On Wed, Jan 16, 2013 at 4:27 PM, Sam Larsen <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi, > > >> > That was something quite confusing about the task manager: you had to > login to do *anything*. I see on the dev server, that it's still a > requirement to login to browse the tasks. Is this really necessary? It > would be nicer if a login would be *only* necessary for "write" actions, > like locking/commenting ? > > > > > >You're right. Accessing a tile in read-only mode shouldn't require a > login. > >I'm not sure a user should be able to access a job without being logged > in. > > > > > > One thing i have come to realise after the fantastic!! updates to the > tasking manager over the last year or so (big pat on the back to all > involved) is that it is increasingly becoming easier to contribute to OSM > via the HOT tasking manager than through OSM itself! This really outlines > how effective the tasking manager has become, especially by providing the > mechanism to describe specific mapping tasks that need to be done and > guiding mappers (new or old) through the process of making an edit. OSM is > sometimes (mostly?) overwhelming for new mappers and i can see the tasking > manager being a really useful tool to get new mappers involved. > For that reason, i would request that we show much more data to non-logged > in users (i.e. potential OSM/HOT contributors). I realise this might not > be straightforward in terms of how it is technically implemented, but i > think it's needed all the same. Being able to access the entire platform > read-only will help to tell the story of how we map a place to new mappers > - except for maybe HOT acquired imagery urls or any other sensitive > information on the system. The 'Take the Tour' addition to the > platform definitely helps towards this goal, but i feel it is a bit general > and it would be nice to show *exactly* what we are doing *now*. > I'm sure there are lots of people who would be more interested in > contributing to a humanitarian project than an IT project; let's not kid > ourselves, sometimes people see OSM as an IT / Geeky crowd - many are put > off by this. That's where i think HOT can offer them a middle ground, they > get the opportunity to help a humanitarian cause while at the same time > becoming more OSM aware. Being able to link to a task (especially > immediately after a major disaster) on a social networking platform to show > people this what we are doing to help in a clear way (which is what the TM > provides) will enable them to explore our work and see that it's not > actually that complicated and they can get involved. > I think the next step after that is to integrate a new simplified > JavaScript editor (this is where i should pull my socks up and contribute > to something like ID[1] ;) for the kinds of editing that we do. > > Aside from all my outstanding requests, i am really impressed with the > rapid work on the platform, it seems every time i use it there is a new > helpful feature. Thanks to all who have contributed. > "All who have contributed" == "95% me" ;-) Patches and contributions are welcome. > > samlarsen1 > > [1]: http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/ID > -- ------------------------------------------------------------- | Pierre GIRAUD -------------------------------------------------------------
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