[OSM-dev] Editor ideas / default country outlining

[Chris Browet]

In Merkaartor, you just have to activate one of the image background
providers, e.g. Mapnik, to have a full map in the background...
You can then move freely to wherever you want, CTRL+D <Enter> and you have
the OSM data of the current view...

2008/7/3 Stefan de Konink <skinkie at xs4all.nl>:

> Iván Sánchez Ortega schreef:
> > El Jueves, 3 de Julio de 2008, Stefan de Konink escribió:
> >> Chris Browet schreef:
> >>> Could you elaborate a bit.
> >>>
> >>> I don't quite understand what you mean...
> >> Boundaries of countries, maybe province level that gives the user some
> >> idea what region he wants to zoom in to.
> >
> > Have you tried the "slippy map chooser" plugin?
>
> I have not, and I bet the other 99.9% of our user base did not too.
> Looking at the slippy map screenshot, it is not even what I mean ;)
>
> Just a basic 'linestyle' outline will give the user a direct idea what
> is present (the world) in front of him and how it is presented (white
> lines, black colour) to him.
>
>
> Stefan
>
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