[HOT] JOSM "mini tasking manager" Plugin

[Laurent Savaete]

Isn't the JOSM plugin MarkSeen https://github.com/risicle/josm-markseen 
very similar to what you're thinking about, or at least useful for your 
purposes?


On 23/09/2020 16:42, Andrew Buck wrote:
> Its a good idea, and something the TODO list plugin was originally 
> intended to do, in addition to its current functionality.  I am the 
> one who came up with the original idea for the plugin, but I am 
> terrible with Java so Gnonthgol coded it up based on my idea.
>
> I wanted to also add the "area coverage feature" like you are 
> describing as well as a "follow along way" function so you could 
> follow along linear features like roads/waterways at some fairly close 
> in zoom level along a long feature and it would track which parts you 
> have examined.
>
> So I definitely think your idea has merit.  My only quibble would be 
> to not add a second layer with squares, as OSM objects.  You could do 
> that, but its a bit hacky. Also I don't remember how well the TODO 
> list deals with objects in other layers.  Fortunately, you don't have 
> to add the squares as objects anyway, since the todo list can track 
> them internally without them being OSM objects, and plugins can draw 
> to the map view themselves.  Think about things like the validator 
> plugin (which draws non osm object features to its own layer), or the 
> fast draw plugin (which draws non osm objects to the active map layer 
> as temporary lines that then get turned into proper OSM objects.
>
> So aside from the implementation details, I would say yes, this is 
> definitely a good idea and one I would support being added directly to 
> the TODO plugin as additional functionality.
>
> -AndrewBuck
>
>
>
> On 9/23/20 9:44 AM, Mike Thompson wrote:
>> Dear fellow humanitarian mappers,
>>
>> When I am mapping or validating a task from the tasking manager, I 
>> often find myself "panning and scanning", that is, zooming into a 
>> level at which I can quickly tell if everything that appears in 
>> imagery is mapped, and then systematically panning over the entire 
>> area of the task area (either with the mouse, or <ctrl>+an arrow 
>> key).  This works until I find something that needs to be mapped, or 
>> needs to be mapped differently, in which case I zoom in, do the 
>> mapping... and forget where I was with the "pan and scan"  (keyboard 
>> shortcut "8" - zoom previous helps a little, but if multiple 
>> zooms/pans of the map are performed it can be difficult to "get back 
>> to where you were").
>>
>> I have come up with a prototype of a new plugin which might help.  It 
>> divides the downloaded area in JOSM into a grid of smaller 
>> rectangles, and adds the rectangles to the Todo List (also adds the 
>> rectangles to a new data layer which is blocked from being uploaded 
>> from, or downloaded into). As each of these rectangles is reviewed, 
>> you can "Mark" it in the Todo List, and the Todo List will 
>> automatically zoom/pan the map to the next rectangle.
>>
>> Questions:
>> 1) Would this be useful?
>> 2) Does this functionality already exist?
>> 3) Should I proceed with development?
>> 4) Should it be its own plugin, or should it be combined with other 
>> functionality of use to this community (for example, I could move the 
>> duplicate building script functionality into this plugin)?
>>
>> Mike
>>
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