From 40dc95153b7a8ef141061821dd0b0bcf3a7dd045 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Roland Hieber Date: Sat, 4 Jun 2011 04:08:56 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Ideas for new software projects --- projects.mdwn | 47 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-- 1 file changed, 45 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/projects.mdwn b/projects.mdwn index bbd2bd1..820bd6f 100644 --- a/projects.mdwn +++ b/projects.mdwn @@ -1,6 +1,49 @@ -Software Projects -================= +Software Projects currently worked on +===================================== * [[projects/geojackal]] – A geocache management database * [[projects/infopoint-html]] – A full screen web page viewer for info terminals +Ideas for new software projects +=============================== + +Here I collect sketches for software that I still need to write (or that I +would like to be seen written by someone other... ;-)), and features that +IMHO still need to be implmented in existing software. + +This section should serve as a source of inspiration for people that have too +much time on their hands. + +OpenStreetMap editor for mobile devices +--------------------------------------- +[JOSM](http://josm.openstreetmap.org) and [Merkaartor](http://merkaartor.be/) +are really nice programs for editing OpenStreetMap data on the desktop, and +[OSMTracker](http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/OSMtracker) is acceptable for +Windows Mobile devices. However, OSMTracker is very inflexible when it comes +to tagging abilities. So a perfect mobile application would combine the best +of both worlds: + + * displaying the raw XML data, maybe in real-time via mobile internet + connection + * displaying the rendered map + * recording a GPX track + * take pictures if the mobile device features a camera + * serve as a voice recorder + * adding and tagging nodes, ways, and maybe relations in a key=value manner + * maybe allow presets for different objects, like JOSM has. These could be + implemented like the customizable buttons in OSMTracker. + * auto-completion for keys and values would be great for people like me + who cannot remember actual tag names... + * The absolute killer feature would be the ability to automatically import + the changed data into desktop software like JOSM/Merkaartor, and export + diffs. + +JOSM: Nice-to-have +------------------------ +* Raw diff view of the changed XML data. The current preview in the upload + dialog is too simple. +* A function to copy a bunch of tags from one object to another. Example: I + have a node tagged with `shop=florist`, `opening_hours=...` and want to + transfer these tags to the surrounding building to delete the node + afterwards. + -- 2.20.1