Within the map of Cape Coral I am finding may Canals that arent listed as Canals but as nothing. Is there a way I can change this to ensure that the waterways are complete for that specific area
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In fact, the water surface is completely missing there. This means that you would have to draw the area first, using the edge of the residential area as a guide.
As a JOSM user, I would say the quickest method here would be to use the balloon tool to quickly create the missing areas. In the built-in osm.org iD editor, you have to manually create the area as far as I know.
Here is just one example on how it would look like if you are using the balloon tool in JOSM to just blow the water body up there: Changeset: 163823816 | OpenStreetMap
Edit: The balloon tool is officially called “shrinkwrap”: GitHub - ubipo/shrinkwrap: JOSM plugin to create various types of hulls
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