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

[Chris Browet]

Seems pretty sweet.

Even though it doesn't seem to be completely appropriate for a wizard, my
first idea was a system like you describe, with user-modifiable presets, so
it would fit the purpose.

I must admit when I first met OSM, I did like most and tried JOSM. I was
somewhat rebuffed by its, IMHO, cumbersomeness, so I quickly sought
something else, found Merkaartor, and decided to improve it (as I'm not a
big fan of Java)

I will re-have a look at JOSM to see how it is implemented.

Thanks
- Chris -

2008/7/14 Frederik Ramm <frederik at remote.org>:

> 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
>
> --
> Frederik Ramm  ##  eMail frederik at remote.org  ##  N49°00'09" E008°23'33"
>
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