Re: [OSM-dev] "Map Features" in XML?

2008-07-14 Thread Frederik Ramm
Hi, > Even though it doesn't seem to be completely appropriate for a wizard, > my first idea was a system like you describe, with user-modifiable > presets, so it would fit the purpose. I'm also hoping to some day find a good way of describing relations with XML in a fashion that is similar to

Re: [OSM-dev] "Map Features" in XML?

2008-07-14 Thread Chris Browet
Seems pretty sweet. Even though it doesn't seem to be completely appropriate for a wizard, my first idea was a system like you describe, with user-modifiable presets, so it would fit the purpose. I must admit when I first met OSM, I did like most and tried JOSM. I was somewhat rebuffed by its, IM

Re: [OSM-dev] "Map Features" in XML?

2008-07-14 Thread Frederik Ramm
Hi, > In the future, I plan to implement a "wizard mode" for tagging in > Merkaartor, as I think that the openness of tagging might be frightening > for newbies. > This wizard would be dynamic based upon the "recommended" tagging > practises in the "Map Features" wiki pages. Are you familiar wi

Re: [OSM-dev] "Map Features" in XML?

2008-07-14 Thread Etric Celine
Hi Chris Am Montag, 14. Juli 2008 14:22:06 schrieb Chris Browet: > Do you know if such an XML file exists somewwhere? Not yet but I'm working on such a feature together with the Tagwatch script. At the moment I parse the wiki once a week and have all the key/tag descriptions as flat file forma

[OSM-dev] "Map Features" in XML?

2008-07-14 Thread Chris Browet
Dear, In the future, I plan to implement a "wizard mode" for tagging in Merkaartor, as I think that the openness of tagging might be frightening for newbies. This wizard would be dynamic based upon the "recommended" tagging practises in the "Map Features" wiki pages. Therefore, I would need an XM

Re: [OSM-dev] 2nd OSM Hack Weekend

2008-07-14 Thread Tom Hughes
Robert (Jamie) Munro wrote: > I still don't see why the OpenStreetBugs site doesn't just put FIXME > nodes into the main database, perhaps under an "anonymous" username. It > it can put FIXME ways in the database as well, that's great. Because that would be a really silly idea - see dozens of pre