Hi, I am new to this list. Currently doing work with historical survey 
documents (USA, 1820-1860) which are all measured in chains, which are in fact 
Gunter's Chain (1 chain = 66 feet, 80 chains = 1 statute mile). Trying to add 
nodes, where the original document is measured in chains, and the display is in 
feet or miles, is a pain. I am trying to add these nodes to openhistoricalmaps, 
using JOSM. So, here it begins.

I have past experience in coding Java, so I took a look at the source tree. 
After downloading the zip file, unpacking, and searching around thru the code, 
I identified two modules that were concerned with the current 4 measurement 
schemes. They are SystemOfMeasurement and ParallelWayAction. The changes to add 
Chain (as a 5th measurement scheme) appear to be minor, so I made those changes 
(on my local copy).

Although these have not been committed, is this a change that would be 
appropriate for the main source tree ?

I have no experience with SVN. If this is a desirable change, can I email these 
two source files to someone, who can look them over, decide if the changes are 
appropriate, and add them to the tree ?

TIA
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