[OSM-talk] Could JOSM be dumbed down?

[Mike Thompson]

On Wed, Jan 19, 2022 at 11:48 AM Andy Townsend <ajt1047 at gmail.com> wrote:

> On 19/01/2022 18:23, John Whelan wrote:
> > I'm thinking of new mappers adding buildings.  JOSM with the
> > buildings_tool plugin is ideal for doing this but is considered by
> > many to be too complex for a beginner.
> >
> > So would it be possible to hide most of the flexibility and options
> > and present an easy to use version of JOSM to new mappers?
> >
> Presumably you're referring to
> https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/JOSM/Plugins/BuildingsTools rather
> than anything actually called "building_tool".
>
> What would it and a "dumbed down JOSM" offer that iD does not already
> offer?
>
> "drawing a rectangle and clicking q" does not seem arduous to me at all.
>
1) The last I tried the square function in iD the building had to be almost
perfect already, otherwise it doesn't do anything.  My experience in
running mapathons has been that most newbies don't notice that nothing has
happened, so they just leave the non-square building and move on.
2) The JOSM building tool takes fewer clicks.

Mike

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