[josm-dev] JOSM Remote Control API and external tools

[Dirk Stöcker]

On Fri, 15 Feb 2013, the Old Topo Depot wrote:

> At present, tools such as MapRoulette (maproulette.org) rely on users to
> add a string to changeset comment to assist tracking editing activities
> associated with said tool.
>
> It would be useful and convenient to allow external tools to specify a
> changeset string fragment (suffix, for example) as part of the remote
> control command sent to JOSM when the editing activity is triggered.  I am
> soliciting feedback from the JOSM dev community on this matter, and will
> implement agreed upon changes when we arrive at a consensus.
>
> While I am aware that JOSM caches changeset strings, it is also possible
> for a use to employ several tools during an extended editing session, say
> MapRoulette and OSMI, and users are currently burdened with properly
> selecting a comment.
>
> Best and Thanks in Advance for your comments,

Changing and modifying the changeset comment does not seem really useful 
to me. But we can add an auto-generated "remote_interfaces" (better name?) 
tag to the changeset tags, so you goal of tracking is possible. Thought I 
don't know if it is a good idea to do this tracking. We are tracking 
already a lot.

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