[OSM-dev] Editor ideas / default country outlining

[Chris Browet]

>
> From a userfriendly/newbie point of view wouldn't it be good if it was the
> other way around? Enabled by default, show what we have?
>

Enabled by default? It's a matter of choice. I'd rather not have the user
use bandwidth without him wanting to.
Show what we have? There is a "Zoom all" function which adapt the view to
show all downloaded data.

>
> But in essence I was talking about a vector representation, not bitmap
> perse (if bandwidth is any limitation).
>
> I'm afraid there is little chance to see that in Merkaartor (not worth the
hassle vs. what we already have, IMHO). Maybe JOSM...
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