ElevationProfile slows down Josm

[arnotixe@…]

On linux mint with current josm and elevationprofile, it slows down josm very much. Like 4-5 seconds between action till anything is visible.

Disabling the plugin makes josm run as fast as usual.

[anonymous]

hmm sorry that was elevationplugin, yes

[bastiK]

I think we have to do something about this, some users might not be able to figure out that the plugin causes the slow down.

[OliverW]

I understand this, but I'm currently busy with other tasks :-(

[Don-vip]

Any idea where the problem is ? I will be glad to help.

[OliverW]

I suspect that the Rendering of the Elevation Profile is the Root cause. It is not coded very well, so I would give it a try. Thanks in advance for your support.

[OliverW]

Anything new? Currently I have some time to look after this - so any further hints (e. g. an attached GPX file) would be fine.

I tested it with many different files and I did not recognize any perf losses so far.

[Don-vip]

I didn't have a look at this, sorry.

However, a comment on [o29869]. We have not yet switched to Java 7 (see #8465). Plugins must remain compatible with Java 6 until we switch.

I see you're supporting SRTM files now, that's cool. Is there a chance we can close #1729 with your plugin updates ? :)

[OliverW]

I think that #1729 aims on is a 'little bit' beyond the scope of the ElevationPlugin. However, I could add another layer...

[anonymous]

I can confirm this issue on Win7 64 bit with Java 7. Once the window "elevation profile" is being made visible the cpu usage of javaw.exe increases from 0 % to constantly 22-23 % at idle. This happens regardless whether a gpx file is loaded/active/was loaded at all or not. I don't see a performance drop but that might depend upon the machine used and how much resources are available. But I do hear the increasing noisy fan sound caused by the increased cpu load and the heating as a consequence thereof.

When you close the window "elevation profile" the cpu load drops to 0 % at idle.

[OliverW]

Indeed the plugin slows down JOSM due to unnecessary repaints. I'm currently redesign the plugin and will take this into account.

[OliverW]

Provided fix via [o29951], please check if cpu load is still high

[akks]

I am afraid it is still slow (when layer is visible)
there are also multiple messages

readElevation: Buffer is null for tag 'N54E056.hgt'

in the console. Tried recompilation (ant clean, ant dist, ant install) - no changes.

[OliverW]

Sorry, try 29953

[Don-vip]

@OliverW: we have not yet switched to Java 7, see #8465 for migration plan. In the meanwhile, all plugins must remain compatible with Java 6.

[anonymous]

The cpu usage problem is gone in 29953 (Win7 64 bit with Java 7).

[akks]

Thank you! I confirm, the CPU load problem is gone.

I noticed some artefact (or feature) was introduced with the last commit (for strange airplane trackpoints) - see the attached session file.

[akks]

elevation profile starnge jumps (offtopic, but newely introduced)

[OliverW]

Thanks for the data, but how do I open/view this file? I read that it is a zipped .jos file but 7-zip does not recognize the file as ZIP archive. Also (my) JOSM cannot load it. Is there a plugin needed or how can I proceed?

[AlfonZ]

Replying to OliverW:

Thanks for the data, but how do I open/view this file? I read that it is a zipped .jos file but 7-zip does not recognize the file as ZIP archive. Also (my) JOSM cannot load it. Is there a plugin needed or how can I proceed?

JOSM 6245 (or later) can open it directly via File/Open,
JOSM 6129 (or later) can open it via File/Session/Load Session.
With older JOSM you can try setting advanced property session to true, menu item File/Session should appear.

[OliverW]

Replying to Don-vip:

@OliverW: we have not yet switched to Java 7, see #8465 for migration plan. In the meanwhile, all plugins must remain compatible with Java 6.

Now I'm really confused
# Downloaded JOSM 6238 and it says "You should update to Java 7 asap"
==> Did I miss something?

Regarding your session: I recognized that in some cases, too. Seems to be a repaint problem (when moving the mouse over the panel, everything is fine). Haven't find the root cause so far :-(

[AlfonZ]

Replying to OliverW:

# Downloaded JOSM 6238 and it says "You should update to Java 7 asap"

Would you please add information about your system?

[OliverW]

Sure:

Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.7.0-b147)
Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 21.0-b17, mixed mode)

Plugins compiled with 1.6 compliance

[Don-vip]

We are in the process of switching to Java 7 but it takes a while. That's why we ask end users to upgrade to this version. But as a plugin author you must ensure it runs well with java 6 too as we still have a large base of users running java 6 (still 25%)