[OSM-talk] JOSM users will love this feature

[Gregory]

2008/8/25 Dirk-Lüder Kreie <osm-list at deelkar.net>

> Gregory schrieb:
>
>> 2008/8/23 Chris Jones <rollercow at sucs.org>
>>
>>  On 23 Aug 2008, at 02:47, Frederik Ramm wrote:
>>>
>> >>
>
>>    I've just for the first time used a new feature that Dirk Stoecker
>>>> has added to JOSM and it's really great: Select a way and between each
>>>> pair of nodes you get a little cross symbol which, as soon as you grab
>>>> and move it with the mouse, becomes a new node. This makes refining
>>>> existing ways so much easier. Just get josm-latest to use it.
>>>>
>>> >>
>
>> That's fantastic! It makes the whole process massively less painful.
>>>
>>
>> I don't understand.
>> Is this just to skip changing to the node tool (press 'n' on the
>> keyboard)?
>>
>
> it's so you don't have to go to node tool, insert node, go to select, move
> node, go back to node tool insert another node, go back to select and move
> node...
>
> Now you just grab&drag.
>
> Ok, I was quite quick with my left hand operating 'n'(node tool) and
's'(select/move tool) while my right hand operated the mouse.
I will see how it is when I get round to downloading/using JOSM next time,
but I don't see it as being a bad thing.


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Gregory
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