[OSM-talk] OSM on The Reg

Andy Deakin andy.deakin at pcmend.net
Wed Feb 11 13:04:21 GMT 2009


For very simple editing, would it not be possible to use the vector
features in openlayers?

http://openlayers.org/dev/examples/vector-formats.html



Kenneth Gonsalves wrote:
> On Wednesday 11 February 2009 18:10:32 Jonas Svensson wrote:
>   
>> On Wed, 11 Feb 2009, Kenneth Gonsalves wrote:
>>     
>>> yes. OSM. And there is a limit to the extent that we can dumb down 
>>>       
> the
>   
>>> interface without compromising usefulness. How would 'add a road'
>>> work? I cannot even begin to dream of how to code such a thing.
>>>       
>> Just guessing:
>> That kind of user might be looking for something like a "wizard":
>> click button "add road" -> show instruction "click start of road" -> 
>>     
> show
>   
>> instruction "click end of road" -> show instruction "enter name of 
>>     
> road".
>
> what about the rest of the road between the start and end?
>   





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