So a Wacom,well yes essentially they are a mouse so yes they can be used
but the image would be on the screen and I'm unable to see the advantage
over a conventional mouse.

The Microsoft surface and pen you can point to the image with the pen but
you may find it more difficult to control.

Cheerio John

On 13 March 2018 at 21:23, Lists <blsli...@gmail.com> wrote:

> That isn't the type of tablet I am talking about - not an iPad but the
> type graphic designers use.
>
>
>
> Bryan Sayer
>
>
> -------- Original message --------
> From: john whelan <jwhelan0...@gmail.com>
> Date: 03/13/2018 8:48 PM (GMT-05:00)
> To: Lists <blsli...@gmail.com>
> Cc: HOT <hot@openstreetmap.org>
> Subject: Re: [HOT] Using a pen tablet for mapping input
>
> My feeling is tablets are not ideal unless you use a mouse, a wireless one
> would work fine.  It's a matter of control, I have a Microsoft surface
> tablet lying around it has the computing power but until I used a wireless
> mouse with it I had difficulty with the pen.
>
> JOSM should run under ubuntu.
>
> Cheerio John
>
> On 13 March 2018 at 20:41, Lists <blsli...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Does anyone know if it is possible to use a pen tablet input device,
>> ideally in ubuntu, to do the mapping for the missing maps? If so, can
>> anyone recommend a specific tablet?
>>
>>
>>
>> Bryan Sayer
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