We held a mapathon yesterday evening (5pm - 7pm US MST) with about 60 people in attendance. None of the participants ever got the purple box bounding box in iD, despite multiple attempts. I see it is now working. Was there a problem yesterday that has subsequently been fixed?
Mike On Mon, Feb 27, 2017 at 2:38 PM, Rebecca Firth <rebecca.fi...@hotosm.org> wrote: > Hi All, > > Re-kindling this thread as another mapper and myself appear to be > experiencing the bounding box issue again (in Safari and Chrome) across a > few different tasks. > > Re-pasting the workaround instructions from before for anyone mapping > presently: > > > 1. Load task in iD > 2. Return to Task on TM, go back to 'edit with' and select JOSM > 3. You will get an error message about JOSM remote control, but it > will give you access to a section of the JOSM menu > 4. From the section that reads "*Tip: Download the following .gpx file > <http://tasks.hotosm.org/project/2442/task/211.gpx> and load it in JOSM in > order to see the current task boundary" *right click on *".gpx file" *and > select *"Save link as" -* I put mine in my downloads folder. > 5. Back to the iD *tab in your browser, and have file manager open as > well - drag & drop the downloaded .gpx file onto the window of ID -- then > wait...* > 6. If all goes well you now have the square on your iD screen.* It > took a while to load on my setup & a message about waiting or closing > appeared - but it has loaded each time I've tried. * > > Thanks, > > Rebecca > > On Mon, Feb 6, 2017 at 9:06 AM, Blake Girardot HOT/OSM < > blake.girar...@hotosm.org> wrote: > >> Hi Nick! >> >> Your work around is great and working for people! Thank you very much! >> >> Pierre Giraud, just put a hotfix on the Tasking Manager to make your >> solution easier. This is live now. >> >> The link to the .gpx file now shows up on the iD Editor menu >> selection, you do not need to try josm and have it fail. Just go back >> to the page and dowload the .gpx file from the iD Editor selected >> dialog. >> >> A screenshot is attached to make it more clear. >> >> Thank you again Nick and Pierre! >> >> Respectfully, >> Blake >> >> >> On Mon, Feb 6, 2017 at 7:02 AM, Nick Allen <nick.allen...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> > Hi, >> > >> > >> > A quick but dirty workaround >> > >> > >> > 1. Load task in iD >> > >> > 2. return to Task on TM, go back to 'edit with' and select JOSM >> > >> > 3. You will get an error message about JOSM remote control, but it will >> give >> > you access to a section of the JOSM menu >> > >> > 4. From the section that reads "Tip: Download the following .gpx file >> and >> > load it in JOSM in order to see the current task boundary" right click >> on >> > ".gpx file" and select "Save link as" - I put mine in my downloads >> folder. >> > >> > 4. Back to the iD tab in your browser, and have file manager open as >> well - >> > drag & drop the downloaded .gpx file onto the window of ID -- then >> wait... >> > >> > 5. If all goes well you now have the square on your iD screen. It took a >> > while to load on my setup & a message about waiting or closing appeared >> - >> > but it has loaded each time I've tried. >> > >> > >> > I'll try to put together a quick howto with images on LearnOSM and make >> it >> > downloadable. Feedback as to whether this works for everyone would be >> > appreciated in case I have to make amendments. >> > >> > Regards >> > >> > >> > Nick >> > (Tallguy) >> > >> > On 06/02/17 11:36, Donal Hunt wrote: >> > >> > Can confirm. Have noticed that the bounding box doesn't always display. >> > Usually closing the tab and relaunching 1-2 times results in it >> appearing. >> > If logs / javascript console output is useful for tracking down the >> issue, >> > let me know and I'll share. :) >> > >> > d. >> > >> > On 6 February 2017 at 08:09, Rebecca Firth <rebecca.fi...@hotosm.org> >> wrote: >> >> >> >> Hi, >> >> >> >> Just to add in on this one, there are quite a lot of mapathons going on >> >> over the next few days, including a group of students in Botswana >> mapping >> >> from today for the next two weeks. >> >> >> >> @Bryan - I had noticed over the past few months that sometimes the pink >> >> box didn't load immediately when you loaded a square, and you needed >> to wait >> >> quite a while or reload the square to see it. Not sure if others had >> seen >> >> the same. >> >> >> >> Thanks, >> >> >> >> Rebecca >> >> >> >> On Sun, Feb 5, 2017 at 10:43 PM, Bryan Housel <br...@7thposition.com> >> >> wrote: >> >>> >> >>> That does look like a bug! I will try to get a fix merged in by your >> >>> event Wednesday… >> >>> >> >>> >> >>> On Feb 5, 2017, at 2:41 PM, Orla McManus <omcma...@esri-ireland.ie> >> >>> wrote: >> >>> >> >>> Hi everyone, >> >>> >> >>> I am unable to see the square bounding box in iD Editor when I lock >> and >> >>> open a task/grid square e.g.http://tasks.hotosm.org/pr >> oject/2477#task/58. My >> >>> understanding is that this bounding box enables the digitiser to >> ensure that >> >>> they are working only in their grid square so that they can mark it >> as done >> >>> in the Tasking Manager. >> >>> >> >>> Has this been removed with a recent update of iD Editor? Will this >> >>> functionality be added again? >> >>> >> >>> We have a mapathon organised for Wednesday with all beginners and it >> will >> >>> be much more difficult to coordinate our progress without this >> bounding box >> >>> in iD Editor. >> >>> >> >>> Thanks very much, >> >>> Orla >> >>> >> >>> >> >>> >> >>> This message has been scanned for malware by Websense. >> www.websense.com >> >>> >> >>> _______________________________________________ >> >>> HOT mailing list >> >>> HOT@openstreetmap.org >> >>> https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/hot >> >>> >> >>> >> >>> >> >>> _______________________________________________ >> >>> HOT mailing list >> >>> HOT@openstreetmap.org >> >>> https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/hot >> >>> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> >> Rebecca Firth >> >> Community Partnerships Manager >> >> rebecca.fi...@hotosm.org >> >> @RebeccaFirthy >> >> Skype: rebeccafirth >> >> >> >> Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team >> >> Using OpenStreetMap for Humanitarian Response & Economic Development >> >> web | twitter | facebook | donate >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> >> HOT mailing list >> >> HOT@openstreetmap.org >> >> https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/hot >> >> >> > >> > >> > >> > _______________________________________________ >> > HOT mailing list >> > HOT@openstreetmap.org >> > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/hot >> > >> > >> > >> > _______________________________________________ >> > HOT mailing list >> > HOT@openstreetmap.org >> > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/hot >> > >> >> >> >> -- >> ---------------------------------------------------- >> Blake Girardot >> Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team, TM3 Project Manager >> skype: jblakegirardot >> HOT Core Team Contact: i...@hotosm.org >> Live OSM Mapper-Support channel - https://hotosm-slack.herokuapp.com/ >> BE A PART OF HOT'S MICRO GRANTS: https://donate.hotosm.org/ >> > > > > -- > *Rebecca Firth* > Community Partnerships Manager > rebecca.fi...@hotosm.org <tyler.radf...@hotosm.org> > @RebeccaFirthy > Skype: rebeccafirth > > *Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team* > *Using OpenStreetMap for Humanitarian Response & Economic Development* > web <http://hotosm.org/> | twitter <https://twitter.com/hotosm> | facebook > <https://www.facebook.com/hotosm> | donate <http://donate.hotosm.org/> > > _______________________________________________ > HOT mailing list > HOT@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/hot > >
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