[josm-dev] make slippy map a core feature

[MP]

>  Is it just me, or is the slippy map plugin a pain to work with? It lags
>  on my system and is a memory hog.
>
>  WMS is better, but it's not designed for changing the zoom levels
>  dynamically. (And it has some dependencies.)

You can improve the WMS plugin to use more than one zoomlevel :)

>  In contrast to that, the slippy map in the download dialog is just great
>  - fast and reliable. I'd like to have that for the main map as well!

What about fixing the plugin so it would be faster?

>  It would be nice if it was in the core version, i. e. View -> Add slippy
>  map layer.
>
>
>  Too decrease the network traffic one would then need a disk cache, but
>  make the tiles expire after approx. one hour and on demand. The cache
>  would be useful for offline mapping at holidays, as well.

Slippy map chooser in the download dialog already have a cache, so
perhaps the cache can be shared.

Martin