[Openstreetmap-dev] New version of osmeditor (Qt desktop editor) with SRTM contours

[nick at hogweed.org]

Hello everyone,

After something of a break I've uploaded the latest version of the Qt-based 
desktop GPX track and waypoint editor, osmeditor, to subversion. Still rather 
rough and ready but a number of new features:

- most notably the ability to display contours derived from SRTM height data. 
If the NASA height files are present in a subdirectory (of the data you run 
the executable from) called "data", osmeditor will now draw contours for your 
current position.
NASA height files can be obtained from

ftp://e0mss21u.ecs.nasa.gov/srtm/Eurasia/

e.g. N51W001.hgt is the square with SW corner 51N, 1W.

- Waypoints can be moved from their original positions, useful if there was an 
inaccuracy when surveying.

- You can now also create new waypoints from scratch, e.g. if you want to mark 
the summit of a hill which is on private land.

- You can name roads and paths from within osmeditor. Road and path names are 
handled by the <name> extension to GPX <trackseg>s.


- Remaining major feature, other than general improvements and making it more 
user friendly :-)....  is to allow direct upload to openstreetmap.

Nick