#14989 closed enhancement (fixed)
support direction for viewpoints
| Reported by: | Owned by: | team | |
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| Priority: | normal | Milestone: | 17.07 |
| Component: | Core validator | Version: | |
| Keywords: | direction viewpoint | Cc: |
Description
Viewpoints normally have a preferred direction (but are tagged very rarely). According to the OSM wiki, there are several ways how to tag a viewpoint direction:
tourism=viewpoint
direction=200-270 (for a view to south-west)
direction=70-110;250-290 (for limited view to east and west)
direction=west (main direction to west)
Right now, JOSM throws the warning "unusual value for direction". It would be great, if the viewpoint preset guides the user how to map a proper direction.
By the way: OpenTopoMap renders viewpoint directions.
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Change History (9)
comment:1 by , 7 years ago
| Keywords: | direction viewpoint added |
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comment:2 by , 7 years ago
comment:3 by , 7 years ago
| Component: | Internal preset → Core validator |
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| Milestone: | → 17.07 |
follow-up: 6 comment:4 by , 7 years ago
There is a new map showing viewpoint directions: https://osmtools.github.io/direction/
The code can be found here: https://github.com/osmtools/direction
Perhaps JOSM could render directions, too. So the user can check his direction on-the-fly.
follow-up: 7 comment:6 by , 7 years ago
Replying to anonym:
Perhaps JOSM could render directions, too. So the user can check his direction on-the-fly.
Thats somethig for an external mappaint style. wiki:Styles
comment:7 by , 7 years ago
Replying to Klumbumbus:
Replying to anonym:
Perhaps JOSM could render directions, too. So the user can check his direction on-the-fly.
Thats somethig for an external mappaint style. wiki:Styles
Viewpoint with a certain direction is a common feature of a topo-maps and tourism maps in general. I wouldn't mind having it in the standard style.
In any case, it would be fairly complicated (and inefficient) to make a visualization with the current mappaint features. Some custom code and a new Element type could be added for direction rendering of viewpoints.
direction values with a range (x-y) are very rare, see https://taginfo.openstreetmap.org/keys/?key=direction#values all other valid direction values shouldn't raise a warning. (See r11338)