[Qgis-developer] OSM intergration: first public release

[John C. Tull]

> On Feb 7, 2009, at 2:17 PM, Martin Dobias wrote:
>
>> I would consider this as alpha release, but it should be already
>> usable for some basic usage.
>>
>> Any testing and comments are highly welcome!
>
> Martin,
>
> Another great addition! This is already quite useful.
>
> Some quick thoughts after a brief test.
>
> 1) It would be nice to have the option to automatically load a  
> retrieved osm file when using the download feature.
> 2) The loaded osm layers are assigned the CRS of the current  
> project. It should be set to the osm default (EPSG 4326, I assume)
> 3) Because there is no apparent CRS transform when the server  
> request is made, it appears from my brief test that the project has  
> to be WGS84 in order to download OSM data for the canvas extents.  
> Using a UTM CRS retrieved empty osm files.
> 4) Even though a dialog is presented to allow the user to overwrite  
> a file from the download widget, when you hit the download button,  
> an error is given saying a file of that name already exists.
> 5) If you are able to overwrite a file, the associated db file  
> probably needs to be removed also.
>

I also just noticed that trying to identify or select a line feature  
shows or selects all features. Maybe you covered this in your email.  
This seems strange, because I can classify "highways" with unique  
symbology, but I cannot use the Identify Feature tool on those unique  
items.

Cheers,
John