Re: [HOT] How to fully cover a grid square.

2015-05-14 Thread Blake Girardot
Hi Pete, I have really wanted something like has been discussed in this thread for a while now. Your opaque indicator of reviewed areas reminds me of an idea we had for a JOSM plugin to help with these scanning type mapping tasks: One of those overhead spotlights that follows you around

Re: [HOT] How to fully cover a grid square.

2015-05-14 Thread Pete Masters
I ran a small mapathon at the MSF office at which we were doing task 993. This is a vast area and a lot of the squares have not a lot in them. As these were beginners, they were all using iD. They felt very comfortable using the arrows to scroll through the squares, so that their scanning was

Re: [HOT] How to fully cover a grid square.

2015-05-13 Thread Suzan Reed
Pat, I would find useful: A grid that doesn't change gps coordinates as I change zoom levels (50ft, 150ft, 300ft, 500ft). Something that can be easily turned on and off (keyboard shortcut?) Lines one pixel wide, very subtle, in a contrasting color, possibly magenta (#FF00FF)). Numbers on

Re: [HOT] How to fully cover a grid square.

2015-05-13 Thread Suzan Reed
I agree. A grid in both JOSM and ID would be a big help. With numbers and or letters to navigate. Suzan Sent with AquaMail for Android http://www.aqua-mail.com On May 12, 2015 6:36:35 PM Steve Bower sbo...@gmavt.net wrote: Like John Tom, in JOSM I set the scale bar to 30m, then use

[HOT] How to fully cover a grid square

2015-05-12 Thread laura brittain
Michael, I've just been wishing for a grid, too. One that can be turned on and off so it's not in the way. Or the alphabet on the left, numbers on the bottom to sort of grid it like a street map. I do two things: look along geographical areas that already have buildings (that's my focus) The