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John Firebaugh
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# Roads
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You can create, fix, and delete roads with this editor. Roads can be all
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kinds: paths, highways, trails, cycleways, and more - any often-crossed
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segment should be mappable.
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### Selecting
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Click on a road to select it. An outline should become visible, along
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with a small tools menu on the map and a sidebar showing more information
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about the road.
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### Modifying
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Often you'll see roads that aren't aligned to the imagery behind them
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or to a GPS track. You can adjust these roads so they are in the correct
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place.
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First click on the road you want to change. This will highlight it and show
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control points along it that you can drag to better locations. If
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you want to add new control points for more detail, double-click a part
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of the road without a point, and one will be added.
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If the road connects to another road, but doesn't properly connect on
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the map, you can drag one of its control points onto the other road in
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order to join them. Having roads connect is important for the map
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and essential for providing driving directions.
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You can also click the 'Move' tool or press the `M` shortcut key to move the entire road at
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one time, and then click again to save that movement.
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### Deleting
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If a road is entirely incorrect - you can see that it doesn't exist in satellite
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imagery and ideally have confirmed locally that it's not present - you can delete
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it, which removes it from the map. Be cautious when deleting features -
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like any other edit, the results are seen by everyone and satellite imagery
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is often out of date, so the road could simply be newly built.
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You can delete a road by clicking on it to select it, then clicking the
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trash can icon or pressing the 'Delete' key.
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### Creating
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Found somewhere there should be a road but there isn't? Click the 'Line'
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icon in the top-left of the editor or press the shortcut key `2` to start drawing
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a line.
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Click on the start of the road on the map to start drawing. If the road
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branches off from an existing road, start by clicking on the place where they connect.
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Then click on points along the road so that it follows the right path, according
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to satellite imagery or GPS. If the road you are drawing crosses another road, connect
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it by clicking on the intersection point. When you're done drawing, double-click
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or press 'Return' or 'Enter' on your keyboard.
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