johnw wrote: > As far as I can tell, the differences between novices like me and more > power users is a) using JSOM or similar, and b) using relations. that > is an insanely high bar to jump over.
I'll let you into another secret. Of the 5% of mappers doing 95% of the work... most are not doing anything particularly powerful. Only four types of relations are actually consumed worldwide to any significant extent: multipolygons, routes, turn restrictions, and boundaries. iD and P2 provide dedicated UI for the first three to hide the complexities. (Boundaries are hard.) Sure, there are a thousand other relation uses documented on the wiki, but they're pretty much a distraction. No-one consumes them.[1] Imports/bulk edits aside, the busy mappers are pretty much doing the same mapping as you. Nothing complex, nothing powerful. They're just doing more of it. So you can use iD, P2, JOSM, whatever you find comfortable and efficient. No bar-jumping required. (That's not to say that we can't do better at catering for the 95%, because we can. But that's a whole other question and one which potentially requires new types of editing software. More on that in my SOTM-US talk!) cheers Richard [1] For the completists, two more which _are_ consumed, though just a little: public transport site relations, and that weird old associatedStreet thing (which you can tell is broken just by the intercap). -- View this message in context: http://gis.19327.n5.nabble.com/Re-Long-Tail-was-Removal-of-amenity-from-OSM-tagging-tp5844850p5845110.html Sent from the Tagging mailing list archive at Nabble.com. _______________________________________________ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging