[Talk-us] Prototype of newbie-safe semi-automated edits available

[Dale Puch]

Forgot to send this to the list as well...

Also I checked another computer and the ABP issue is isolated to that
system.  Still good to know in case it happens to others.

Also I added the slippymap to JOSM link to the wiki discussion, a neat
trick.
-- 
Dale Puch

On Mon, Aug 24, 2009 at 8:50 AM, Mark Gray <MarkGray at aquaterra.com> wrote:

> On Mon, Aug 24, 2009 at 02:23:47AM -0400, Dale Puch wrote:
> >    Nice work!
> >    A few observations so far.
> >    - In firefox I had to turn off my "add block plus" addon for the page
> >    to get the yahoo imagery to show up.  This is true for me on
> >    [1]maps.yahoo.com as well, this seems to be incorrect behavior of ABP
> >    (or my system) that may be fixed at a later date.  You might want to
> >    put a note somewhere in case other people have an issue.
>
> I am using Adblock Plus in Firefox but I do not have the same
> problem. Perhaps you have a particular rule in your list that is
> too broad? If you open "Tools/Adblock Plus Preferences" you will see
> a list of all the blocking rules. My custom rules I have added are
> in the top list.
>
> >    - In both IE 7 and firefox the target icon on the open layers image is
> >    not always visable.  Zooming in or out makes it show up again.
>
> Yes, I see that too. I have not tried putting a marker on the
> Yahoo map yet, and I haven't figured out how to get the one on
> OpenLayers to always show up.
>
> >    - As mentioned the image is a little small.  Both in zoom level and
> >    overall size.  It looks like the zoom can be about 30% larger based on
> >    the yahoo maps page (pixel for pixel).  But even an overzoom would be
> >    nice for higher resolution monitors.  Perhaps just a 2x view option.
>
> I can see now that navigating to the same spot on the Y! web page
> I get another step closer. I don't see how to do that on my page
> yet, but I will certainly look into it. I also do not see how to
> "overzoom" yet, but maybe I won't want to after I zoom in one step
> more.
>
> >    - I seem to get the same node each time I start on the page, then it
> >    becomes random.  The node info and lat/lon are not shown on that page
> >    as well.
>
> The first location is hard-coded in the page at the moment.
> It will not be in the future.
>
> >    - A fyi for users is that you can zoom and move the yahoo imagery and
> >    the open layers maps.
>
> As you start to do that, you probably also want the two maps
> synchronized so when the user navigates in one the other follows.
>
> >    - It might be nice to do a JOSM link so for spots that need fixing the
> >    user can click to open it in JOSM.  see
> >    [2]http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/JOSM/Plugins/RemoteControl
>
> I was just reading about JOSM remote control last night. I am
> hesitant to add this link to the view everyone sees because it
> will give newbies a broken link, but if I start generating the page
> from a CGI script and I add options like how big to make the maps,
> I will certainly add the option of a JOSM remote control link.
> One easy thing I should do first would be to name the OpenLayers
> control so a JOSM bookmarklet would work:
>
>
> http://blog.gegg.us/2009/07/bookmarklet-to-load-the-current-section-of-a-slippy-map-into-josm/
>
> Thanks for your feedback!
>
> --
> Mark Gray
>
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