[OSM-talk] JOSM observations from a newcomer

[David Groom]

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From: "David Earl" <david at frankieandshadow.com>
To: "OSM" <talk at openstreetmap.org>
Sent: Wednesday, October 11, 2006 7:03 PM
Subject: [OSM-talk] JOSM observations from a newcomer


> Having used JOSM to complete a couple of areas, I've some observations.
> Please take these in the spirit of constructive criticism - I know how 
> much
> voluntary effort it takes to get this far.
>
> - I made one mistake over and over again - I kept selecting segments and
> then forgetting to make a Way before assigning properties, so I ended up
> assigning properties to the segments instead.
>
> - Assigning properties is tedious. A set of buttons to do the common
> highway=trunk etc, and name= -> pop up box for name would be really 
> useful.
> Minimising the number of key and mouse clicks is my concern.

I think what you are after is the "annotation presets".

Just below the "layers panel" on the right hand side of the JOSM editor you 
should see what looks at first sight like a blank drop down list.  Click the 
drop down arrow, and you will get some types of annotation you may want to 
use.  These presets are stored in the file which defined in 
Edit>Preferences, then third button down - under "annotation preset 
sources".  It's been some time since I did a clean installation of JOSM, so 
cant remember what the default preset file looks like.  I've attached my 
preset file to this email, which hopefully will get displayed on the mailing 
list, by looking at the structure of this file you should be able to add in 
any missing keys etc which you frequently use.

p.s welcome to OSM
David

>
> - Short cut to defining all the segments, then going over them again to
> select them, and then making them into a Way: how about a mode which both
> creates a segment and adds to the previous Way at the same time (or starts 
> a
> new Way if you haven't just done one). Even better, combine with adding
> nodes, so I can create a Way by just clicking along my tracklog (a rubber
> band to the previous point would also be helpful while doing this).
>
> - How do I merge two ways into one?
>
> - How do I split one Way into two?
>
> David
>
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