FAQ

Q: How can I rotate buildings/polygons at creation time?

A: Press <SHIFT> while drawing the polygon to rotate the current figure.

Q: How to snap to 90°/45°/30°/... angles while creating ways?

A: Press <O> while drawing the way to snap to 45° angles; press <H> while drawing to snap to 30° angles.

Q: How can I split or remove a node a way when a node is connected to two roads?

A: If you have a street which you like to edit but it's shareing a node with another road then u need to click on the road first and hold down SHIFT while clicking on the node. After this action you can split the roads or remove the node from a road.

Q: How do I move features between layers?

A:

1) Select the features
2) <CTRL-X> to cut
3) Select the destination layer in the layer dock
4) <CTRL-V>+F to paste to the destination

Q: How do I reset my preferences?

A: If Merkaartor is crashing at start and that you want to check if it might be due to saved settings, you can launch merkaartor with the "--ignore-preferences" switch. Only default settings will be used and none will be saved during this session.
To permanently reset your preferences to "factory settings", launch merkaartor with the "--reset-preferences" switch.