[OSM-newbies] Entering building sizes in meters into one of the editors

[Norbert.J.Girardi]

xeen schrieb:
> I don't know a way to enter the width of a building (or length of a way 
> for that matter) directly, but are you trying to draw rectangles?
> If so, have a look at this video, which might make it a bit easier:
> http://josm.openstreetmap.de/download/tutorials/josm-extrude-feature.mpeg
> 
> Greetings
> xeen
> 
Yes, I know how to extrude, but that does not help. I'm drawing these 
rectangles from scratch, so even if I use extrusion feature the 
buildings are not the right size and everything starts over again as 
already mentioned.

Norbert


> 
> Norbert.J.Girardi schrieb:
>> Hello to all,
>>
>> Because of the funny numbering scheme in our area I'm trying to draw 
>> and number the buildings in my little neck of the woods individually 
>> one by one.
>>
>> see: http://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=49.502&mlon=8.6036111&zoom=17
>>
>> Is there a way to draw the "ways" for these buildings using width and 
>> length entries like with a normal drawing editor?
>>
>> In JOSM one has to draw the ways and then adjust the four corners by 
>> measuring the distances, changing the position of at least two 
>> corners, readjusting the resulting shape to a rectangle again, 
>> measuring the distances and so on and so on ......
>>
>> This is very tedious work and with more than 100 objects on only a few 
>> streets it is no fun at all.
>>
>> I hope someone can tell me what page to read on the f* manual or that 
>> one  of the "editor guys" can be persuaded to create such a feature.
>>
>>
>> Best regards
>>
>> Norbert (nogirard)
>>
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