Button to add (or move) an object to user's current position

[rezemika]

Hello, and many thanks to all of you for developing StreetComplete! :)

This is very possibly a nitpicking subject, but I have a really precise GPS receiver (RTK-capable), so I can easily pinpoint objects I want to add. For large zone or features, I usually use a dedicated GIS app and edit the map at home. However for small features I sometimes do it on the spot, so it would be really convenient if there was a button (or an option in settings to make it the default behavior so the interface stays light) to make the cross follow my position. That way I could just hover my receiver over a bench, tap "+", "bench icon", validate, and have at the right place directly.

What do you think? Would it be useful to others (and not too complicated to implement)?

[mnalis]

Hello, and many thanks to all of you for developing StreetComplete! :)

And thank you for using to to improve OSM! ❤️

What do you think? Would it be useful to others (and not too complicated to implement)?

When you press sniper-scope circle (or nav.triangle) button in bottom right part of the screen, the screen is updated so you're positioned on the center of it. And if you change it to navigation mode (i.e. that orange triangle is shown), then it will be following you as you move.

What we used to have was (almost?) exactly what you want - the crosshairs where the item would be added used to be also positioned in the center of the screen - thus clicking (the sniper-scope followed by) + icon would accomplish exactly what you wanted.

Alas, crosshairs have been moved upwards from the center (there is an issue or PR which was discussing that change, but I lack the time now to find it -- but you might wish to look for it).

Perhaps in there might be an idea if something like that might be possible again, as your use case does sound reasonable to me (and not only for RTK, but for regular GPS also if signal is good -- even if you have to move it a little to the left or the right¹)

That being said, when things are discussed and one course of the action is chosen, it is usually much harder to change it back again.

if there was a button (or an option in settings

Not to sound discouraging, but StreetComplete is usually quite averse² even to adding extra options, not to mention extra buttons on the main screen.

We do have SCEE (SC "expert edition") fork, which is more open to having plethora of options (while by default looking and acting pretty much exactly like StreetComplete), so that might be the option worth considering if you don't make it in SC.

Footnotes

1. well, even with RTK, you might consider sitting in the middle of every bench, but you probably don't want to do the same thing with every trash can or recycling container or fountain 😸 ↩

2. keeping maximum simplicity is overriding rule above pretty much anything else ↩

[rezemika]

Oh, thank you for your thoughtful response!

When you press sniper-scope circle (or nav.triangle) button in bottom right part of the screen, the screen is updated so you're positioned on the center of it. And if you change it to navigation mode (i.e. that orange triangle is shown), then it will be following you as you move.

[...] the crosshairs where the item would be added used to be also positioned in the center of the screen

Oh thanks! I just tried that, actually my position cursor seems to be on the top third of the screen, and the crosshairs seem to be superimposed to it when I switch to objects layer, and follows me as I move, so I guess it can do the trick that way. I haven't used the app this way for a while (a matter of habit change I guess), I think it wasn't this way some time ago so I guess it changed with a recent release?
Anyway, so if I stay in navigation mode the objects will be added on my current position by default unless I drag them?
(sorry if it was that obvious ^^)

Just in case, I found the following issues which might be related: #5760 & #3377

By the way, concerning dragging an existing object to a different position, the bottom panel (saying "moved 15 meters") masks the zoom/location buttons, even though they're still active. Is it the normal behavior, or should I open a ticket for that? If the sniper-score circle was still usable, that would also allow to move an object to the user's current location, which could be handy (but it would imply to resize the panel or to move the button).

well, even with RTK, you might consider sitting in the middle of every bench, but you probably don't want to do the same thing with every trash can or recycling container or fountain 😸

my dedication to mapping knows no limit 😅

Anyway, sorry if it was too obvious. Thank you! :)