Re: [OSM-dev] JOSM plugin public transport update (Google Summer of Code program)

2014-03-15 Thread Mateusz Konieczny
Having a tool that does the selection part according to a direct route would also be a help but might be more demanding - the acceptable features for waterways or railways differ from those for streets, and even for streets the subsets that fits for buses differs significantly from the subset

[OSM-dev] Displaying snapshots of BING imagery with current OSM data and an overlaying grid

2014-03-15 Thread Jóhannes Birgir Jensson
Pardon the lengthy topic but it details exactly what I am looking for. I created the Mapping Botswana project and in order to get a fairly hesitant population to contribute I'm thinking of new ways of outreach. A thread on Facebook (with me as Mapping Botswana) managed to get a local to

Re: [OSM-dev] Displaying snapshots of BING imagery with current OSM data and an overlaying grid

2014-03-15 Thread Frederik Ramm
Hi, On 15.03.2014 20:18, Jóhannes Birgir Jensson wrote: What I did was to screenshot from the iD editor the area, split into 4 images with adequate zoom for details and then creating a grid using Paint.Net (decent enough image editor, freeware) before posting it. This might not be compatible

Re: [OSM-dev] Displaying snapshots of BING imagery with current OSM data and an overlaying grid

2014-03-15 Thread SomeoneElse
On 15/03/2014 19:18, Jóhannes Birgir Jensson wrote: Why, you ask, don't you just point them to the very easy to use iD-editor! Because, I answer, it is an extra step most people are unwilling to do simply to just say yeah that is the clinic and that is the supermarket. Hopefully some users