Opened 11 years ago
Last modified 2 years ago
#8464 new enhancement
Grid Layer for JOSM
Reported by: | Ghanian | Owned by: | team |
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Priority: | normal | Milestone: | |
Component: | Core | Version: | |
Keywords: | grid layer | Cc: | jidanni |
Description
Hello,
i miss i feature. I would like to add layer which draws me a grid. (like the lat./long. grid, but i would scale it by myselfe)
I want to use it to get a overview over big areas. I want to see on a fast and easy way, which district is done by my work and wich district i have to do.
Hallo,
ich vermisse die Möglichkeit eine Art Layer zu aktivieren, welches mir eine Art Raster über die Karte, in der Art von Längen- und Breitengrade über die Karte legt.
Ich finde das nützlich, um bei größeren Gebieten auf einfache Art einen Überblick zu bekommen, was schon alles von mir bearbeitet wurde und was noch nicht. Also das wäre eher so eine Art Hilfsraster, wenn man das noch individuell skalieren könnte wärs toll.
Laut IRC sollen das angeblich schon ein paar andere Leute auch angefragt haben.
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Change History (12)
comment:1 by , 11 years ago
Type: | defect → enhancement |
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comment:2 by , 11 years ago
comment:3 by , 10 years ago
Although there areworkarounds, IMHO it would be really nice to have this integrated in JOSM. I guess it wouldn't be to hard to implement it, or am I missing some difficulties?
comment:5 by , 7 years ago
Cc: | added |
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comment:6 by , 7 years ago
Such a feature would be really helpful for drawing classical parks and buildings, and grid cities. Since these are designed following a strict grid.
Requirements for the grid would be:
- Snap points on the intersection of grid lines, so that we can draw features exactly following the grid.
- Rotation of the grid (should not be locked to longitude/latitude).
- Grid lines at standard intervals (for example 1m, or 1 foot), and at custom drawn points.
- A possibility for other people to retrieve the same grid settings. (Maybe stored in metadata of objects that follow the grid?)
- Not limited to orthogonal grids, some designs use slanted grids, or grids with more than 2 axes.
follow-up: 11 comment:10 by , 2 years ago
you get a grid in josm with this workaround
- install the plugin/extension called "gridify"
- add a new layer
- in this layer add 4 points for the grid corners
- select the 4 points
- "More Tools" > Gridify
- choose your grid attibutes
- have fun with your mapping work
comment:11 by , 2 years ago
Replying to africanway:
you get a grid in josm with this workaround
- install the plugin/extension called "gridify"
- add a new layer
- in this layer add 4 points for the grid corners
- select the 4 points
- "More Tools" > Gridify
- choose your grid attibutes
- have fun with your mapping work
That's great! I didn't know this extension ...
It's not the same as a simple or smart grid (which could for example have a scale, could be rotatable and be configurable or could have a magnetic snap function as known from other drawing programs), but it's better than nothing and of course has other advantages. It remains strange to me that JOSM doesn't have a grid or at least rulers (more than the small scale at the zooming slider), because often you need a simple and quick guide for lengths and distances of objects. It's such a basis thing ... I know there's the status bar below with distance/length information, but that's not a full replacement ...
But I try to have fun! :-)
There is no such feature at the moment, but you can use a specially prepared gpx file as a background layer. here is a script.