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Opened 11 years ago

Last modified 2 years ago

#8464 new enhancement

Grid Layer for JOSM

Reported by: Ghanian Owned by: team
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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comment:1 by Ghanian, 11 years ago

Type: defectenhancement

comment:2 by bastiK, 11 years ago

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.

comment:3 by MHohmann, 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:4 by Don-vip, 7 years ago

Ticket #14843 has been marked as a duplicate of this ticket.

comment:5 by Don-vip, 7 years ago

Cc: jidanni added

comment:6 by pbb, 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.

comment:7 by Don-vip, 6 years ago

Ticket #13865 has been marked as a duplicate of this ticket.

comment:8 by Don-vip, 6 years ago

Ticket #15975 has been marked as a duplicate of this ticket.

comment:9 by goodidea, 2 years ago

A grid would really be great ... a very basic thing ...

comment:10 by africanway, 2 years ago

you get a grid in josm with this workaround

  1. install the plugin/extension called "gridify"
  2. add a new layer
  3. in this layer add 4 points for the grid corners
  4. select the 4 points
  5. "More Tools" > Gridify
  6. choose your grid attibutes
  7. have fun with your mapping work

in reply to:  10 comment:11 by anonymous, 2 years ago

Replying to africanway:

you get a grid in josm with this workaround

  1. install the plugin/extension called "gridify"
  2. add a new layer
  3. in this layer add 4 points for the grid corners
  4. select the 4 points
  5. "More Tools" > Gridify
  6. choose your grid attibutes
  7. 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! :-)

comment:12 by goodidea, 2 years ago

The last posting was my comment ... I forgot to log in ...

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