Re: [OSM-dev] Announcing: Simple Map Editor (GSoC 2010)

2010-08-20 Thread Peter Körner
Am 20.08.2010 05:45, schrieb Michael Daines: How do you see this working? Just opening a changeset at the beginning of the editing session and letting it close automatically? I'd do it that way. Peter ___ dev mailing list dev@openstreetmap.org

Re: [OSM-dev] Announcing: Simple Map Editor (GSoC 2010)

2010-08-19 Thread Michael Daines
- I can only add predefined tags - I think there should be a more common way to add tags. The best way is to simplify adding relevant tags by using data mining (Which tags are often used together with the tags already defined?) to propose new tags instead of manually predefining tags! Or do

Re: [OSM-dev] Announcing: Simple Map Editor (GSoC 2010)

2010-08-19 Thread Michael Daines
osmdoc.com gives 12092 uses for phone= and 891 uses for addr:phone= so I'd change what's in the wiki and use phone= and fax= and website=. For any Reasons email= is not as popular as addr:email=. This is the reason I have prioritized phone in the telephone field. However, I should mention

Re: [OSM-dev] Announcing: Simple Map Editor (GSoC 2010)

2010-08-19 Thread Andreas Kalsch
Am 20.08.10 05:45, schrieb Michael Daines: - I can only add predefined tags - I think there should be a more common way to add tags. The best way is to simplify adding relevant tags by using data mining (Which tags are often used together with the tags already defined?) to propose new tags

Re: [OSM-dev] Announcing: Simple Map Editor (GSoC 2010)

2010-08-19 Thread Michael Daines
It's awesome that it uses OAuth, I tip my hat at you for getting that working! I hope to see many people building on your work. Could you explain more what the ruby proxy layer does? Is it just handling the session stuff or does it do translations between OSM API and the javascript code?

Re: [OSM-dev] Announcing: Simple Map Editor (GSoC 2010)

2010-08-19 Thread Michael Daines
Ah, something we need to clear up here: there's a difference between simple editor/application and simple UI. There is no such thing as a simple editor. It's just not possible to be both simple and working. The OSM data model is complex and sophisticated, and any attempts at a 'simple' editor

Re: [OSM-dev] Announcing: Simple Map Editor (GSoC 2010)

2010-08-16 Thread Andy Allan
On Mon, Aug 16, 2010 at 11:46 AM, Mike N. nice...@att.net wrote: I'd like to announce my GSoC 2010 project which is nearing completion, a simplified editor for OSM aimed at beginner users.  Looks great - I hope we can apply the concepts here to create simple editors to encourage new users to

Re: [OSM-dev] Announcing: Simple Map Editor (GSoC 2010)

2010-08-16 Thread Andy Allan
On Sat, Aug 14, 2010 at 10:12 PM, Michael Daines mich...@mdaines.com wrote:  - a proxy layer in Ruby, for communicating with the OSM API,  - a collection of JavaScript classes and routines for connecting to the OSM API, working with map data, and authentication with OAuth, which can

Re: [OSM-dev] Announcing: Simple Map Editor (GSoC 2010)

2010-08-15 Thread Sebastian Klein
Michael Daines wrote: Hello OSM, I'd like to announce my GSoC 2010 project which is nearing completion, [...] Questions, comments, and bug reports are much appreciated. Also, I plan to update the wiki page with more detailed and current information soon. I believe the editor can be

Re: [OSM-dev] Announcing: Simple Map Editor (GSoC 2010)

2010-08-15 Thread Simone Cortesi
On Sat, Aug 14, 2010 at 23:12, Michael Daines mich...@mdaines.com wrote: Questions, comments, and bug reports are much appreciated. Also, I plan to update the wiki page with more detailed and current information soon. I believe the editor can be production-ready with a bit more testing and

Re: [OSM-dev] Announcing: Simple Map Editor (GSoC 2010)

2010-08-15 Thread Colin Marquardt
2010/8/15 Simone Cortesi sim...@cortesi.com:  * when authorizing the app, by coming back to the application, I get back to a whole world view, which is suboptimal. Strange. For me, after a short while in the whole world view, the app restored my previous zoom and everything and also had the new

Re: [OSM-dev] Announcing: Simple Map Editor (GSoC 2010)

2010-08-15 Thread Andrew Gregory
On Sun, 15 Aug 2010 05:12:06 +0800, Michael Daines mich...@mdaines.com wrote: http://simple-map-editor.heroku.com/ This got my attention because I've been pondering developing my own web-based editor. I have a Windows Mobile based smartphone (Motorola MC75) that would be a brilliant

Re: [OSM-dev] Announcing: Simple Map Editor (GSoC 2010)

2010-08-15 Thread Richard Weait
On Sun, Aug 15, 2010 at 8:10 AM, Andrew Gregory and...@scss.com.au wrote: On Sun, 15 Aug 2010 05:12:06 +0800, Michael Daines mich...@mdaines.com wrote:  http://simple-map-editor.heroku.com/ [ ... ] When considering browser compatibility, you might also consider mobile browsers? Which,

Re: [OSM-dev] Announcing: Simple Map Editor (GSoC 2010)

2010-08-15 Thread Peter Körner
Am 15.08.2010 11:16, schrieb Sebastian Klein: Michael Daines wrote: I recommend you have a look at the JOSM presets. They are quite comprehensive have been actively maintained for a long time. You could fetch them via web from [1] and to some filtering on it (eg. only item /-Tags with

[OSM-dev] Announcing: Simple Map Editor (GSoC 2010)

2010-08-14 Thread Michael Daines
Hello OSM, I'd like to announce my GSoC 2010 project which is nearing completion, a simplified editor for OSM aimed at beginner users. It's also meant to be generally useful for quick edits to the map, and to be customizable to allow creation of site-specific editors. Some of the use cases I