On Mon, 19 Aug 2019 at 16:02, Richard Fairhurst <rich...@systemed.net> wrote:
Let’s say we have a cyclist, new to OSM, who wants to add a newly opened > section to an existing route. As Peter says, doing this to said > specification “usually requires lots of JOSM”. The steps involved to do > this > in sorted order are: > > 1. spend half the afternoon trudging through contradictory pages on the OSM > wiki to find out what you have to do > 2. apparently it involves this thing called “JOSM”. Download that > 3. apparently that involves this thing called “Java”. Download that too > 4. learn to use this 80s throwback of a GIS program with the UI of a > startled warthog > 5. find route sorting stuff in JOSM somewhere > 6. make edit > 7. get shouted at by sociopaths in changeset comments because unwittingly > you did something wrong > > (I have elided most of the intermediate steps.) > It's that easy? Last time I did it, it seemed a lot harder than that. And say what you like about Warthogs being ugly, the Fairchild Republic A-10 Thunderbolt II (aka Warthog) was a very effective war plane, both in kill power and survivability. Please don't make JOSM's UI seem better than it is by comparing it to the Warthog. -- Paul
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