[Talk-GB] Online POI editor for place mapping party - usability enhancements

[Shaun McDonald]

Hi Nick,
On 17 May 2007, at 10:47, Nick Whitelegg wrote:

>
> Hello everyone,
>
> By ditching SVG and using an alternative approach, the online point of
> interest editor that I mentioned yesterday is now a good deal more  
> usable and
> faster - so hopefully it will be useful for the place mapping party!
>
> The editor allows you to add points of interest on top of an NPE  
> "slippy map"
> and then specify their type using either full tags or high level  
> "types" such
> as village, town, pub, etc. In addition, they are automatically  
> given a
> "source" tag of "npe" (or "landsat" if you're in Landsat mode).
>
> It's available at
>
> http://www.free-map.org.uk/freemap/edit.php
>
> (login with OSM username/password)
>
> There are two modes: navigate and add feature. In navigate mode,  
> you can
> scroll the map, and edit a POI by clicking on it. In add feature  
> mode, you
> can add new POIs.

In edit or add feature modes, when using Camino (Mac version of  
Firefox) on my MacBook, the pop-up menus don't work at all.

Firefox here doesn't even show up anything after logging in.

How do I put in a linear feature such as a river from the maps?

Shaun