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feature cannot be deleted because not enough of it is currently visible

I can't delete an old logging road that has been completely reclaimed. It says "This feature cannot be deleted because not enough of it is currently visible". And if I zoom out to see the whole road it says "Zoom in to edit"

How to delete the road?

zoomlevel edit zoom visibility delete

asked 14 Jul '20, 16:26

codywohlers
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2 Answers:

There are typically two options for this:

Split the road into smaller pieces and delete those. (also useful if you have only been able to confirm that one end of a road is gone)
Use another editor like JOSM that can deal with much larger areas.

answered 14 Jul '20, 18:06

InsertUser
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edited 14 Jul '20, 18:06

didn't realize you had to click on a node to split the road

(14 Jul '20, 18:47) codywohlers

1	WORKAROUND: I resized the browser window to be 2x larger than my monitor and I managed to delete the road. answered 14 Jul '20, 16:30 codywohlers 46●1●1●4 accept rate: 0%