Version: (using Devel) OS: Linux Installed from: Compiled sources I know Andrew Manson develop something like that in GSOC 2009, I don't know why it's not in 4.4, but I think it would be very useful. I updated to 4.4rc only to try this feature thinking it was added.
The plugin was disabled in the default build here: http://websvn.kde.org/?view=revision&revision=1053182 It will be included per default when it is considered ready for end users -- which requires someone working on it. Until then you can always build from source and enable it in CMakeLists.txt (remove the comment in front of add_subdirectory( osmannotate )).
Is there someone working on it? Is there some feature missing or is it unstable? I have never developped with KDE4, only a bit with KDE3, but maybe I can try to finished it if it isn't very hard.
Just a drive-by comment to note that osm.org now has official support for "notes" on the map, which replaces the unofficial "openstreetbugs" and "mapdust" services which the marble plugin probably targeted. The plugin code probably needs some simple refactoring.
this is my first time with marble coding (my first junior job) . I am a bit of a noob ,though. Can anyone guide me as to how to approach this interesting challenge ?
The notes API is described here: http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/API_v0.6#Map_Notes_API It's a fairly straightforward REST API. I can't help for the Marble side of things, I'm only a user there.