Re: [MappingDC] Very very new, here, with a noob question

[Brian DeRocher]

Jahmal,

Here's my opinion and others may disagree. Skip Potlatch 2. It's on
it's way out. JOSM is powerful, especially with it's numerous plugins.
iD is fun to use, but on the OSM-talk mailing list people are raising
concerns about it. Apparently it's slow in Firefox. I'm sure those
issues will be resolved in the near future.

Brian

Brian DeRocher
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On 05/11/2013 08:01 PM, Jahmal McNair wrote:
> I decided to jump into casual mapping with OSM for 3 reasons
> 1. Frustration with Google Mapmaker (especially in Firefox)
> 2. I agree with the license and the cause
> 3. OSM released the iD editor, which allowed me to jump in and
> casually fix things. Seriously, it's amazing.
>
> With iD, I was able to do a whole lot, in a very reasonable amount of
> time, but there are some limitations to iD. Potlatch 2 is intimidating
> and JOSM looks downright scary, but should I take the time to learn
> them anyway?
>
> Thanks in advance.
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[Steven Johnson]

Hi Jahmal,
Thanks for jumping in. Always glad to have a new contributor.

Yes, JOSM has a steeper learning curve, but it's not insurmountable and you can easily search for How-To's on mapping nearly any conceivable real world situation. Also, I used iD on Firefox almost exclusively at last month's #editathon and experienced no performance issues. YMMV, I guess.

Best,

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