Move' button to relocate the node
- The map will now render changes to the way as well as any other ways that the selected node is a member of
- In the edit way mode, select any node of the way
- Press the 'Trash' button to delete this node from the way
- The map will render the changes to the way as well as any other ways shared by this node
- Note that a line with less than 2 nodes and a polygon with less than 3 nodes will be deleted
- Merging allows to remove duplicates and snap one node over another. In most cases, merging would delete the source node
- In the edit way mode, select any node of the way
- Move the crosshair over the node to be merged to
- Snapping nodes are styled differently - if a new node is going to be created it's shown as a white circle. In case it's snapping to an existing node, it'll be a blue circle
- Press the 'Move' button to merge the nodes
