[talk-au] Using Nearmap with JOSM

Liz edodd at billiau.net
Tue Dec 8 01:57:03 GMT 2009


On Tue, 8 Dec 2009, Steve Bennett wrote:
> On Tue, Dec 8, 2009 at 12:23 PM, Stephen Hope <slhope at gmail.com> wrote:
> > I tried using Potlatch, but I've not used it before, and it's driving
> > me mad.  I'm tempted to try Merkaartor, but I'm used to JOSM, I'd
> > rather get it working if I could.  I tried the WMS method listed in
> > the wiki page, But all it downloads are exception errors.
>
> Sorry I can't help your slippymap plugin problem (I did get Nearmap working
> with JOSM without too much difficulty), but I'm curious to hear what you
> don't like about Potlatch. I started with Potlatch, switched to JOSM, then
> went back to Potlatch. There weren't enough extra features in JOSM to
> justify using a separate app in offline mode, for my liking...
>
> Steve

JOSM and Potlatch are not a feature choice, but 
how_you_like_to_use_your_computer choice.

As a keyboard user who started in the 60s (it was a typewriter then) the 
keyboard shortcuts in JOSM are my favourite feature.






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