[josm-dev] Tagging Presets

[Christoph Eckert]

Hi,

> The defaults 
> that have been incorporated are a good start but they are generally
> single tag sets rather than a grouping.

well, the incorporated presets mainly are there ao we can start 
somewhere.

> You will find that tagging 
> can be enriched and undertaken much faster if the single preset box
> contains more tagging items. For example, my highway preset for ways
> includes:

There was a reason why I broke additional attributes out to a separate 
dialog (for example see "road attributes" and "restrictions"). If a 
n00b gets presented by a dialog with tons of fetures, her might wonder 
if all must be filled with content. I don't want to say that we 
shouldn't change that, but that's why I did it this way.

I'd just wait a couple of days or weeks until the mappers had a chance 
to experiment with the presets. I think wishes will then rise 
automatically. If not, let's start a survey. Most probably you are 
right, and users want to see as many tags as possible in one place.

> What would be really cool would be an interface in JOSM that allows
> one to edit the preset file and change default values, add new
> tag/value defaults etc using a default list to choose from. Then I'm
> sure we would see a lot more people tagging this way and adding a lot
> more useful data.

I think it's YAGNI. What I've learned is that most users (except for the 
imaginary power user :) do not configure their system. Concerning 
presets, most users will be glad to wear the corset we provide. They 
aren't going to change it - surprisingly.

Best regards,

ce