[HOT] digitization of buildings

[Michael Andersen]

A couple functions from the 'Utils2plugin' plugin that I very often use when 
drawing complex buildings:

If I want more rectangles/buildings squared with one I have just drawn I often 
find it easier to press 'Alt-Shift-Z' than to select it by clicking it.

Instead of manually selecting every single rectangle, I just select one and 
then press 'I' until they are all selected.

If 2 rectangles share one node and could share one more node if it was joined, 
'Shift-J' will not work. Fix this with 'Shift-I'.

Hjart



Tirsdag den 12. november 2013 17:08:18 skrev Florian Lohoff:
> On Tue, Nov 12, 2013 at 11:01:37AM +0100, Frank Fesevur wrote:
> > 2013/11/12 frmoine <frmoine at gmail.com>:
> > > Let me remind you that building is unique ( base on roof color, shadow) 
> > > and in most case it is either rectangular or square. So no trapeze or
> > > bizzare form.
> > 
> > I tried to map every building separately. It is sometimes hard to see.
> > 
> > A tip: I draw the polygon of a building quite rough and use "Q" in
> > JOSM to make a proper square. Learning the keyboard shortcuts for the
> > most used functions really helps to speed up your mapping.
> 
> I did the above for a couple of years but the building plugin is waaay
> faster ...
> 
> Using the building tool obsoletes using q as it draws a rectangular
> building right from the beginning. For aligning the same buildings mark
> one building and start drawing new ones on the same 90° Angle.
> 
> For complex buildings i sometimes draw 5-10 Rectangles above each other
> and then join them via shift-j.
> 
> And have a look at the "create area" or "extrude" tool (x) - easy to move a
> wall a little further.
> 
> JOSM has become a very powerful tool and it needs more documentations
> or youtube "how to" videos :)
> 
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zff5P-QdWIQ
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DEQo4Jm-aPY
> 
> Flo