Update - Map Maker will now allow editing of pending roads and other line features

[Sneha]

Hello Mappers,

We understand all those annoying moments you faced when you couldn't edit linear features if they had an edit pending on them. Our engineers have been working round the clock to make fix this. We are excited to announce that Map Maker will now allow editing of pending roads and other line features.

With this release, pending edits on roads and other line features will no longer lock up the entire connecting network. Only the attributes that have changed, and are pending, will be locked. This allows you to edit other attributes associated with the same feature or any of the connecting features on the road network.

Here are a few scenarios that illustrate the impact of this change.

Scenario A: Pending Intersections locking up the connecting network

Earlier, if an intersection had a pending edit, then the roads connected to that pending intersection couldn’t be edited.

With this release, the roads connected to such a pending intersection will be editable.

Earlier	Now

Scenario B: Pending attribute changes on the same segment

Prior to this release, any pending edit on a segment would prevent that segment from being edited by other users.

Henceforth, the segment will be editable though the attributes modified in the pending edits will be blocked from editing by other users.

Now

Scenario C: Pending segments locking up other connecting segments

Prior to this change, any geometry/attribute change on roads or other line features used to lock up the connected segments.

After this change, attributes and geometry of the connected segments will be editable.

Earlier	Now

Scenario D: Pending turn restrictions

Before this change, editing one turn restriction on an intersection locked up all the connecting turn restrictions.

Now, users can continue to edit connecting turn restrictions for that intersection.

BEFORE

AFTER

Here are some of the things that Map Maker will still not allow:

• Deleting a segment/intersection/route of a feature that has an edit pending on it.

• Editing a feature that has a delete pending on it.

• Editing a segment whose creation has not been approved.

• If there is a pending edit that changes the geometry of a segment, then the location of the connected intersections will not be editable.

You can post your thoughts and suggestions on this update here.

As always, thanks to all of you for your diligent feedback, without which this would not have been possible.

Cheers, and Happy Mapping!

Sneha

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