That looks very handy, and is pretty much what I was thinking. Thanks for pointing it out Laurent, am looking forward to trying it out.
On Wed, Sep 23, 2020, 10:49 AM Laurent Savaete <[email protected]> wrote: > Isn't the JOSM plugin MarkSeen https://github.com/risicle/josm-markseen > very similar to what you're thinking about, or at least useful for your > purposes? > > > On 23/09/2020 16:42, Andrew Buck wrote: > > Its a good idea, and something the TODO list plugin was originally > intended to do, in addition to its current functionality. I am the one who > came up with the original idea for the plugin, but I am terrible with Java > so Gnonthgol coded it up based on my idea. > > I wanted to also add the "area coverage feature" like you are describing > as well as a "follow along way" function so you could follow along linear > features like roads/waterways at some fairly close in zoom level along a > long feature and it would track which parts you have examined. > > So I definitely think your idea has merit. My only quibble would be to > not add a second layer with squares, as OSM objects. You could do that, > but its a bit hacky. Also I don't remember how well the TODO list deals > with objects in other layers. Fortunately, you don't have to add the > squares as objects anyway, since the todo list can track them internally > without them being OSM objects, and plugins can draw to the map view > themselves. Think about things like the validator plugin (which draws non > osm object features to its own layer), or the fast draw plugin (which draws > non osm objects to the active map layer as temporary lines that then get > turned into proper OSM objects. > > So aside from the implementation details, I would say yes, this is > definitely a good idea and one I would support being added directly to the > TODO plugin as additional functionality. > > -AndrewBuck > > > > On 9/23/20 9:44 AM, Mike Thompson wrote: > > Dear fellow humanitarian mappers, > > When I am mapping or validating a task from the tasking manager, I often > find myself "panning and scanning", that is, zooming into a level at which > I can quickly tell if everything that appears in imagery is mapped, and > then systematically panning over the entire area of the task area (either > with the mouse, or <ctrl>+an arrow key). This works until I find something > that needs to be mapped, or needs to be mapped differently, in which case I > zoom in, do the mapping... and forget where I was with the "pan and scan" > (keyboard shortcut "8" - zoom previous helps a little, but if multiple > zooms/pans of the map are performed it can be difficult to "get back to > where you were"). > > I have come up with a prototype of a new plugin which might help. It > divides the downloaded area in JOSM into a grid of smaller rectangles, and > adds the rectangles to the Todo List (also adds the rectangles to a new > data layer which is blocked from being uploaded from, or downloaded into). > As each of these rectangles is reviewed, you can "Mark" it in the Todo > List, and the Todo List will automatically zoom/pan the map to the next > rectangle. > > Questions: > 1) Would this be useful? > 2) Does this functionality already exist? > 3) Should I proceed with development? > 4) Should it be its own plugin, or should it be combined with other > functionality of use to this community (for example, I could move the > duplicate building script functionality into this plugin)? > > Mike > > _______________________________________________ > HOT mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/hot > > > _______________________________________________ > HOT mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/hot > > _______________________________________________ > HOT mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/hot >
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