[josm-dev] Automatically activate ImageryProvider for current area?

[Vincent Privat]

Hello,
Have you tried the current tested version ? It's one of the major changes
that have been made:

http://josm.openstreetmap.de/wiki/Changelog#a2012-08-31:Stablereleaser5485

major changes/enhancements

   - Imagery layers:
      - Suggest imagery layers for downloaded area based on their <bounds>
      and <shape> in Maps <http://josm.openstreetmap.de/wiki/Maps>
(r5369<http://josm.openstreetmap.de/changeset/5369/josm>
      , r5381 <http://josm.openstreetmap.de/changeset/5381/josm>,
r5388<http://josm.openstreetmap.de/changeset/5388/josm>
      , r5402 <http://josm.openstreetmap.de/changeset/5402/josm>)

Cheers,
Vincent


2012/9/4 Dr. Tilmann Bubeck <t.bubeck at reinform.de>

> Hello!
>
> JOSM already includes a large number of imagery providers. Some of them
> are activated by default, but most are not.
>
> I would like to improve JOSM to automatically activate (or deactivate) all
> imagery providers which are available for the current area, which the user
> is editing. E.g. if I am editing "munich" which is part of "bavaria", then
> the imagery provider "Bavaria (2m)" would be activated after downloading
> the area. The file "http://josm.sourceforge.de/**maps<http://josm.sourceforge.de/maps>"
> already includes the bounding boxes of the different imagery providers, so
> checking an provider for a selected area is possible...
>
> This would improve quality of the user edits, because they see all imagery
> providers which are available. (I was using JOSM by myself for quiet a long
> time until I started discovering the various menu entries and found, that
> there are more (and better) imagery providers, than standard BING for "my"
> areas).
>
> One could even extend that idea and sort all activated imagery providers.
> The one which is of highest speciality (=smallest surrounding area) is
> considered the "best" and is automatically selected (and not only
> activated). So If you assume, that there are imagery providers for
> "munich", "bavaria" and "germany", and I am editing "munich", then they
> will be sorted: 1. munich, 2. bavaria, 3. germany and munich is selected.
>
> What do you think of that idea? I am willing to develop a patch for
> inclusion, if you like that idea. Feel free to discuss!
>
> Kind regards,
>   Tilmann Bubeck
>
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