Re: [OSM-dev] new fixme-like check for keepright.ipax.at and alike

2009-01-16 Thread Simone Cortesi
On Fri, Jan 16, 2009 at 8:30 AM, Jochen Topf joc...@remote.org wrote:

 Please, please, do not use this convention. If there is no name or no
 ref thats enough to know that something might be missing. If one uses
 'fixme' and the next one uses 'tbd' and the next 'missig' and the next
 one uses 'unknown' as special values, the map will be full of strange
 names and nobody will be able to find anything!

Still I do not understand why one has to use name=FIXME in the first
place. Just not adding a key/vaule is not enough?

Am I missing something?

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Re: [OSM-dev] mapping quality program version 2.0 published

2009-01-16 Thread Steve Hosgood
I'm new here (new to the dev list, but over a year's time mapping for
OSM). So please be gentle with the flamethrowers!

 Gary68 wrote:
   
 hi,

 today I published a new version of mappingquality.pl here:
 http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/User:Gary68 

 the program takes an osm file and gives you 
 - statistical data of mappedness (mapping quality) in HTML and CSV
 - list of unmapped or sparsely mapped places TXT
 - street directory for each place the program found (nodes and ways) CSV
 - simple map that displays the area and lists key figures right where
 they come from.

 

This looks like a fine attack on a problem I've been pondering recently
with the rise of routable Garmin (and other) maps from OSM data.
Basically, we don't (currently) seem to have a system in OSM that can
tell you if a given part of the map is any good or not.

There was some talk on the todo list of the wiki a while back that it
might be nice for mappers to be able to request alerts should anything
change in areas of the map that they might consider local to them. It
sounded like a good idea, but I've not noticed anything come of it yet.
Then we have the reverse problem (which Gary68 seems to be considering)
- where someone not familiar with an area might like to know how
complete the map is.

( BTW: There are great swathes of central Wales and the highlands of
Scotland where the absence of roads for many km in every direction might
still indicate that the map is 100% complete and accurate for that area!  )


So: it struck me that if the OSM dataset could be associated with a grid
of (say) 1km x 1km tiles, then all or most of my wishlist could be
accommodated. Properties associated with each tile of the grid could
indicate who wants alerts on changes, and how well the local mappers
think they've dealt with that tile. Not just that, but you could
consider splitting the 'quality' indicators so that you could have
categories for major roads, minor roads, railways, cycleways, footpaths
etc. If you're just driving through a place you might not mind using a
tile of only 20% quality on minor roads as long as it's close to 100%
for major roads and motorways.


A bit more thinking, and I realised that the 1km x 1km grid idea might
be re-inventing a wheel: there already is a concept of rendering-tiles
used by ti...@home (and maybe Mapnik). If those tiles physically 'exist'
in the layout of the databases, could they be used to implement a
reporting and Q.A. system?


Just a few cents worth.
Steve Hosgood




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Re: [OSM-dev] mapping quality program version 2.0 published

2009-01-16 Thread Gary68
you may want to take a look at this: http://osm.m0nty.de/

sorry it's German, but maybe...


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Re: [OSM-dev] new fixme-like check for keepright.ipax.at and alike

2009-01-16 Thread Jochen Topf
On Fri, Jan 16, 2009 at 03:13:37PM +0100, Simone Cortesi wrote:
 On Fri, Jan 16, 2009 at 8:30 AM, Jochen Topf joc...@remote.org wrote:
 
  Please, please, do not use this convention. If there is no name or no
  ref thats enough to know that something might be missing. If one uses
  'fixme' and the next one uses 'tbd' and the next 'missig' and the next
  one uses 'unknown' as special values, the map will be full of strange
  names and nobody will be able to find anything!
 
 Still I do not understand why one has to use name=FIXME in the first
 place. Just not adding a key/vaule is not enough?

That is just what I was saying. Don't use anything like this. If you
want to add a note use the fixme or note key. Something like
fixme=please add name
or
note=missing name
would be better. But thats really only needed for more complex cases like:
name=FoObaR
fixme=Check spelling of name

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Re: [OSM-dev] new fixme-like check for keepright.ipax.at and alike

2009-01-16 Thread Eddy Petrișor
2009/1/16 Jochen Topf joc...@remote.org:
 On Fri, Jan 16, 2009 at 02:12:18AM +0200, Eddy Petrișor wrote:
 In Romania there are many streets with name='tbd' which was probably
 done in order to help in finding those streets later in an SQL query, or
 something similar.

 I don't know how often this is used in other parts of the map, but I
 suspect this used in other places, too.



 I think it would be a good idea to add one or two checks that would be
 similar to the 'fixme'-s: for name='tbd' or ref='tbd'.

 What do you think?

 Please, please, do not use this convention. If there is no name or no

I didn't say *I* used it. I always tell people to use the fixme key,
or the note key.

 ref thats enough to know that something might be missing. If one uses
 'fixme' and the next one uses 'tbd' and the next 'missig' and the next
 one uses 'unknown' as special values, the map will be full of strange
 names and nobody will be able to find anything!

I agree, this proposal was made in order to easily locate such ways through
the validators, and hopefully kill them. There are *many* such values for the
name anf ref tags, so I would like them removed, or at least changed into
fixme-s. Still I can't do much about people which come and add them.

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Re: [OSM-dev] new fixme-like check for keepright.ipax.at and alike

2009-01-16 Thread Eddy Petrișor
2009/1/16 Jochen Topf joc...@remote.org:
 On Fri, Jan 16, 2009 at 03:13:37PM +0100, Simone Cortesi wrote:
 On Fri, Jan 16, 2009 at 8:30 AM, Jochen Topf joc...@remote.org wrote:

  Please, please, do not use this convention. If there is no name or no
  ref thats enough to know that something might be missing. If one uses
  'fixme' and the next one uses 'tbd' and the next 'missig' and the next
  one uses 'unknown' as special values, the map will be full of strange
  names and nobody will be able to find anything!

 Still I do not understand why one has to use name=FIXME in the first
 place. Just not adding a key/vaule is not enough?

The only thing I can think of (note I am not adding such tag values) is that
it is really easy later to query a database for ways which should have a name,
but need a survey to establish that, since not all ways need to have a name.
So, it seems, no, it isn't enough to have a key missing, since that would blend
into the background of ways which don't need a name or tag.

As I said, I *don't* use such values for tags, but I can only assume what people
think. I am trying to highlight such wrong tagging practices in automated
checkers and validators in a constructive way by locating them, this way
helping to fix the problem.

 That is just what I was saying. Don't use anything like this. If you
 want to add a note use the fixme or note key. Something like
fixme=please add name
 or
note=missing name
 would be better. But thats really only needed for more complex cases like:
name=FoObaR
fixme=Check spelling of name

I agree this would be better.

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Re: [OSM-dev] mapping quality program version 2.0 published

2009-01-16 Thread Eddy Petrișor
2009/1/16 Gary68 g...@gary68.de:
 you may want to take a look at this: http://osm.m0nty.de/

 sorry it's German, but maybe...

It looks interesting and maybe even useful, but since I can't
understand what the options and buttons mean, it doesn't
look like I/we could use this tool. Is there a chance you could
convince people to translate this in English?

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[OSM-dev] Osmosis: no --wk?

2009-01-16 Thread Frederik Ramm
Hi,

there's --nk and --nkv, and there's --wkv, but if I want all 
railway ways selected then I have to explicitly specify the possible 
values in a --wkv list because there's no --wk - right? Is this a design 
decision or just a nobody sent a patch for it thing?

Bye
Frederik

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Re: [josm-dev] JOSM Fail

2009-01-16 Thread Russ Nelson
Petr Nejedly writes:
  Well, as long as Undo is reliable, making useful feature harder to 
  use/discover
  is a nonsense. I helped her find Undo. scares me a bit, though.
  Ctrl+Z works all around the world and it's even listed in the Edit menu as 
  usual.

She moved the way back where it was.  (but of course she didn't move
it *exactly* back where it was.)  But  while we can teach people, we
need to understand that they have a certain level of computer
skillset, and need to work with them at their level.

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Re: [josm-dev] Review Board

2009-01-16 Thread Łukasz Jernaś
Dnia 2009-01-15, czw o godzinie 22:58 +0100, Lars Kruse pisze:
 Hi,
 
 deej...@srem.org schrieb am Thu, 15 Jan 2009 11:46:09 +0100:
  Hello!
  
  I've set up a Review Board instance for OpenStreetMap projects and
  there's also a JOSM repository if you think you can use it then feel
  free ;) The address is currently dev.srem.org, but beware that you have
  to set up a new account there, although I'll try to implement login via
  the osm account in the coming weeks if there's sufficient demand.
 
 out of curiosity, I registered. The interface looks like it is supposed to 
 ease
 discussions about patches, right?
 I also guess, it is based on http://www.review-board.org/. There was no
 reference to the engine of dev.srem.org - which is kind of confusing for me.

Yes, sorry for not including this right away - my fault, I assumed
everyone at least heard about it ;)
It should ease patch discussion a bit as I often see people posting
patches on various lists, then getting completely unnoticed, breaking
message threading etc. This way one can keep track of it, if they're
implemented easily view diff against the master source (as review board
downloads the needed files on the fly), etc.

Regards,
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Re: [OSM-dev] new fixme-like check for keepright.ipax.at and alike

2009-01-16 Thread sylvain letuffe - gplservice
 The only thing I can think of (note I am not adding such tag values) is that
 it is really easy later to query a database for ways which should have a name,

I have another supposition, maybe they are tagging for the renderer.

when a way has no tag name, whatching at a renderer doesn't directly tels you 
if the way has no name or if there is not enough place to display the name, 
while 
if the name is set to FIXME or tdb, when you see it, you know it has to be 
fixed without having to bother with zooming again to see if it appears.

Maybe things could be better if the noname layers and garmin noname files from 
cloudmade could be advertised a little more. Lazyness of tagging name=FIXME 
every now and then whould then arise if people know that not setting a name tag 
could easier be looked at.

 So, it seems, no, it isn't enough to have a key missing, since that would 
 blend
 into the background of ways which don't need a name or tag.

There we are back to the noname never approved proposals, since no tag name or 
a tag name=FIXME both doesn't tell you if the feature has or not has a name

We are still doing a few useless re-survey for a sign that is still not in the 
street, but I think that the closer we come to completness the more a tag to 
say 
there is no name will be needed.


 fixme=please add name
  or
 note=missing name
  would be better. But thats really only needed for more complex cases like:

yeah the missing tag name is enough evidence to say there is a missing name, 
and I can't think of the rare case when a mapper did know the way has a name 
while not knowing what it is 



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Re: [OSM-dev] mapping quality program version 2.0 published

2009-01-16 Thread Nicolas Guillaumin
Hi,

It looks interesting and maybe even useful, but since I can't
 understand what the options and buttons mean, it doesn't
 look like I/we could use this tool. Is there a chance you could
 convince people to translate this in English?


+1 :-)

Nico
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Re: [OSM-dev] http://keepright.ipax.at link for Potlatch editing is broken

2009-01-16 Thread Harald Kleiner
Hi Eddy,

[sorry for the delay, missed your mail]

The link-problem is solved now. I did remove the entities that where 
suggested by W3C's html validator...
 
 Now wanting to fix the remaining issues in data for Romania, I saw
 that the Edit in Potlatch doesn't work anymore, apparently because the
  sign is escaped in the link instead of being directly present.
 
 
 I hope the data updated automatically? If so, how often?
 
I will try to catch a weekly update schedule. At the moment my hard 
disks are running red hot and calculations seem to come to an end 
hopefully in the next hours so the update will happen this weekend.

Best Regards,
Harald

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Re: [OSM-dev] new fixme-like check for keepright.ipax.at and alike

2009-01-16 Thread Harald Kleiner
Hello,

So to recapitulate this topic it seems consensus to me that using 
name=tbd or ref=tbd
is undesirable and I can easily integrage it in my fixme-check to 
highlight spots where this tagging has been used

Best Regards,

Harald

 Hello,
 
 In Romania there are many streets with name='tbd' which was probably
 done in order to help in finding those streets later in an SQL query, or
 something similar.
 
 I don't know how often this is used in other parts of the map, but I
 suspect this used in other places, too.
 
 
 
 I think it would be a good idea to add one or two checks that would be
 similar to the 'fixme'-s: for name='tbd' or ref='tbd'.
 
 What do you think?
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Re: [josm-dev] JOSM Fail

2009-01-16 Thread Dirk Stöcker
On Thu, 15 Jan 2009, Russell Nelson wrote:

 1) First (and I realize this is probably a Java / Mac thing), we
 couldn't paste a URL into the URL window.  Fortunately, the
 drag-n-drop code worked (massive hoorays to whomever added that).

There is a bug report and a fix for that. I was unsure but now I believe I 
should really check it in. This fix moves the text from the URL field into 
the text above.

 4) She selected a way, and then tried to move the node because the
 road had been extended.  Of course, she moved the entire way.  (This
 mnay not be easy to fix).

Good suggestions wellcome. There are perfect valid reasons to move whole 
areas, but probably the common case is that it is unwanted. A solution 
which makes moving everything a bit more complicated without disabling it 
totally would help here I think.

 5) She went into insert node/way mode with the way still selected, in
 order to extend it.  It ignored her clicks.  This is a usability
 fail.  Never ignore a user's input.  If it can't be used in this
 context, then say why.

You're right. There should be a useful handling of the there is something 
already selected case in add mode.

 5) It *really* bothered her that in insert node/way mode, she had a
 red line from the tail node.  She is resourceful and figured out that
 ESC would terminate the adding.  But that de-selected the way, so she
 had to go into select mode, go back and select it again in order to
 tag it.

Fixing

http://josm.openstreetmap.de/ticket/1937

would help here a lot to get rid of Add mode at all for the beginning 
users.

 6) You geeks must really like tedium, because it's wicked boring to
 have to select/delete, select/delete, select/delete, select/delete all
 these inapplicable tags.  I reassured her that we don't like it
 either, but that didn't serve to explain why she couldn't select a
 range of tags to delete them.

Has been fixed. New JOSM allows to press Delete multiple times to delete 
multiple entries. Selecting multiple entries is still not supported, as 
only the delete button would react to a multi-selection and this is bad UI 
as well :-)

 It's my job to help people map.  If I have to fix JOSM to get them to
 map, then that's what I have to do.  But I'm also really NOT
 interested in taking over JOSM development; that's NOT my job.  So
 please tell me how I can contribute to JOSM in a way that helps me
 recruit new mappers, but which is also acceptable to all the currently
 JOSM users.

Send patches. Before doing larger changes asking here about the way to do 
is a good idea. Fixing bugs in the bug tracker is helpful as well. Some of 
the problems you mentioned are already entered there.

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Re: [josm-dev] JOSM Fail

2009-01-16 Thread Ulf Lamping
Sascha Silbe schrieb:
 On Fri, Jan 16, 2009 at 11:22:50AM +0100, Dirk Stöcker wrote:
 
 http://josm.openstreetmap.de/ticket/1937
 How do I get a Trac account on josm.openstreetmap.de? I'd like to 
 comment on that bug and receive update notifications, but not make my 
 email address public.
 

You don't need to have an account there.

Just type in the comment and (optionally) put your name Sascha (or so) 
  into the corresponding field.

Regards, ULFL

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Re: [josm-dev] JOSM Fail

2009-01-16 Thread Frederik Ramm
Hi,

Sascha Silbe wrote:
 Giving it to the Trac installation (= only admin can see it) isn't the 
 same as making it public (= will get SPAM on it).

Then use one of the addresses you use for this mailing list; this 
mailing list is public and you will get spam on all of them anyway.

 So is it possible to get a Trac account for josm.openstreetmap.de at all?

Yes it is possible, but I have to create accounts manually and I refuse 
to create an account just because someone wants to follow a ticket and 
not enter his address.

Bye
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Re: [josm-dev] JOSM Fail

2009-01-16 Thread Sascha Silbe

On Fri, Jan 16, 2009 at 01:08:35PM +0100, Pieren wrote:


+1 for making this harder to activate (separate mode, ctrl+drag,
whatever). It's pretty annoying when trying to select a region in a
densely mapped area.

-1
I'm moving ways. I cannot say every day but I move ways when I:
- improve roundabouts (position, circle)
- draw dual carriageways (copy, paste, reverse, move)
- draw areas like buildings or parks
How would e.g. having to press Ctrl in addition to dragging impact your 
workflow?
I don't see why you're opposed to making it harder to _unintentionally_ 
using it.


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Re: [josm-dev] JOSM Fail

2009-01-16 Thread Frederik Ramm
Hi,

Shaun McDonald wrote:
 Um, I don't understand your second sentence there. Do you mean that  
 the fix is to set the focus to the textfield rather than the button?  
 On Mac OS X it seems that the textfield isn't selected by default,  
 however if you click in the text field, and use the keyboard shortcut  
 to paste it will work.

I *think* the problem is that there is a note in the text field saying 
paste your url here, and when you focus the text field, that note gets 
selected which, on some platforms, replaces the paste buffer with paste 
your url here, and in any case breaks pasting because you would have to 
delete it first. If the message paste your url here becomes a label 
above the text box, and the box remains empty, pasting should be a 
no-brainer.

 I would really like to have relation tag/value style editing used for  
 the tag editing of nodes and ways, with the addition of the click to  
 delete by clicking a x on the right hand side. It would mean that I  
 wouldn't have to go through a dialog when editing data. I know it  
 could introduce poorer ui for greater useability. Maybe a mix of the 2?

Yeah, let's go for the poorer ui and keep the bad usability ,-)

Bye
Frederik


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Re: [josm-dev] webkit-image successfully built on MacOS

2009-01-16 Thread Alex Pleiner
* Dermot McNally derm...@gmail.com [2009-01-16 13:22]:

 Is it so annoying to have to install the Trolltech package, though?

Not that much. But I guess a just download and put into plugins
dir-version might help other mac users, too.

I'll give it a try. Thanks again.

Alex

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Re: [josm-dev] JOSM Fail

2009-01-16 Thread Petr Nejedly
Sascha Silbe napsal(a):
 On Fri, Jan 16, 2009 at 01:08:35PM +0100, Pieren wrote:
 
 +1 for making this harder to activate (separate mode, ctrl+drag,
 whatever). It's pretty annoying when trying to select a region in a
 densely mapped area.
 -1
-1

 I'm moving ways. I cannot say every day but I move ways when I:
 - improve roundabouts (position, circle)
 - draw dual carriageways (copy, paste, reverse, move)
 - draw areas like buildings or parks
 How would e.g. having to press Ctrl in addition to dragging impact your 
 workflow?
 I don't see why you're opposed to making it harder to _unintentionally_ 
 using it.

Well, as long as Undo is reliable, making useful feature harder to use/discover
is a nonsense. I helped her find Undo. scares me a bit, though.
Ctrl+Z works all around the world and it's even listed in the Edit menu as 
usual.

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Re: [josm-dev] JOSM Fail

2009-01-16 Thread Shaun McDonald

On 16 Jan 2009, at 13:24, Petr Nejedly wrote:

 Sascha Silbe napsal(a):
 On Fri, Jan 16, 2009 at 01:08:35PM +0100, Pieren wrote:

 +1 for making this harder to activate (separate mode, ctrl+drag,
 whatever). It's pretty annoying when trying to select a region in a
 densely mapped area.
 -1
 -1

 I'm moving ways. I cannot say every day but I move ways when I:
 - improve roundabouts (position, circle)
 - draw dual carriageways (copy, paste, reverse, move)
 - draw areas like buildings or parks
 How would e.g. having to press Ctrl in addition to dragging impact  
 your
 workflow?
 I don't see why you're opposed to making it harder to  
 _unintentionally_
 using it.

 Well, as long as Undo is reliable, making useful feature harder to  
 use/discover
 is a nonsense. I helped her find Undo. scares me a bit, though.
 Ctrl+Z works all around the world and it's even listed in the Edit  
 menu as usual.

How many newbie computer users know about undo? I'd say not that many.

Shaun


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Re: [josm-dev] JOSM Fail

2009-01-16 Thread Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
On Fri, Jan 16, 2009 at 12:49 PM, Frederik Ramm frede...@remote.org wrote:
 Hi,

 Shaun McDonald wrote:
 Um, I don't understand your second sentence there. Do you mean that
 the fix is to set the focus to the textfield rather than the button?
 On Mac OS X it seems that the textfield isn't selected by default,
 however if you click in the text field, and use the keyboard shortcut
 to paste it will work.

 I *think* the problem is that there is a note in the text field saying
 paste your url here, and when you focus the text field, that note gets
 selected which, on some platforms, replaces the paste buffer with paste
 your url here, and in any case breaks pasting because you would have to
 delete it first. If the message paste your url here becomes a label
 above the text box, and the box remains empty, pasting should be a
 no-brainer.

Yes, that's exactly the issue, see http://josm.openstreetmap.de/ticket/2019

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Re: [josm-dev] JOSM Fail

2009-01-16 Thread Rolf Bode-Meyer
2009/1/16 Sascha Silbe sascha-ml-gis-osm-josm-...@silbe.org:
 On Fri, Jan 16, 2009 at 02:21:27PM +0100, Pieren wrote:

 Where is the limit of making harder commands for _intentional_ actions
 just to prevent _unintentional_ actions ? It is very hard to find the
 right balance between newcomers and experimented users.

 This isn't about newcomers vs. experienced users. I _am_ experienced and
 during my normal work I _often_ move objects when I want to select something
 instead, just because JOSM binds two separate actions to the same input.

Huh? What two separate actions? The same action (moving) _should_ need
the same input (click and drag) regardless what is to be moved.

 If there's a config option I have to set to prevent it from happening: Fine
 for me. I need special configs for most programs anyway, this won't make a
 difference.

Having said above in my work with JOSM accidentally dragging a way
almost only happens when I want to add a new node by clicking a
virtual node.
Right now CTRL *prevents* creating a new node when clicking on a
virtual node. So from this experience I would see reversal of
CTRL+click on a way as improvement.

Rolf

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Re: [josm-dev] JOSM Fail

2009-01-16 Thread D Tucny
2009/1/17 Rolf Bode-Meyer rob...@gmail.com

 2009/1/16 Sascha Silbe sascha-ml-gis-osm-josm-...@silbe.org:
  On Fri, Jan 16, 2009 at 02:21:27PM +0100, Pieren wrote:
 
  Where is the limit of making harder commands for _intentional_ actions
  just to prevent _unintentional_ actions ? It is very hard to find the
  right balance between newcomers and experimented users.
 
  This isn't about newcomers vs. experienced users. I _am_ experienced and
  during my normal work I _often_ move objects when I want to select
 something
  instead, just because JOSM binds two separate actions to the same input.

 Huh? What two separate actions? The same action (moving) _should_ need
 the same input (click and drag) regardless what is to be moved.


I guess it's the select box and drag move being both the same that's
referred to here...



  If there's a config option I have to set to prevent it from happening:
 Fine
  for me. I need special configs for most programs anyway, this won't make
 a
  difference.

 Having said above in my work with JOSM accidentally dragging a way
 almost only happens when I want to add a new node by clicking a
 virtual node.
 Right now CTRL *prevents* creating a new node when clicking on a
 virtual node. So from this experience I would see reversal of
 CTRL+click on a way as improvement.


I preferred the old modeful JOSM, but, short of splitting out the modes
again, perhaps some tweaking of the sensitivity to nearby objects would make
it more difficult to select features you don't want to and easier to select
them you do, as long as you are reasonably accurate with your clicking...

d
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Re: [josm-dev] JOSM Fail

2009-01-16 Thread Sascha Silbe

On Fri, Jan 16, 2009 at 08:49:45PM +0100, Rolf Bode-Meyer wrote:

This isn't about newcomers vs. experienced users. I _am_ experienced 
and
during my normal work I _often_ move objects when I want to select 
something
instead, just because JOSM binds two separate actions to the same 
input.

Huh? What two separate actions?
Region Select and Moving. Just depending on where exactly between two 
ways the pointer is, JOSM does different things. If it's too close to 
one of them, it will move it, instead of starting to select a region.
If ways are too close together (remember: densely mapped area), it's 
impossible to do a region select.


CU Sascha

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