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, IMHO, cumbersomeness, so I quickly sought something else, found Merkaartor, and decided to improve it (as I'm not a big fan of Java) I will re-have a look at JOSM to see how it is implemented. Thanks - Chris - 2008/7/14 Frederik Ramm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > 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 with the presets that JOSM uses? They are entirely > controlled through an XML file. You should really have a look at it, it is > quite flexible already, and people can create their own presets (e.g. > special thematic stuff) although this is rarely used. There's even a new > cool way of making them multi-lingual. > > Here is the big default presets file: > > http://josm.openstreetmap.de/svn/trunk/presets/presets.xml > > I think it speaks for itself (at least if speaking to a programmer). Maybe > you could think about supporting this format, *or* we could come up with > something different that is then supported by both editors. > > Bye > Frederik > > -- > Frederik Ramm ## eMail [EMAIL PROTECTED] ## N49°00'09" E008°23'33" >
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