JOSM: Fixing the "Centering map when drawing" feature.

Fri 28 June 2019

It happened again. I hit some keys while editing in JOSM and my imagery started centering itself while adding a way. I’ve done this in the past and it’s really quite annoying. The "feature" is documented on the web but due to a misspelling you can’t find it. Well, here it is so I can find it next time.

By Sparks, Category: Cartography

Tags: JOSM / OpenStreetMap /

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