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

[David Earl]

On 22/07/2008 11:48, Richard Fairhurst wrote:
> Chris Browet wrote:
> 
>> If you also believe that WIKI->XML is easier /more maintainable than
>> XML->WIKI...
>>
>> I strongly believe this is nonsense, though...
> 
> Certainly more editable. More people have, and know how to use, a wiki  
> editor (i.e. a web browser) than an XML editor. And "optimise for ease  
> of editing" is a good general OSM principle.

There are numerous XML editors out there, including JAVA ones, so it 
would presumably not be too difficult to make an applet to edit the 
source in a user friendly way.

Actually, writing a custom online Map Features editor would be pretty easy.

David