[OSM-dev] "Map Features" in XML?

[Frederik Ramm]

Hi,
> In the future, I plan to implement a "wizard mode" for tagging in 
> Merkaartor, as I think that the openness of tagging might be frightening 
> for newbies.
> This wizard would be dynamic based upon the "recommended" tagging 
> practises in the "Map Features" wiki pages.

Are you familiar with the presets that JOSM uses? They are entirely 
controlled through an XML file. You should really have a look at it, it 
is quite flexible already, and people can create their own presets (e.g. 
special thematic stuff) although this is rarely used. There's even a new 
cool way of making them multi-lingual.

Here is the big default presets file:

http://josm.openstreetmap.de/svn/trunk/presets/presets.xml

I think it speaks for itself (at least if speaking to a programmer). 
Maybe you could think about supporting this format, *or* we could come 
up with something different that is then supported by both editors.

Bye
Frederik

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