[Patch] Use osmhv as external history viewer

[jengelh@…]

Pressing Ctrl-H gives a dialog box "History for way 45175455". In this dialog box, clicking on the changeset ID opens, in an external browser, the URL

​http://www.openstreetmap.org/changeset/45175455

I suggest to change the default to

​http://osmhv.openstreetmap.de/changeset.jsp?id=45175455

(Applies to any object, not specifically 45175455.)

[stoecker]

Not as a replacement, but additionally I'd agree. It is a very good display of the changes.

[bastiK]

Achavi is also quite nice, if not better: ​http://overpass-api.de/achavi/?changeset=45175455

[Klumbumbus]

I also use achavi when analyzing changesets. We could add a achavi button in the history viewer beside the changeset button.

[stoecker]

What about a configuration option choosing one of the three then? Probably better than adding multiple buttons.

[Klumbumbus]

Hm, I don't want to decide on one of them. The josm history viewer is also very helpful and can present some things better than e.g. achavi (e.g. changes on relations)

Also the josm history viewer is for displaying changes of a single object, while other sites like achavi present changes of whole changesets. So achavi is more like an alternative for the josm Help/Dialog/ChangesetManager (but would be nice if it is linked in the history browser)

[stoecker]

What about a setting in prefs for the default and the small arrow button (like for search) for additionally choosing the final one?

@Klumbumbus: What do you mean? We don't want to replace JOSM code, only change the target of the already existing button to call external webpage.

[Klumbumbus]

You mean that this button would get a dropdown list to choose another target then the deafult? That sounds fine.

[Don-vip]

The button opens the changeset manager. It would be better to add a drop down arrow next to the link on its right, which proposes the two other suggested websites.

[stoecker]

Hmm, ah, should have clicked the button then before typing :-)

[Don-vip]

Ticket #14739 has been marked as a duplicate of this ticket.

[Don-vip]

Nice! It would be great also to be able to access these links from changeset manager. I'm not sure however where this should fit in the HMI.

[Klumbumbus]

Can we use labels instead of blank URLs, e.g. Open in achavi and icons if available?

[Klumbumbus]

It seems achavi and osmhv don't have logos. For achavi we could maybe use the left part of the ​overpass-api logo

According to ​osmwiki:Achavi achavi doesn't work for changesets before september 2012. The achavi link in JOSM should be greyed out for older changesets.

[Don-vip]

Replying to Klumbumbus:

According to ​osmwiki:Achavi achavi doesn't work for changesets before september 2012. The achavi link in JOSM should be greyed out for older changesets.

The reason why:

Limitation : The earliest possible date to return a result is 2012-09-12 06:55:00 UTC (1347432900 in epoch seconds).

It corresponds to the first change included in the first ODbL compliant planet file, which was created on 2012-09-14. If your query asks for an object in a state prior to what this planet file contains, Overpass API will return the version contained in the first ODbL compliant planet.

[Don-vip]

@Simon: are you still working on it? It would be a great enhancement for this month.

[simon04]

In 12871/josm:

fix #14578 - Open external history viewers

Popup menu is added to version info of history dialog and changeset manager.

[Don-vip]

Nice!