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Rapid editor v2.5 released with advanced pedestrian mapping and more!
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I've been using Rapid to add buildings to my hometown. Seems like this would be basically impossible with native editor on https://www.openstreetmap.org/ ?? Well, technically not impossible, just it would take a reeeeeeeeaaaaaalllllllyyyyyyy long time and would hurt my wrist a lot more?
I do hate it's made by Facebook though.... https://github.com/facebook/Rapid
@paequ2
I think it's quicker to draw them from scratch with the #JOSM Building Tools or mapathoner plugins than it is to fix the AI guesswork.
Sadly there's a very misguided campaign running on the start page at the moment, but it's still a much better app for serious mapping.
@ray
Oooooh, interesting. I didn't know about these other options. I need to learn more about these. I will happily drop Rapid for anything else.
I'm not familiar with plugins... have any favorite resources or videos I could watch to learn more?
@paequ2 It has been so long since I started using JOSM that I don't really know what's tutorials are the best. HOT did a two minute introduction to building tracing that's linked from the wiki: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DcKewl94jR4 (skip the HOT specific bit)
LearnOSM has a longer written introduction to JOSM here: https://learnosm.org/en/josm/
@Koreller did a very good collection of GIFs suggesting efficient ways to trace buildings with the building tools plugin here: https://www.openstreetmap.org/user/Koreller/diary/404988
Wow! These are great, thanks!
Quick review after installing JOSM.
Wow. OK. I can totally see why only 6.9% of users use JOSM for making edits. It's clunky, hard to use, and absolutely daunting for new users. For people making their first contributions, the browser editors are way more user friendly.
That being said, the other half of that statistic is interesting.
All right. JOSM seems to have some pretty passionate users. Thank you for your service. 🫡
I'll take some time to learn it.
@paequ2 completely worth to get into it. Josm rocks
Quick review after using JOSM for 2 days:
It's not so bad. It takes a little bit of effort to learn, but definitely has more powerful features. Also, it does feel faster to navigate around the map compared to the web versions. 👍
The intro page was actually helpful to get me started: https://josm.openstreetmap.de/wiki/Introduction