[OSM-talk] The OSM Applet - let's ditch it for JOSM (was:Mapping Reading, some impressions)

[Andy Robinson]

Its been pointed out before that it would require another party to deal with
those bugs, and therefore they are unlikely to get fixed. Much better to let
the visitor do it themselves, which of course means a simple interface for
inexperienced users to adjust basic features and tagging, much as the
current applet does now.

Cheers

Andy

Andy Robinson
Andy_J_Robinson at blueyonder.co.uk 

>-----Original Message-----
>From: talk-bounces at openstreetmap.org [mailto:talk-
>bounces at openstreetmap.org] On Behalf Of Robert Scott
>Sent: 06 September 2006 4:22 AM
>To: talk at openstreetmap.org
>Subject: Re: [OSM-talk] The OSM Applet - let's ditch it for JOSM
>(was:Mapping Reading, some impressions)
>
>On Wednesday 06 September 2006 03:41, Tom Chance wrote:
>> For my part I'm inviting friends to tell me of features and if I have the
>> time (perhaps including a necessary cycle ride) I add it for them :o)
>
>This may be a stupid idea, but seeing as it's 0400 you'll have grant me
>that,
>but the simplest solution for this kind of data would be to set up a sort
>of 'spatial bugzilla'. A very simple applet / AJAX / technology du jour
>interface that would allow users to just file 'bugs' on the map,
>saying: "There's a pub here called the Cartographer and Sandals." , "This
>road doesn't go like this at all." , "This road becomes Bodger Road half
>way
>down." , "The bowls club doesn't extend nearly this far" etc. A mapper who
>is
>active in the area could pick up the problem, enter the pub, go back to
>problem roads to check what actually happens or whatever the right course
>of
>action would be. If you wanted to get fancy, local mappers could
>'subscribe'
>to an area to be alerted to new & existing bugs in their locality.
>
>The chief problem with this is that the activity wouldn't encourage new
>mappers to get involved. If you give even someone who just wants to fix a
>street name easy access to full editing capabilities, it's quite possible
>that they'll start fiddling and become obsessed. And that's what you want.
>If
>the simplest thing to do is to file a 'bug' and when brush your hands of
>the
>matter, it wouldn't spur you on.
>
>And of course there's the legal problem of verifying where the (possibly)
>anonymous bug-submitter was sourcing their information. But freethepostcode
>deals with that issue every day.
>
>
>robert.
>
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