Hi!

I’m the main dev of https://mapcomplete.osm.be (and also one of the modsof this subcommunity). I have a long train journey ahead of me today (and next week again).The ideal moment to answer questions from other OSM-contributors.

So, shoot!

  • @StorageAware@lemmings.worldEnglish
    3•1 year ago

    I’ve always wondered given how many themes there are. How much work does it take to add a new one? Is it down to just edit a config file or does it take more work?

    • @pietervdvn@lemmy.mlOPMEnglish
      6•1 year ago

      It is relatively easy to create a theme yourself - it boils down to creating a .json-file and sideloading this into MapComplete. The entire process is explained here

      Once it is finished, the next step is to send it back to me (preferably via a Pull Request) to get it into the “official” mapComplete. This offers some benefits, mostly that it can be discovered by others, that it’ll be translated and that documentation can be automatically generated (for example: tagInfo shows which projects use a certain tag, those are auto-generated)

      I’m currently building an easy-to-use ‘MapComplete-Studio’, so hopefully, it’ll be even easier in a few weeks time!