[josm-dev] josm-dev Digest, Vol 80, Issue 5

[Will Skora]

Paul,

THank you for this conversion. It will be a great resource and
reference for people as they learn mapCSS.

Regards,
Will
(co-author of the HOT/HDM Josm map style -
https://github.com/hotosm/HDM-JOSM-style

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> Date: Mon, 19 May 2014 08:43:33 +0200
> From: Paul Hartmann <phaaurlt at gmail.com>
> To: josm-dev at openstreetmap.org
> Subject: [josm-dev] JOSM main map style converted to MapCSS format
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> Hi everyone,
>
> I have completed the conversion of the main map style in JOSM to the
> MapCSS format [1]. The new style (which should ideally look about the
> same as the old one) is activated by default since version 7139. For
> comparison, the original XML style is still available in the map paint
> dialog [2].
>
> Please don't hesitate to report anything strange or erroneous. You can
> add a comment in the meta ticket #9691 [3], or just open a new ticket.
> There are some minor intentional changes, e.g. the priorities for
> objects with multiple main tags may have changed. For example a node
> tagged as amenity=restaurant & tourism=hotel used to show a restaurant
> icon and now shows a hotel icon. This can also be reported if you think
> the new priorities are wrong and should be fixed.
>
> Why did we switch? Well, almost all of our newer user contributed styles
> [4] are written in MapCSS. Compared to the XML format, MapCSS was more
> powerful when it was introduced and has been constantly extended and
> improved. Even the performance is now on par, after a number of
> optimizations in this month.
> So there is simply no reason to stick to the solid, but somewhat dusty
> XML format. Instead we should use the options of the new format to
> enhance the default style.
>
> Anyone is invited to contribute ideas, styles, patches, etc.! They can
> be submitted in ticket #10043 [5].
>
> [1] http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Mapcss
> [2] https://josm.openstreetmap.de/wiki/Help/Dialog/MapPaint
> [3] https://josm.openstreetmap.de/ticket/9691
> [4] https://josm.openstreetmap.de/wiki/Styles
> [5] https://josm.openstreetmap.de/ticket/10043
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> Paul
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> Message: 2
> Date: Mon, 19 May 2014 17:51:13 +0700
> From: Alex Rollin <alex.rollin at gmail.com>
> To: "josm-dev at openstreetmap.org" <josm-dev at openstreetmap.org>
> Subject: [josm-dev] New Mapcss - where to develop it locally on
>         windows?
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> Hi,
>
> I love JOSM< thank you for your hard work.
>
> I am in the process of making a new paint style, but I cannot figure out
> how to get it to load.
>
> I am developing locally on windows.  I was thinking I could just point the
> paintstyles dialog to my mapcss file, in a folder below JOSM, and that
> everything would be fine.
> I then moved it all over to JOSMs cache folder where downloaded styles,
> like the HDM style are kept, and pointed to the file there.
>
> I cannot get my icons to load.  HDM styles load fine, but my icons do not.
>
> Can you give me any hints as to where my mapcss and subfolder with icons
> should be located, and then how to load them in the mappaint dialog (if
> there are special instructions).
>
> Thank you for your consideration.
> --
> Alex
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