[OSM-talk] New Download Dialog for JOSM
Alilo
3alilo at gmail.com
Tue May 15 00:32:54 BST 2007
On 5/14/07, Frederik Ramm <frederik at remote.org> wrote:
> Dear JOSM users,
>
> I would like to solicit your opinion on a new design of the JOSM
> download dialog.
>
> It is not really a super big change but since the download dialog is a
> central element of everyday work, maybe you have some input here.
>
> The idea is to make the dialog slimmer by introducing tabs - one for the
> main lat/lon input, one for bookmarks, and one for the world chooser (is
> anyone using that at all - maybe we can drop it altogether?).
>
I used to use it a lot because in my area there is not a lot of data
like in UK, but now that there is a limit on the download area size, I
am using it less. if the world picture is more precise and more
detailed. I will use it. It is much easier to to do a select from the
world map than going to the slippy map and get the URL and paste it.
> The most important aspect of this is going on behind the scenes; plugins
> will now have the opportunity to add their own tabs (I am thinking the
> slippy map plugin adding a tab where you can enter tile numbers for
> download, or a plugin using David Earl's place search to determine which
> area to download). Plugins will also be able to replace existing tabs
> altogether, so if someone wants to provide a Better Bookmark (tm) plugin
> replacing the existing bookmarks, that's entirely possible without
> changes to JOSM.
>
> I have attached a screenshot of the download dialog, and you can also
> try it in action if you get this JOSM version:
>
> http://www.remote.org/frederik/tmp/josm-new-download.jar
>
I like the fact that there is more area to the openstreetmap URL , and
more area to the world map, which makes it more user friendly
> I intend to introduce these changes into the production version quickly,
> so that I can then provide a new slippy map plugin with tile number
> download support.
>
> Bye
> Frederik
>
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