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Goal: direct user to potlatch where they specify a closed path. Then get the points of that closed path for later use. User will not know much about OSM. This is being driven from a phone, so I want a web solution. Interactively, I can accomplish this by creating the path; saving it; going to history; getting my changeset id and then use http://www.openstreetmap.org/browse/changeset/<changesetid>. It feels like I need to setup my own potlatch server and modify it so I can pass a location and a changeset description in; then I can get changesets within a bounding box and look for my description. Question: Am I using the right tool. Is there a better way. Edit: Yes, I want to see the points. Here is a sample application: I want to have a phone scavenger hunt. The user is going to draw out the field/pitch/playspace on their phone; then I am going to scatter (electronically, not physically) prizes, clues or what not inside that field. Then they walk around and collect the prizes. I have the location of the phone and all my created items; I am looking for a way to allow a user to fence-in the application. I could do this on the phone; but I would rather do it on the web as the boundary they create could well be shared/re-used. (via OSM) Is that better? |
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Your question isn't very clear, but it seems unlikely that Potlatch is the tool you want. Potlatch is the web-based Flash editor on the osm.org website (and several other places). As it's written in Flash and designed for desktop screen sizes, it is unlikely to function well on phones. |
Could you explain what you mean by "Then get the points of that closed path for later use". Is that for editing ? If not, do you just need the list of nodes for a special rendering on your phone app ? Edit and enhance your question, please. If it is not for editing, Potlach is not required and you have other means to retrieve the list of points.