[Openstreetmap-dev] Applet hacking

[Nick Whitelegg]

>> > - For osmeditor's purposes, it might be good to put that 'batch
upload'
>> > script (forget the name) that I put in SVN a while back, the one where
you
>> > can PUT multiple nodes and segments to the server at once. T
>>
>> vote++

>I'm sure I saw something that already does this in svn. dataset.rb It
apears
>to do both what newnode and newsegment do, and allows you to upload a
>set of nodes and segments in a single command. If we make that return
>the filled-in structures of what you uploaded, will it do the job?

dataset.rb is what I was talking about. I just forgot the name :-)

>> > - Change the "upload GPX" interface so that it is a PUT call, just
like
>> > 'node', 'newnode', 'segment', 'newsegment' etc. In other words, allow
GPX
>> > to be uploaded through the API direct.
>>
>> vote++

>It would be nice if this was just an additional method, as some people
>do still use the retro web upload system. If it becomes an API call, how
>will the queuing work?

Presumably the server could handle this. Give each upload an ID and queue
them in a file or database table?

Nick