When splitting a large area into single areas as it happens when splitting a row house in single houses I need to combine several lines to an area. How can this be done using iD? asked 28 Oct '13, 19:21  hfst edited 28 Oct '13, 20:25 |
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Merge them by selecting one way, then Shift-clicking on the other way(s), then click Merge these lines (shortcut C). answered 22 Nov '13, 21:59  neuhausr showing 5 of 7 show 2 more comments |
This will bring you a closed way, which is something different than an area.
@hfst: No, not really. OSM doesn't have an area element. A closed way is an area depending on the tags. iD just pretends something different which seems to confuse new users regularly.
@scai: I read this too; but iD handles a closed line different to an area.
@hfst: there is not such thing as an area - see your edits.
You can add the tag "area:yes" to the (closed) line to make it behave like an area, i.e. to have the area types in the ID editor.
@mikalaari: you likely mean area=yes ("=") (this is the commonly used written representation of a tag's key and value). But please remove it afterwards (before saving) if it is not commonly used and just needed to fix a bug in iD.
more on this. https://help.openstreetmap.org/questions/32968/is-it-possible-to-change-lines-into-an-area-using-id