[OSM-talk] JOSM geometry support

Franc Carter franc.carter at gmail.com
Thu Aug 23 00:38:46 BST 2007


Yep, sounds very usefully - I've often wanted to place nodes relative to
some
other node(s)

cheers

On 8/23/07, Frederik Ramm <frederik at remote.org> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> Question:
>
> "I have drawn a rectangular building but it looks more like a trapezoid,
> what can I do?"
>
> Answer:
>
> Select the four corner nodes and execute the "align nodes in circle"
> function. Oddly enough, the results sometimes get better if you click
> repeatedly.
>
> Question:
>
> "But now the building is at an angle to the road and I want it to be
> parallel!"
>
> Answer:
>
> Download the latest JOSM build (the one that's going to be available in
> a few hours) and you'll find a "rotate" mode hidden below the "move
> node"-button on the left; select the object you want to rotate, grab one
> corner and rotate it as you would in a drawing program.
>
> Question:
>
> "I want more geometry support - I want functions offered by traditional
> drawing programs, like aligning, distributing, or cloning objects...
> when entering a building I just want to put one node and then enter
> 'building, rectangular, 100 metres in direction 210°, width 30 metres'
> and I want JOSM to put the other three nodes accordingly and add
> segments and a way..."
>
> Answer:
>
> I think we should collect these requirements and make a "geometry"
> plugin. (Maybe move the "align nodes in circle/in line" functions there
> as well.) I'm a bit unsure at the moment how one would best implement
> these functions without interfering too much with traditional JOSM
> functions - maybe create an extra layer or so... what geometry functions
> do *you* want and how would you like them?
>
> Bye
> Frederik
>
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Franc
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