Distances between way nodes
contrapunctus-1 opened this issue · comments
I'd like to be able to see the distance (in meters/centimeters) between each node of a way, as well as the combined distance of the whole way. (The latter is less important.) This could be done when a way is selected. The current ruler isn't all that useful for this.
Among other things, this will allow mappers with laser distance meters to better utilize them for OSM editing.
The total length information is already available in the info dialog when a way is selected.
Probably the best way to implement the idea is to be able to display the distance between to arbitrary selected nodes.
Showing the distance between two arbitrary nodes is definitely a more flexible way to do it, but I would - in addition to that - also like to see the distances between all the nodes of a selected way. (While we're at it, the angle formed by way segments would also be good to see.) I understand that this will probably require optimizing for very large ways, such that lengths are only shown for the way segments which are visible on the screen.
It's good to learn about the total length of a way, I'll definitely be using that as a workaround. Could it be shown above the bottom bar when a way is selected? That would make it more discoverable, and more efficient to access.