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Browser Extensions > better-osm-org

Userscript that adds visualization of changesets and many other useful features to OSM website.

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better-osm-org

Userscript adding several improvements for experienced osm.org users

  1. Install Violentmonkey (FOSS, but only in Firefox) or Tampermonkey (proprietary)
  2. Install script

Also works in Firefox for Android

Tags diff in object history

QuickLook for simple changesets

Improved history tab

  • Changesets filters
  • Show users roles and status
  • Show first comment

Node deletion

Satellite layer

Stat HDYC in profile (Firefox only)

Dark mode for map

Edit war detector

Display photos and traces in notes

Photos are also displayed in the tags panoramax=* and wikimedia_commons=*

Customizable external links

Hotkeys

  • < > for user changesets
  • N — on/off notes layer
  • D — on/off Map Data layer
  • G — on/off GPS tracks layer
  • S — on/off satellite layer (Firefox only)
  • H — open object history
  • 1 — open first version of object
  • Z — zoom to changeset/object bbox
  • E — Open editor
  • 8/9 — prev/next map position
  • O— open OSMCha
  • shift + O — open Achavi
  • Q — Close sidebar or alert

Experimental hotkeys:

  • K L — navigation between changeset elements
  • J — open objects from changesets in JOSM
  • shift + J — open objects from changesets in Level0
  • shift + L — pan to current location
  • shift + H — open My changesets
  • Y — open Yandex.Panoramas
  • shift + E — open second editor
  • shift + N — create new note
  • C — Open changeset of object version
  • shift + Z — pan to real changeset bbox (without relations bboxes)
  • 0 — zoom to global view
  • ` — hide geometry from map
  • T — toggle between compact and full tags diff mode
  • U — open user profile
  • shift + U — open your profile
  • shift + / — search with Overpass
  • shift + M — send messega to user
  • atl + C — copy map center coordinates

Other

  • Changeset revert button

  • OSMCha dis/likes

  • Display way/relation versions

  • Search deleted author of changeset

  • Template responses when closing notes/changeset 👌/ 👋

  • Links to geo services and OSM editors (like OSM Smart Menu)

  • Mass actions with changesets

    • mass revert via osm-revert
    • copy ids for JOSM
    • via remote control JOSM
    • load 300 changeset
    • open multiple changesets on one page

  • Highlight fixme=*, note=*

  • opening_hours validator

  • Render direction=*, type=restriction

  • Resizable sidebar

  • Settings

  • Hide active note highlight

  • Click on time for show ISO-time

  • Open external links in new tab

  • Clickable:

    • ID and names in object header
    • Hashtags in changeset comment
    • Changeset IDs in comments
    • revert:id, redacted_changesets key in changeset
    • panoramax=*, mapillary=* tags

  • Display GPS photos and tracks in StreetComplete notes

  • Display photos from Panoramax and Wikimedia Commons in tags

  • Display GPS-tracks

  • Shortening long URLs in comments: https://www.openstreetmap.org → osm.org

  • Shortening v:, ideditor: keys in changesets tags and hide host=https://www.openstreetmap.org/edit

  • Display number of comments to changesets on the map item page

  • Display the user's previous usernames (via OSM User Names Database)

  • Bypass OSMF Redactions

    • Show redacted tags
    • Show redacted geometry

  • taginfo: new overpass links

    • search relation roles
    • search keys on Key length page
    • search values from key page
    • search tag by OSM type

  • File viewer via Drag&Drop β

    • geotagged photos
    • .gpx
    • .kmz
    • .geojson
    • .osm

  • Notes filters:

    • by user
    • by word
    • by status

  • Geometry

    • Ruler
    • Calc area size
    • Copy coordinates in multiple formats

  • Custom layers and overlays

Ideas

  • in-browser reverter
  • Changesets feed like "who did it?"
  • Jump to Overpass from tags
  • Mark reviewed changesets
  • Public transport viewer and validator
  • Collapse name tags
  • Integrate https://github.com/Zverik/osmtags-editor
  • Overpass Turbo (maybe in Overpass beta)
    • Edit tags in Overpass Turbo
    • {{bbox}} on/off in Overpass Turbo
    • remove comment and extra quotes from query
    • fast out meta/center/... switch
    • explain expressions
    • autocompletion from taginfo
    • split window
    • Javascript postfilters
  • Tutorial
  • Improve data view
    • Hide ways
    • Filters
    • Colors
  • Localization
  • Improve search
    • Filter by object type
    • Improve default zoom
    • Photon?
    • Overpass (shift + /)
  • Show nearest example for map legend
  • website & iD helper for translator (open search query into translation platform)
  • show in quick look the base way tag
  • Fast tags copy from wiki
  • Support OpenHistoricalMap
  • Support OpenGeoFiction

Maybe

  • Move object from OSM into OpenHistoricalMap
  • Bookmarks on map (like Organic Maps)

Other

Other extensions

Projects that are used directly or indirectly in the script

p.s. External libraries are hosted in fork repositories (if possible) controlled by me, and imported with Subresource Integrity

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