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the old Mapbox feedback link is not working anymore and there does not seem to exist an appropriate replacement for it from their side --------- Co-authored-by: Martin Raifer <martin@raifer.tech>
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77 lines
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## How is "iD" pronounced?
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Two syllables: "eye dee".
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## How can I help translate iD into another language or fix a mistranslation?
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Please see [CONTRIBUTING.md](https://github.com/openstreetmap/iD/blob/develop/CONTRIBUTING.md#translating)
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## How can I report an issue with background imagery?
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To report an issue with missing or cloudy imagery:
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* _For Bing Satellite layer:_ Open the location in [Bing Maps](https://www.bing.com/maps), click the "Feedback" button and choose "Report a map problem" option.
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* _For Esri World Imagery:_ You can open a new issue using the [Imagery Map Feedback tool](https://www.arcgis.com/home/item.html?id=ebdfa4146680410bb952c7d532ea5407).
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iD's list of available background imagery sources come from the [editor-layer-index](https://github.com/osmlab/editor-layer-index)
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project. If you know of a more recent imagery source that is licensed for this use,
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please open a request there with the link and license details.
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## I'm having trouble seeing some of the colors. Is there a way to customize or change them?
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Because iD uses CSS and SVG for all its rendering, users can override the colors
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with the [Stylish extension](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stylish) on Firefox or Chrome.
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Stylish also allows users to share custom styles with others.
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You can find detailed instructions on how to install Stylish
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[here on learnosm.org](http://learnosm.org/en/hot-tips/enhance/).
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See also: https://github.com/openstreetmap/iD/issues/3095#issuecomment-224988925
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## Why not use canvas rather than SVG?
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Using canvas rather than SVG would require implementing a scenegraph, hit-testing,
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event dispatch, animation, and other features provided natively by SVG. All that is
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a significant amount of work, would have meant a longer time for the initial release
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of iD, and would likely increase the ongoing costs of maintenance and new features.
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On the other hand, SVG is already fast enough in many or most hardware/browser/OS/editing
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region combinations, and will only get faster as hardware improves and browser vendors
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optimize their implementations and take better advantage of hardware acceleration.
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In other words, the decision to use SVG rather than canvas was a classic performance
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vs. implementation cost tradeoff with strong arguments for trading off performance to
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reduce implementation costs.
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## Can I use iD offline?
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iD does not currently have an offline mode.
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To support offline usage requires caching or providing an offline proxy for the three
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main things iD uses the network for:
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* Downloading existing data -- this is done on demand as you pan around
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* Downloading tiles -- ditto
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* Uploading changes
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We've thought a little about [caching tiles](https://github.com/openstreetmap/iD/issues/127)
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and downloaded data, but haven't actively worked on it, nor on the data download/upload
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question.
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## Can I use iD with my own OSM server?
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Yes, you can. You will need to [install](https://github.com/openstreetmap/openstreetmap-website/blob/master/INSTALL.md)
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and [configure](https://github.com/openstreetmap/openstreetmap-website/blob/master/CONFIGURE.md)
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an instance of the Rails Port, the server that runs the OpenStreetMap website and API.
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Once you have the Rails Port running, you may edit as normal using the version of iD that
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is bundled with it. Your changes will be saved to your own database. To use a standalone iD with your own api, you may edit the [osm.js](https://github.com/openstreetmap/iD/blob/develop/modules/services/osm.js) file.
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Depending on your requirements, you may also want to set up [cgimap](https://github.com/openstreetmap/cgimap)
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and/or a tile rendering stack, but neither of these are required for editing with iD.
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