OpenStreetMap Launches a New Easy To Use HTML5 Editor

Posted by Unknown on Wednesday May 8, 2013 @12:50AM from the map-freely-and-now-conveniently dept.

SWroclawski writes "On the heels of the news that OpenStreetMap is allowing anonymous contributions with its 'note system,' the project has launched a new in-browser editor called iD, which is not only easier to use, but written completely in JavaScript, using the D3 library for rendering. With all these improvements, OpenStreetMap is gaining popularity and has started a new donation campaign for additional hardware to support all the new contributors." This replaces a flash based editor (really great news!). The code is, naturally, available (under the WTFPL).

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lowering the bar by ssam · 2013-05-08 01:13 · Score: 5, Interesting

It was not hard to edit before (I mostly used josm), but lowering the bar is probably a good thing.
What I would like to see is better history viewing. on wikipedia it is quick to see if a page has been edited recently and by who. obviously this is a harder problem for a map. clicking history on openstreet map does not show much of use (right in the middle of an inland city i am seeing edits like "Update harbour tags ").