[josm-dev] make slippy map a core feature

Dave Hansen dave at sr71.net
Sun Oct 11 20:36:15 BST 2009


On Sun, 2009-10-11 at 20:13 +0200, Martin Koppenhoefer wrote:
> 2009/10/11 Dave Hansen <dave at sr71.net>:
> > I use it for two things.
> 
> I use it for 2 things as well:
> 
> 1. display the slippy-map-grid in JOSM. I know no other way to see the
> grid of tiles in JOSM.
> 2. For editing it is best turned-off, but for quickly zooming and
> panning to the right place (orientation) it is quite fast. Then (once
> found the right spot) you better turn it's layer to invisible.

Yeah, that's precisely what I do.  I sometimes pop it back on for a
moment to see how I've moved stuff around.  It's also great for
spot-comparing GPS traces over a large area to the map data.

-- Dave





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