I think 'grid square' is awkward, and being two words, is unnecessarily long.
How about: block - individual unit chunk - sub group of a few blocks grid - a set of blocks zone - region - Sent from my phone. May contain incom plete thoughts. On Jun 20, 2012, at 7:00, [email protected] wrote: > Send HOT mailing list submissions to > [email protected] > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/hot > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > [email protected] > > You can reach the person managing the list at > [email protected] > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of HOT digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Tasking Manager - terminology (Pierre GIRAUD) > 2. Re: Tasking Manager - terminology (Kate Chapman) > 3. Re: Tasking Manager - terminology (St?phane Henriod) > 4. Re: Tasking Manager - terminology (Fran Boon) > 5. Re: Tasking Manager - terminology (Big Fat Frog) > 6. Membership Survey (Final comments before sending out) > (Kate Chapman) > 7. HOT Chat (Kate Chapman) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Tue, 19 Jun 2012 16:58:38 +0200 > From: Pierre GIRAUD <[email protected]> > To: HOT Openstreetmap <[email protected]> > Subject: [HOT] Tasking Manager - terminology > Message-ID: > <caozv5akzu+yw-9tbp7z8rld7dk121ddqxxndpqb+mk-mta+...@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > Hello all, > > I need help to find the correct words for the objects we manipulate in > the tasking manager. > It looks like the word "job" is not appropriate. Many people prefer to > use the word "task" for this. > Then "task" doesn't mean anything anymore. > In the mapcraft application, they use "cake" (or pie) and "slice". > > I think "slice" is appropriate in our case too. > What do you think? > > Pierre > > -- > ------------------------------------------------------------- > ? | Pierre GIRAUD > ? | http://pierrelebricoleur.blogspot.com > ? | http://www.flickr.com/photos/pierregiraud > ------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Tue, 19 Jun 2012 22:07:10 +0700 > From: Kate Chapman <[email protected]> > To: Pierre GIRAUD <[email protected]> > Cc: HOT Openstreetmap <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [HOT] Tasking Manager - terminology > Message-ID: > <cagn7moqbt9oj22iarpi1kxtooyoyznkh5s4zhxnkk6evmjz...@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > I'm curious why task doesn't mean anything anymore. > > Personally I think "grid square" would make sense. "Slice" doesn't > make sense to me at least not when things are divided into a grid. > > On Tue, Jun 19, 2012 at 9:58 PM, Pierre GIRAUD <[email protected]> > wrote: >> Hello all, >> >> I need help to find the correct words for the objects we manipulate in >> the tasking manager. >> It looks like the word "job" is not appropriate. Many people prefer to >> use the word "task" for this. >> Then "task" doesn't mean anything anymore. >> In the mapcraft application, they use "cake" (or pie) and "slice". >> >> I think "slice" is appropriate in our case too. >> What do you think? >> >> Pierre >> >> -- >> ------------------------------------------------------------- >> ? | Pierre GIRAUD >> ? | http://pierrelebricoleur.blogspot.com >> ? | http://www.flickr.com/photos/pierregiraud >> ------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> _______________________________________________ >> HOT mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/hot > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Tue, 19 Jun 2012 21:00:48 +0200 > From: St?phane Henriod <[email protected]> > To: Kate Chapman <[email protected]> > Cc: HOT Openstreetmap <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [HOT] Tasking Manager - terminology > Message-ID: > <CAK6pVBVWWWnAjfJ9CRNQ0Een5HCnNE=odsFo=pwx4mzulrs...@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > What about "zone"? > > Maybe more self-explanatory, especially for people not familiar with the > process and / or with GIS? > > -- > "Le mot progr?s n'aura aucun sens tant qu'il y aura des enfants malheureux" > -- Albert Einstein > > "A journey does not need reasons. Before long, it proves to be reason > enough in itself. One thinks that one is going to make a journey, yet soon > it is the journey that makes or unmakes you." -- Nicolas Bouvier > > Photos de voyages, photos de montagne: http://www.henriod.info > > > > On Tue, Jun 19, 2012 at 5:07 PM, Kate Chapman <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I'm curious why task doesn't mean anything anymore. >> >> Personally I think "grid square" would make sense. "Slice" doesn't >> make sense to me at least not when things are divided into a grid. >> >> On Tue, Jun 19, 2012 at 9:58 PM, Pierre GIRAUD <[email protected]> >> wrote: >>> Hello all, >>> >>> I need help to find the correct words for the objects we manipulate in >>> the tasking manager. >>> It looks like the word "job" is not appropriate. Many people prefer to >>> use the word "task" for this. >>> Then "task" doesn't mean anything anymore. >>> In the mapcraft application, they use "cake" (or pie) and "slice". >>> >>> I think "slice" is appropriate in our case too. >>> What do you think? >>> >>> Pierre >>> >>> -- >>> ------------------------------------------------------------- >>> | Pierre GIRAUD >>> | http://pierrelebricoleur.blogspot.com >>> | http://www.flickr.com/photos/pierregiraud >>> ------------------------------------------------------------- >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> HOT mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/hot >> >> _______________________________________________ >> HOT mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/hot >> >> > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > <http://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/hot/attachments/20120619/caf867a3/attachment-0001.html> > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 4 > Date: Tue, 19 Jun 2012 20:03:35 +0100 > From: Fran Boon <[email protected]> > To: St?phane Henriod <[email protected]> > Cc: HOT Openstreetmap <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [HOT] Tasking Manager - terminology > Message-ID: > <capkzktlab9qqm6+pymnb31efcqwb8eurnsr4tueb+x1wodq...@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > On 19 June 2012 20:00, St?phane Henriod <[email protected]> wrote: >> What about "zone"? >> Maybe more self-explanatory, especially for people not familiar with the >> process and / or with GIS? > > +1 :) > > F > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 5 > Date: Tue, 19 Jun 2012 23:20:46 +0100 > From: Big Fat Frog <[email protected]> > To: HOT Openstreetmap <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [HOT] Tasking Manager - terminology > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed > > I can't see what's wrong with Task either? Slice definately doesn't fit. > What are you trying to put a name to? The piece of work or the area > of the map that's being worked, if it's the former then task is best > else if it's the latter then zone or grid square is good. Not sure > what's wrong with Job though! > > J > > On 19/06/2012 16:07, Kate Chapman wrote: >> I'm curious why task doesn't mean anything anymore. >> >> Personally I think "grid square" would make sense. "Slice" doesn't >> make sense to me at least not when things are divided into a grid. >> >> On Tue, Jun 19, 2012 at 9:58 PM, Pierre GIRAUD<[email protected]> >> wrote: >>> Hello all, >>> >>> I need help to find the correct words for the objects we manipulate in >>> the tasking manager. >>> It looks like the word "job" is not appropriate. Many people prefer to >>> use the word "task" for this. >>> Then "task" doesn't mean anything anymore. >>> In the mapcraft application, they use "cake" (or pie) and "slice". >>> >>> I think "slice" is appropriate in our case too. >>> What do you think? >>> >>> Pierre >>> >>> -- >>> ------------------------------------------------------------- >>> | Pierre GIRAUD >>> | http://pierrelebricoleur.blogspot.com >>> | http://www.flickr.com/photos/pierregiraud >>> ------------------------------------------------------------- >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> HOT mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/hot >> >> _______________________________________________ >> HOT mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/hot > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 6 > Date: Wed, 20 Jun 2012 06:22:46 +0700 > From: Kate Chapman <[email protected]> > To: hot <[email protected]> > Subject: [HOT] Membership Survey (Final comments before sending out) > Message-ID: > <cagn7moopkb2z7o+8o5apx24+qa0edhot_po_x7o3jqcjghr...@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > Hi All, > > I went and gave another edit to the Membership survey: > https://hackpad.com/lD7tOgNVNLR#*HOT-Membership-Survey-Questions > > Remember I'm soliciting feedback, this isn't the actual survey you > would take. I'll send that out in Survey Monkey or something. > > Nothing in this survey is a vote, the intent is to help provide > guidance of what HOT should focus. For example in this survey was are > not voting on what license we should adopt for data, software, etc. > I'm looking for input as to if we should have that discussion and > vote. > > The HOT membership is pretty diverse and from a lot of cultural and > technical backgrounds, so I think it is important if there are issues > that the group wants to focus on that we have time to discuss and work > through them before we would have a vote. > > Hope that makes sense, > > -Kate > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 7 > Date: Wed, 20 Jun 2012 10:06:16 +0700 > From: Kate Chapman <[email protected]> > To: hot <[email protected]> > Subject: [HOT] HOT Chat > Message-ID: > <CAGn7mOphfL0cNV0L9N8+t2y1QQxE_d6o-jarUDXxOj0_o=8...@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > Just a reminder there is a HOT chat tomorrow at 11pm GMT on Wednesday. > > http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Humanitarian_OSM_Team/HOT_Chats > > Please join if you are able. > > We can discuss the proposed survey, the open positions that are > posted, the upcoming Understanding Risk conference, or anything else > that people are interested. > > Best, > > -Kate > > > > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > HOT mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/hot > > > End of HOT Digest, Vol 28, Issue 16 > *********************************** _______________________________________________ HOT mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/hot
