[josm-dev] Download area from slippy map

[Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)]

Andreas Fritsche
>Sent: 19 February 2009 9:49 AM
>To: josm-dev at openstreetmap.org
>Subject: Re: [josm-dev] Download area from slippy map
>
>Hallo!
>
>On Thu, Feb 19, 2009 at 8:50 AM, Frederik Ramm <frederik at remote.org> wrote:
>>> [..] the slippymap-chooser used  the
>>> same scroll and zoom shortcuts as the editor does.
>>
>> I don't think it ever had. It was the "world image" that shared a
>controller
>> with the main map view, not the slippy map chooser.
>
>I never used the world image chooser to be of any value (I use a Mac
>-> single button, no panning, no scrolling, since the
>control-click-behaviour seems not to be interpreted) and used the
>copy'n'paste coordinate-interface until I discovered the
>slippymap-chooser.. - so I think you are wrong here. Nevertheless I
>don't want to argue on this. I'd be a nice feature to have the
>shortcuts as a fallback. => Ticket #2205
>

The other alternative is to browse the main OSM map and the click the
permalink to get the correct location in the address bar. This can then be
copied and pasted directly into the bounding box window in JOSM. Note that I
normally find I want to reduce the zoom value after pasting by one or two
(zoom 9 is normally the lowest for me before the download area is too
large).

Hope this too is helpful.

Cheers

Andy