Re: [HOT] Request: Suggestions for improvements to iD OSM Web Editor

[Mikel Maron]

Thanks everyone who made suggestions in this process, and previously, and to 
Bryan, Andrew, and Blake for helping triage the issues. Wanted to share where 
we've ended up. Lots in store to improve experience of iD for HOT, and OSM in 
general.
There's been lots of ideas on building editing. The biggest news is that a 
specialized building mode is nearing completion. Already deployed, building 
default tag (building=yes) has moved to the top of the list. An installation of 
iD has been installed for HOT to start working on customizing presets. Get in 
touch with the Tech WG if you want to experiment, and think about next steps. 
Other ideas which have already been released: imagery offset by parameter, easy 
switching between imagery sources, and visual reminder to save after a large 
number of edits.
And plenty more is in the works, either in development or still being scoped 
out. GitHub issues are the best way to keep track of work in progress. Look out 
for announcements on this list, and elsewhere, when new versions of iD are 
released.
Thanks again!Mikel



 * Mikel Maron * +14152835207 @mikel s:mikelmaron 

On Friday, May 6, 2016 1:14 PM, Blake Girardot HOT/OSM 
 wrote:
 
 

 Hi Everyone!

HOT is putting together a list of possible improvements or changes to
the default OSM web editor iD that might help improve and ease typical
HOT and Missing Maps editing. As part of that process we would like to
get ideas from the greater HOT and Missing Maps community.

A few things already on the list and near the top of priorities for HOT are:

* A building tool that would make drawing squared up (and round)
buildings just a few clicks (this is close to being done already)

* Customizable presets for typical or special HOT/Missing Maps
projects (already in process, but not close to done)

* Support for switching between two imagery sources (this is close to
being done already)

But we would love to hear more ideas and feedback from you about ways
that iD could better help support HOT and Missing Maps type of mapping
projects as well as very very new OSM mappers that often work on our
projects.

Please let us know things you think iD might be able to do to help new
mappers or mappers that work on HOT / Missing Maps projects.

Also please share your feedback on things you had problems with or saw
other mappers having problems with even if you do not have a
suggestion for how to actually address those issues.

We will then take all those ideas and working with the iD Github
repository issue/feature tracking make some requests to the iD
developer. Yes, I said "developer" as in 1 person who does the bulk
(not all, but most) of the iD maintenance and development, Bryan
Housel. You can imagine he gets pulled in a lot of different
directions by the greater OSM community and he has to balance a lot of
needs and concerns. But Bryan has always been very open to suggestions
and feedback and concerns about the iD editor and that is why it is
the great tool it is.

The iD OSM Web Editor will always first and foremost be a general OSM
editor so some things will just not be possible, but we are quite sure
we can find some things that will help HOT/Missing Maps and be of use
to the greater OSM mapping community as well. Our goal is to identify
those things and help get them implemented through feedback and
testing and maybe even some code contributions if anyone is interested
in doing that.

So as I said, please, if you have a few minutes to share some thoughts
on the iD editor it would be most appreciated.

Cheers,
Blake

Blake Girardot
Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team
Vice President, HOT Board of Directors
skype: jblakegirardot
HOT Core Team Contact: i...@hotosm.org


 
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Re: [HOT] Request: Suggestions for improvements to iD OSM Web Editor

[Blake Girardot HOT/OSM]

On Mon, May 16, 2016 at 3:49 PM, Nicholas Doiron
 wrote:
> Related - I've been adding right-to-left language support for iD OSM editor.
> It was already translated to Arabic and Persian/Farsi, but typically sites
> flip their UI, so our main sidebar would appear on the right.
>
> We've got most technical parts done, so now we would much appreciate some
> fluent speakers looking it over. Please get in touch or connect me with
> interested mappers!
>
> Discussion and code here:
> https://github.com/openstreetmap/iD/pull/3087
>
> Thanks,
> Nick Doiron



Hi Nick,

Did I say that sounds great already, because it does. Thank you very much!

And thank you for all the additional suggestions from those that have
shared their pain points and ideas for improvements or changes in this
thread and in the past.

Andrew Wiseman (of Wu Tang FOIA fame :) collected them together and we
reviewed how they fit in the existing github issues. Then myself,
Mikel, Andrew and Bryan, the main iD developer,  sat down and went
over them all in detail earlier in the week.

We talked about them from various angles and it went great. There was
a lot of overlap between HOT and iD feature requests in general (which
is what you would expect really) that was already in the works or
planned to be worked on soon.

And for some of the somewhat HOT unique items, we talked about goals
of the item and what things it impacted and what other mechanisms
might address the same needs goals for the item and found some simple
things that already exist and we might just tweak to include some more
specific or general cases. We tried to think of a way to address as
many issues as possible in a reasonable and smart way if we could. And
I think we all came out of the meeting feeling like we had made a lot
of progress toward doing that.

Some things will come out sooner than others, like the imagery layer
switching is already out, But do expect some UI changes to be coming
as well, nothing major, for example a tool bar is coming to the bottom
of the screen, do not tell anyone :)

Thank you for your time Bryan, Mikel and Andrew

Cheers,
Blake



Blake Girardot
Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team
President, HOT Board of Directors
skype: jblakegirardot
HOT Core Team Contact: i...@hotosm.org





















> On May 16, 2016 9:00 PM, "Blake Girardot HOT/OSM"
>  wrote:
>>
>> Hi Everyone!
>>
>> HOT is putting together a list of possible improvements or changes to
>> the default OSM web editor iD that might help improve and ease typical
>> HOT and Missing Maps OSM editing. As part of that process we would
>> like to get ideas from the greater HOT and Missing Maps community.
>>
>> A few things already on the list and near the top of priorities for HOT
>> are:
>>
>> * A building tool that would make drawing squared up (and round)
>> buildings just a few clicks (this is close to being done already)
>>
>> * Customizable presets for typical or special HOT/Missing Maps
>> projects (already in process, but not close to done)
>>
>> * Support for switching between two imagery sources (this is close to
>> being done already)
>>
>> But we would love to hear more ideas and feedback from you about ways
>> that iD could better help support HOT and Missing Maps type of mapping
>> projects as well as very very new OSM mappers that often work on our
>> projects.
>>
>> Please let us know things you think iD might be able to do to help new
>> mappers or mappers that work on HOT / Missing Maps projects.
>>
>> Obviously there is limited development time available so most things
>> will not be done in the short or medium term, but let us see together
>> if there are any quick wins we might be able to identify.
>>
>> Also please share your feedback on things you had problems with or saw
>> other mappers having problems with even if you do not have a
>> suggestion for how to actually address those issues.
>>
>> We will then take all those ideas and working with the iD Github
>> repository issue/feature tracking make some requests to the iD
>> developer. Yes, I said "developer" as in 1 person who does the bulk
>> (not all, but most) of the iD maintenance and development, Bryan
>> Housel. You can imagine he gets pulled in a lot of different
>> directions by the greater OSM community and he has to balance a lot of
>> needs and concerns. But Bryan has always been very open to suggestions
>> and feedback and concerns about the iD editor and that is why it is
>> the great tool it is.
>>
>> The iD OSM Web Editor will always first and foremost be a general OSM
>> editor so some things will just not be possible, but we are quite sure
>> we can find some things that will help HOT/Missing Maps and be of use
>> to the greater OSM mapping community as well. Our goal is to identify
>> those things and help get them implemented through feedback and
>> testing and maybe even some code contributions if 

Re: [HOT] Request: Suggestions for improvements to iD OSM Web Editor

[Blake Girardot HOT/OSM]

s (Ben Abelshausen)
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>>
>>>> Message: 1
>>>> Date: Mon, 16 May 2016 14:59:26 +0200
>>>> From: "Blake Girardot HOT/OSM" <blake.girar...@hotosm.org>
>>>> To: HOT <hot@openstreetmap.org>
>>>> Subject: [HOT] Request: Suggestions for improvements to iD OSM Web
>>>>   Editor
>>>> Message-ID:
>>>>   <cajtx3h6nzk4gziwjcqq-6rtoiynyb7__306g4borgwnwj_h...@mail.gmail.com>
>>>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8
>>>>
>>>> Hi Everyone!
>>>>
>>>> HOT is putting together a list of possible improvements or changes to
>>>> the default OSM web editor iD that might help improve and ease typical
>>>> HOT and Missing Maps OSM editing. As part of that process we would
>>>> like to get ideas from the greater HOT and Missing Maps community.
>>>>
>>>> A few things already on the list and near the top of priorities for HOT 
>>>> are:
>>>>
>>>> * A building tool that would make drawing squared up (and round)
>>>> buildings just a few clicks (this is close to being done already)
>>>>
>>>> * Customizable presets for typical or special HOT/Missing Maps
>>>> projects (already in process, but not close to done)
>>>>
>>>> * Support for switching between two imagery sources (this is close to
>>>> being done already)
>>>>
>>>> But we would love to hear more ideas and feedback from you about ways
>>>> that iD could better help support HOT and Missing Maps type of mapping
>>>> projects as well as very very new OSM mappers that often work on our
>>>> projects.
>>>>
>>>> Please let us know things you think iD might be able to do to help new
>>>> mappers or mappers that work on HOT / Missing Maps projects.
>>>>
>>>> Obviously there is limited development time available so most things
>>>> will not be done in the short or medium term, but let us see together
>>>> if there are any quick wins we might be able to identify.
>>>>
>>>> Also please share your feedback on things you had problems with or saw
>>>> other mappers having problems with even if you do not have a
>>>> suggestion for how to actually address those issues.
>>>>
>>>> We will then take all those ideas and working with the iD Github
>>>> repository issue/feature tracking make some requests to the iD
>>>> developer. Yes, I said "developer" as in 1 person who does the bulk
>>>> (not all, but most) of the iD maintenance and development, Bryan
>>>> Housel. You can imagine he gets pulled in a lot of different
>>>> directions by the greater OSM community and he has to balance a lot of
>>>> needs and concerns. But Bryan has always been very open to suggestions
>>>> and feedback and concerns about the iD editor and that is why it is
>>>> the great tool it is.
>>>>
>>>> The iD OSM Web Editor will always first and foremost be a general OSM
>>>> editor so some things will just not be possible, but we are quite sure
>>>> we can find some things that will help HOT/Missing Maps and be of use
>>>> to the greater OSM mapping community as well. Our goal is to identify
>>>> those things and help get them implemented through feedback and
>>>> testing and maybe even some code contributions if anyone is interested
>>>> in doing that.
>>>>
>>>> So as I said, please, if you have a few minutes to share some thoughts
>>>> on the iD editor it would be most appreciated.
>>>>
>>>> Cheers,
>>>> Blake
>>>>
>>>> 
>>>> Blake Girardot
>>>> Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team
>>>> Vice President, HOT Board of Directors
>>>> skype: jblakegirardot
>>>> HOT Core Team Contact: i...@hotosm.org
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>>
>>>> Message: 2
>>>> Date: Mon, 16 May 2016 21:49:26 +0800
>>>> From: Nicholas Doiron <ni...@codeforamerica.org>
>>>> To: "Blake Girardot HOT/OSM" <blake.girar...@hotosm.org>
>>>> Cc: HOT <hot@openstreetmap.org>
>>>> Subject: Re: [HOT] Request: Suggestions for improvements to iD OSM Web
>>>>   Editor
>>>> Message-ID:
>>>>   

Re: [HOT] Request: Suggestions for improvements to iD OSM Web Editor

[Aaron Young]

s
>>> projects (already in process, but not close to done)
>>> 
>>> * Support for switching between two imagery sources (this is close to
>>> being done already)
>>> 
>>> But we would love to hear more ideas and feedback from you about ways
>>> that iD could better help support HOT and Missing Maps type of mapping
>>> projects as well as very very new OSM mappers that often work on our
>>> projects.
>>> 
>>> Please let us know things you think iD might be able to do to help new
>>> mappers or mappers that work on HOT / Missing Maps projects.
>>> 
>>> Obviously there is limited development time available so most things
>>> will not be done in the short or medium term, but let us see together
>>> if there are any quick wins we might be able to identify.
>>> 
>>> Also please share your feedback on things you had problems with or saw
>>> other mappers having problems with even if you do not have a
>>> suggestion for how to actually address those issues.
>>> 
>>> We will then take all those ideas and working with the iD Github
>>> repository issue/feature tracking make some requests to the iD
>>> developer. Yes, I said "developer" as in 1 person who does the bulk
>>> (not all, but most) of the iD maintenance and development, Bryan
>>> Housel. You can imagine he gets pulled in a lot of different
>>> directions by the greater OSM community and he has to balance a lot of
>>> needs and concerns. But Bryan has always been very open to suggestions
>>> and feedback and concerns about the iD editor and that is why it is
>>> the great tool it is.
>>> 
>>> The iD OSM Web Editor will always first and foremost be a general OSM
>>> editor so some things will just not be possible, but we are quite sure
>>> we can find some things that will help HOT/Missing Maps and be of use
>>> to the greater OSM mapping community as well. Our goal is to identify
>>> those things and help get them implemented through feedback and
>>> testing and maybe even some code contributions if anyone is interested
>>> in doing that.
>>> 
>>> So as I said, please, if you have a few minutes to share some thoughts
>>> on the iD editor it would be most appreciated.
>>> 
>>> Cheers,
>>> Blake
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Blake Girardot
>>> Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team
>>> Vice President, HOT Board of Directors
>>> skype: jblakegirardot
>>> HOT Core Team Contact: i...@hotosm.org
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> --
>>> 
>>> Message: 2
>>> Date: Mon, 16 May 2016 21:49:26 +0800
>>> From: Nicholas Doiron <ni...@codeforamerica.org>
>>> To: "Blake Girardot HOT/OSM" <blake.girar...@hotosm.org>
>>> Cc: HOT <hot@openstreetmap.org>
>>> Subject: Re: [HOT] Request: Suggestions for improvements to iD OSM Web
>>>   Editor
>>> Message-ID:
>>>   

Re: [HOT] Request: Suggestions for improvements to iD OSM Web Editor

[Blake Girardot]

 let us see together
>> if there are any quick wins we might be able to identify.
>>
>> Also please share your feedback on things you had problems with or saw
>> other mappers having problems with even if you do not have a
>> suggestion for how to actually address those issues.
>>
>> We will then take all those ideas and working with the iD Github
>> repository issue/feature tracking make some requests to the iD
>> developer. Yes, I said "developer" as in 1 person who does the bulk
>> (not all, but most) of the iD maintenance and development, Bryan
>> Housel. You can imagine he gets pulled in a lot of different
>> directions by the greater OSM community and he has to balance a lot of
>> needs and concerns. But Bryan has always been very open to suggestions
>> and feedback and concerns about the iD editor and that is why it is
>> the great tool it is.
>>
>> The iD OSM Web Editor will always first and foremost be a general OSM
>> editor so some things will just not be possible, but we are quite sure
>> we can find some things that will help HOT/Missing Maps and be of use
>> to the greater OSM mapping community as well. Our goal is to identify
>> those things and help get them implemented through feedback and
>> testing and maybe even some code contributions if anyone is interested
>> in doing that.
>>
>> So as I said, please, if you have a few minutes to share some thoughts
>> on the iD editor it would be most appreciated.
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Blake
>>
>> 
>> Blake Girardot
>> Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team
>> Vice President, HOT Board of Directors
>> skype: jblakegirardot
>> HOT Core Team Contact: i...@hotosm.org
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>>
>> Message: 2
>> Date: Mon, 16 May 2016 21:49:26 +0800
>> From: Nicholas Doiron <ni...@codeforamerica.org>
>> To: "Blake Girardot HOT/OSM" <blake.girar...@hotosm.org>
>> Cc: HOT <hot@openstreetmap.org>
>> Subject: Re: [HOT] Request: Suggestions for improvements to iD OSM Web
>>Editor
>> Message-ID:
>>

Re: [HOT] Request: Suggestions for improvements to iD OSM Web Editor

[Aaron Young]

d through feedback and
> testing and maybe even some code contributions if anyone is interested
> in doing that.
> 
> So as I said, please, if you have a few minutes to share some thoughts
> on the iD editor it would be most appreciated.
> 
> Cheers,
> Blake
> 
> 
> Blake Girardot
> Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team
> Vice President, HOT Board of Directors
> skype: jblakegirardot
> HOT Core Team Contact: i...@hotosm.org
> 
> 
> 
> --
> 
> Message: 2
> Date: Mon, 16 May 2016 21:49:26 +0800
> From: Nicholas Doiron <ni...@codeforamerica.org>
> To: "Blake Girardot HOT/OSM" <blake.girar...@hotosm.org>
> Cc: HOT <hot@openstreetmap.org>
> Subject: Re: [HOT] Request: Suggestions for improvements to iD OSM Web
>Editor
> Message-ID:
>

Re: [HOT] Request: Suggestions for improvements to iD OSM Web Editor

[Courtney Clark]

Mikel Maron just clarified for me that there is a copy and paste function
in iD (thank you, and my apologies!), however I think we could make it more
obvious. I've never heard it mentioned at any trainings and there isn't
anything that I can see in the iD interface that would tell a user they can
copy and paste. Perhaps we can add that function to the Walkthrough, and
perhaps the u-shaped menu that appears when you click on an object? Of
course the ideal would be that users just use keyboard commands to copy and
paste, but perhaps the presence of a copy and paste button in that menu
would be a good cue.

On Mon, May 16, 2016 at 10:56 AM, john whelan  wrote:

> iD isn't as strong as some editors for error checking so perhaps HOT could
> look at some tools for detecting errors,
> http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Quality_assurance I'm thinking of Keep
> Right for example that checks for crossing ways and almost meeting highways
> which seem to be a blind spot for iD mappers.
>
> Cheerio John
>
>
> On 16 May 2016 at 08:59, Blake Girardot HOT/OSM  > wrote:
>
>> Hi Everyone!
>>
>> HOT is putting together a list of possible improvements or changes to
>> the default OSM web editor iD that might help improve and ease typical
>> HOT and Missing Maps OSM editing. As part of that process we would
>> like to get ideas from the greater HOT and Missing Maps community.
>>
>> A few things already on the list and near the top of priorities for HOT
>> are:
>>
>> * A building tool that would make drawing squared up (and round)
>> buildings just a few clicks (this is close to being done already)
>>
>> * Customizable presets for typical or special HOT/Missing Maps
>> projects (already in process, but not close to done)
>>
>> * Support for switching between two imagery sources (this is close to
>> being done already)
>>
>> But we would love to hear more ideas and feedback from you about ways
>> that iD could better help support HOT and Missing Maps type of mapping
>> projects as well as very very new OSM mappers that often work on our
>> projects.
>>
>> Please let us know things you think iD might be able to do to help new
>> mappers or mappers that work on HOT / Missing Maps projects.
>>
>> Obviously there is limited development time available so most things
>> will not be done in the short or medium term, but let us see together
>> if there are any quick wins we might be able to identify.
>>
>> Also please share your feedback on things you had problems with or saw
>> other mappers having problems with even if you do not have a
>> suggestion for how to actually address those issues.
>>
>> We will then take all those ideas and working with the iD Github
>> repository issue/feature tracking make some requests to the iD
>> developer. Yes, I said "developer" as in 1 person who does the bulk
>> (not all, but most) of the iD maintenance and development, Bryan
>> Housel. You can imagine he gets pulled in a lot of different
>> directions by the greater OSM community and he has to balance a lot of
>> needs and concerns. But Bryan has always been very open to suggestions
>> and feedback and concerns about the iD editor and that is why it is
>> the great tool it is.
>>
>> The iD OSM Web Editor will always first and foremost be a general OSM
>> editor so some things will just not be possible, but we are quite sure
>> we can find some things that will help HOT/Missing Maps and be of use
>> to the greater OSM mapping community as well. Our goal is to identify
>> those things and help get them implemented through feedback and
>> testing and maybe even some code contributions if anyone is interested
>> in doing that.
>>
>> So as I said, please, if you have a few minutes to share some thoughts
>> on the iD editor it would be most appreciated.
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Blake
>>
>> 
>> Blake Girardot
>> Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team
>> Vice President, HOT Board of Directors
>> skype: jblakegirardot
>> HOT Core Team Contact: i...@hotosm.org
>>
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Re: [HOT] Request: Suggestions for improvements to iD OSM Web Editor

[john whelan]

iD isn't as strong as some editors for error checking so perhaps HOT could
look at some tools for detecting errors,
http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Quality_assurance I'm thinking of Keep
Right for example that checks for crossing ways and almost meeting highways
which seem to be a blind spot for iD mappers.

Cheerio John


On 16 May 2016 at 08:59, Blake Girardot HOT/OSM 
wrote:

> Hi Everyone!
>
> HOT is putting together a list of possible improvements or changes to
> the default OSM web editor iD that might help improve and ease typical
> HOT and Missing Maps OSM editing. As part of that process we would
> like to get ideas from the greater HOT and Missing Maps community.
>
> A few things already on the list and near the top of priorities for HOT
> are:
>
> * A building tool that would make drawing squared up (and round)
> buildings just a few clicks (this is close to being done already)
>
> * Customizable presets for typical or special HOT/Missing Maps
> projects (already in process, but not close to done)
>
> * Support for switching between two imagery sources (this is close to
> being done already)
>
> But we would love to hear more ideas and feedback from you about ways
> that iD could better help support HOT and Missing Maps type of mapping
> projects as well as very very new OSM mappers that often work on our
> projects.
>
> Please let us know things you think iD might be able to do to help new
> mappers or mappers that work on HOT / Missing Maps projects.
>
> Obviously there is limited development time available so most things
> will not be done in the short or medium term, but let us see together
> if there are any quick wins we might be able to identify.
>
> Also please share your feedback on things you had problems with or saw
> other mappers having problems with even if you do not have a
> suggestion for how to actually address those issues.
>
> We will then take all those ideas and working with the iD Github
> repository issue/feature tracking make some requests to the iD
> developer. Yes, I said "developer" as in 1 person who does the bulk
> (not all, but most) of the iD maintenance and development, Bryan
> Housel. You can imagine he gets pulled in a lot of different
> directions by the greater OSM community and he has to balance a lot of
> needs and concerns. But Bryan has always been very open to suggestions
> and feedback and concerns about the iD editor and that is why it is
> the great tool it is.
>
> The iD OSM Web Editor will always first and foremost be a general OSM
> editor so some things will just not be possible, but we are quite sure
> we can find some things that will help HOT/Missing Maps and be of use
> to the greater OSM mapping community as well. Our goal is to identify
> those things and help get them implemented through feedback and
> testing and maybe even some code contributions if anyone is interested
> in doing that.
>
> So as I said, please, if you have a few minutes to share some thoughts
> on the iD editor it would be most appreciated.
>
> Cheers,
> Blake
>
> 
> Blake Girardot
> Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team
> Vice President, HOT Board of Directors
> skype: jblakegirardot
> HOT Core Team Contact: i...@hotosm.org
>
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Re: [HOT] Request: Suggestions for improvements to iD OSM Web Editor

[Blake Girardot HOT/OSM]

Hi Courtney,

I do not think the presets changes will address your suggestion.

To me it makes me think of "step and repeat" so you draw a building
once, select it and then just communicate, "duplicate this building to
here, in a line"

Thats a great idea.

Cheers,
Blake

Blake Girardot
Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team
Vice President, HOT Board of Directors
skype: jblakegirardot
HOT Core Team Contact: i...@hotosm.org


On Mon, May 16, 2016 at 4:01 PM, Courtney Clark
 wrote:
> Hi Blake,
>
> This might already be part of the presets that you mentioned, but it would
> be great to have the capacity to "copy and paste" buildings. In Botswana,
> for example, where Peace Corps does a lot of mapping, the government
> provides a lot of housing to its employees. Many of the houses are the same
> shape and size -- it would be great to trace once and then copy and paste
> that shape over other structures.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Courtney
>
> On Mon, May 16, 2016 at 9:49 AM, Nicholas Doiron 
> wrote:
>>
>> Related - I've been adding right-to-left language support for iD OSM
>> editor. It was already translated to Arabic and Persian/Farsi, but typically
>> sites flip their UI, so our main sidebar would appear on the right.
>>
>> We've got most technical parts done, so now we would much appreciate some
>> fluent speakers looking it over. Please get in touch or connect me with
>> interested mappers!
>>
>> Discussion and code here:
>> https://github.com/openstreetmap/iD/pull/3087
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Nick Doiron
>>
>> On May 16, 2016 9:00 PM, "Blake Girardot HOT/OSM"
>>  wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi Everyone!
>>>
>>> HOT is putting together a list of possible improvements or changes to
>>> the default OSM web editor iD that might help improve and ease typical
>>> HOT and Missing Maps OSM editing. As part of that process we would
>>> like to get ideas from the greater HOT and Missing Maps community.
>>>
>>> A few things already on the list and near the top of priorities for HOT
>>> are:
>>>
>>> * A building tool that would make drawing squared up (and round)
>>> buildings just a few clicks (this is close to being done already)
>>>
>>> * Customizable presets for typical or special HOT/Missing Maps
>>> projects (already in process, but not close to done)
>>>
>>> * Support for switching between two imagery sources (this is close to
>>> being done already)
>>>
>>> But we would love to hear more ideas and feedback from you about ways
>>> that iD could better help support HOT and Missing Maps type of mapping
>>> projects as well as very very new OSM mappers that often work on our
>>> projects.
>>>
>>> Please let us know things you think iD might be able to do to help new
>>> mappers or mappers that work on HOT / Missing Maps projects.
>>>
>>> Obviously there is limited development time available so most things
>>> will not be done in the short or medium term, but let us see together
>>> if there are any quick wins we might be able to identify.
>>>
>>> Also please share your feedback on things you had problems with or saw
>>> other mappers having problems with even if you do not have a
>>> suggestion for how to actually address those issues.
>>>
>>> We will then take all those ideas and working with the iD Github
>>> repository issue/feature tracking make some requests to the iD
>>> developer. Yes, I said "developer" as in 1 person who does the bulk
>>> (not all, but most) of the iD maintenance and development, Bryan
>>> Housel. You can imagine he gets pulled in a lot of different
>>> directions by the greater OSM community and he has to balance a lot of
>>> needs and concerns. But Bryan has always been very open to suggestions
>>> and feedback and concerns about the iD editor and that is why it is
>>> the great tool it is.
>>>
>>> The iD OSM Web Editor will always first and foremost be a general OSM
>>> editor so some things will just not be possible, but we are quite sure
>>> we can find some things that will help HOT/Missing Maps and be of use
>>> to the greater OSM mapping community as well. Our goal is to identify
>>> those things and help get them implemented through feedback and
>>> testing and maybe even some code contributions if anyone is interested
>>> in doing that.
>>>
>>> So as I said, please, if you have a few minutes to share some thoughts
>>> on the iD editor it would be most appreciated.
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>> Blake
>>>
>>> 
>>> Blake Girardot
>>> Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team
>>> Vice President, HOT Board of Directors
>>> skype: jblakegirardot
>>> HOT Core Team Contact: i...@hotosm.org
>>>
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Re: [HOT] Request: Suggestions for improvements to iD OSM Web Editor

[Nicholas Doiron]

Related - I've been adding right-to-left language support for iD OSM
editor. It was already translated to Arabic and Persian/Farsi, but
typically sites flip their UI, so our main sidebar would appear on the
right.

We've got most technical parts done, so now we would much appreciate some
fluent speakers looking it over. Please get in touch or connect me with
interested mappers!

Discussion and code here:
https://github.com/openstreetmap/iD/pull/3087

Thanks,
Nick Doiron
On May 16, 2016 9:00 PM, "Blake Girardot HOT/OSM" 
wrote:

> Hi Everyone!
>
> HOT is putting together a list of possible improvements or changes to
> the default OSM web editor iD that might help improve and ease typical
> HOT and Missing Maps OSM editing. As part of that process we would
> like to get ideas from the greater HOT and Missing Maps community.
>
> A few things already on the list and near the top of priorities for HOT
> are:
>
> * A building tool that would make drawing squared up (and round)
> buildings just a few clicks (this is close to being done already)
>
> * Customizable presets for typical or special HOT/Missing Maps
> projects (already in process, but not close to done)
>
> * Support for switching between two imagery sources (this is close to
> being done already)
>
> But we would love to hear more ideas and feedback from you about ways
> that iD could better help support HOT and Missing Maps type of mapping
> projects as well as very very new OSM mappers that often work on our
> projects.
>
> Please let us know things you think iD might be able to do to help new
> mappers or mappers that work on HOT / Missing Maps projects.
>
> Obviously there is limited development time available so most things
> will not be done in the short or medium term, but let us see together
> if there are any quick wins we might be able to identify.
>
> Also please share your feedback on things you had problems with or saw
> other mappers having problems with even if you do not have a
> suggestion for how to actually address those issues.
>
> We will then take all those ideas and working with the iD Github
> repository issue/feature tracking make some requests to the iD
> developer. Yes, I said "developer" as in 1 person who does the bulk
> (not all, but most) of the iD maintenance and development, Bryan
> Housel. You can imagine he gets pulled in a lot of different
> directions by the greater OSM community and he has to balance a lot of
> needs and concerns. But Bryan has always been very open to suggestions
> and feedback and concerns about the iD editor and that is why it is
> the great tool it is.
>
> The iD OSM Web Editor will always first and foremost be a general OSM
> editor so some things will just not be possible, but we are quite sure
> we can find some things that will help HOT/Missing Maps and be of use
> to the greater OSM mapping community as well. Our goal is to identify
> those things and help get them implemented through feedback and
> testing and maybe even some code contributions if anyone is interested
> in doing that.
>
> So as I said, please, if you have a few minutes to share some thoughts
> on the iD editor it would be most appreciated.
>
> Cheers,
> Blake
>
> 
> Blake Girardot
> Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team
> Vice President, HOT Board of Directors
> skype: jblakegirardot
> HOT Core Team Contact: i...@hotosm.org
>
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> HOT@openstreetmap.org
> https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/hot
>
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