[OSM-talk] New Download Dialog for JOSM

[Per Ekblom]

When you are a beginner. Without any bookmarker, the world map is the way 
to start. /per

At 2007-05-15 01:32, Alilo wrote:
>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
> >
> > --
> > Frederik Ramm  ##  eMail frederik at remote.org  ##  N49°00.09' E008°23.33'
> >
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