[josm-dev] New "add node" action

[Shaun McDonald]

On 18 Dec 2008, at 08:27, Frederik Ramm wrote:

> Hi,
>
>> What your new feature doesn't help me with is cases where I want to
>> place an existing node at a specific set of coordinates. Previously
>> I've done this by saving the .osm file, editing it manually with a
>> text editor and loading it back in again.
>>
>> But what I really wanted was a way to edit lat/long in the same way I
>> edit key/value pairs via the "Properties for selected objects"  
>> menu. I
>> suspect this also won't take two days to implement, so if the code
>> fairy is interested ... :)
>
> Indeed I thought about extending the properties view by adding two
> "special" properties lat and lon which cannot be deleted nor the key
> modified, just changes in the value are allowed. And while we're at it
> we could also add "timestamp", "user" and "version" as read-only
> properties. - Maybe add them at the bottom of the list so that for  
> those
> who have limited space available, they don't use up that prime space.
>

Watch out because the version will only be exposed once 0.6 comes live.

I like the idea of adding them at the bottom, below relations.

Shaun