<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 23 May 2010 20:00, TimSC <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:mapping@sheerman-chase.org.uk">mapping@sheerman-chase.org.uk</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
I guess the fundamental question is, is this<br>
quicker than doing the whole thing manually?</blockquote></div><div><br></div><div>For buildings that are semi-detached or terraces, the terracer plugin seems to pay attention to the order the nodes were created/numbered, and thus on which side to split the building up (I suppose if it's fairly square-shaped). I don't see that a colour-reading auto-tracer could decide on which side to start drawing the building.</div>
<div>For this reason I think it is quicker to use the building plugin to trace and then be ready to split up for numbering.</div><div><br></div><div>But don't let me discourage your work and anyone who would find it useful. It is probably that this case is based on my current mapping of lots of square-ish buildings that are often semi-detached.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Actually, we haven't thought if this would be helpful in any areas if altered for use on ponds/lakes (not really rivers broken by many bridges) and/or green woods/parks.</div><br>-- <br>Gregory<br>
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