New plugin: Gridify

[JeroenHoek]

Gridify is a plugin that can split a way consisting of four nodes up into a grid of blocks. It is particularly useful for amenity=parking_space, but I suspect it may have other uses.

I have written about this plugin here (screenshots included):

​https://forum.openstreetmap.org/viewtopic.php?id=62334

The plugin builds cleanly, and generates no checkstyle errors. I have translated the English text into the languages I speak: Dutch, German, and Japanese.

I have published the code on GitHub under the GPLv3 here:

​https://github.com/jdhoek/josm-gridify

I didn't commit any generated artefacts such as class and lang files. I've ran ../../i18n/i18n.pl --basedir=data --potfile=en.pot po/*.po to generate the lang files, and ant dist successfully packages the plugin. All languages appear to work in JOSM.

Will this suffice to have the plugin reviewed and if found acceptable included in JOSM?

[Don-vip]

Replying to mail@…:

Gridify is a plugin that can split a way consisting of four nodes up into a grid of blocks.

Sounds a lot like ​osmwiki:JOSM/Plugins/Terracer no?

[Klumbumbus]

Terracer can only split one row and only along the longer side afaik.

[stoecker]

Will this suffice to have the plugin reviewed and if found acceptable included in JOSM?

You simply need to add a link to the Plugin.jar to PluginsSource page.

If you want get rid of the "external" warning and take part in automatic translation, you must transfer the source to "JOSM/" project of GitHub, so that JOSM developers can handle necessary updates and fixes when you aren't available anymore (preferred is that the original author remains available).

[anonymous]

Terracer is a tool that specifically targets terraced housing, including details such as house address numbers, and is limited to rows. This plugin is a generic grid splitting tool that does both rows and columns. There is some overlap, but the goals of the plugins are different.

[anonymous]

I would like to have the plugin included in the JOSM project to benefit from the combined translation effort. How do I proceed? Will one of the maintainers fork my repository or do I become a member of the JOSM team on GitHub?

[Jeroen Hoek]

(Preceding two comments were sent by me.)

[Don-vip]

I've invited you to the JOSM organization. Best way is to transfer the repo to the organization (you will remain admin).

[anonymous]

Thanks. I've transferred the repository to JOSM.

[Klumbumbus]

The Plugin was added to PluginsSource. Can the ticket be closed or is there something still to do?

[Jeroen Hoek]

I tested it this afternoon. The plugin is now available in JOSM.