projects.mdwn

   1 Software Projects currently worked on
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   3
   4 * [[projects/geojackal]] – A geocache management database
   5 * [[projects/infopoint-html]] – A full screen web page viewer for info terminals
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   7 Ideas for new software projects
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  10 Here I collect sketches for software that I still need to write (or that I
  11 would like to be seen written by someone other... ;-)), and features that
  12 IMHO still need to be implmented in existing software.
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  14 This section should serve as a source of inspiration for people that have too
  15 much time on their hands.
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  17 OpenStreetMap editor for mobile devices
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  19 [JOSM](http://josm.openstreetmap.org) and [Merkaartor](http://merkaartor.be/)
  20 are really nice programs for editing OpenStreetMap data on the desktop, and
  21 [OSMTracker](http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/OSMtracker) is acceptable for
  22 Windows Mobile devices. However, OSMTracker is very inflexible when it comes
  23 to tagging abilities. So a perfect mobile application would combine the best
  24 of both worlds:
  25
  26   * displaying the raw XML data, maybe in real-time via mobile internet
  27     connection
  28   * displaying the rendered map
  29   * recording a GPX track
  30   * take pictures if the mobile device features a camera
  31   * serve as a voice recorder
  32   * adding and tagging nodes, ways, and maybe relations in a key=value manner
  33     * maybe allow presets for different objects, like JOSM has. These could be
  34       implemented like the customizable buttons in OSMTracker.
  35     * auto-completion for keys and values would be great for people like me
  36       who cannot remember actual tag names...
  37     * The absolute killer feature would be the ability to automatically import
  38       the changed data into desktop software like JOSM/Merkaartor, and export
  39       diffs.
  40
  41 JOSM: Nice-to-have
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  43 * Raw diff view of the changed XML data. The current preview in the upload
  44   dialog is too simple.
  45 * A function to copy a bunch of tags from one object to another. Example: I
  46   have a node tagged with `shop=florist`, `opening_hours=...` and want to
  47   transfer these tags to the surrounding building to delete the node
  48   afterwards.
  49