Hi,
I wonder if the user would expect all these features from a "Join Areas"
command. How would you call it then, "Swiss Army Knife for Areas"?
Why not have one tool for joining areas and another tool for creating them?
(Just in case you don't know already: There are Multipolygon creation
plugins (with very limited functionality) and a class
data.osm.visitor.paint.relations.Multipolygon to detect inner and outer
rings.)
The multipoly plugin will be included in JOSM core as soon as it has all
features that you would expect from such a tool. (E.g. create
multipolygon from "several unclosed ways that together form a closed
way".) So you can either get svn access (if you don't have already) and
hack on the multipoly plugin or simply post the patch for josm core at
the bug tracker.
Sebastian
Viesturs Zariņš wrote:
Hi,
I am new to this list, but not new to JOSM.
I would like to propose expanded functionality of Join Areas command and
would like to hear your comments.
Let's make it into a multipolygon making tool.
I propose two new use cases:
- select outer and inner way that have no intersections. Joining them
makes a multipolygon, transfers all relevant tags from outer way to the
multipolygon.
- select several unclosed ways that together form a closed way. Joining
them makes a new multipolygon.
Ultimately I see the Join areas as a tool to "Make an area out of the
selected ways, no matter what it takes" and the tool will do all that is
necessary to do so.
I am willing to implement the change, and have sufficient experience on
improving existing current implementation of Join Areas ( see bug #5179).
Cheers,
Viesturs
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