Thank you for being the 95%! Though if people want to help in development I'm sure Pierre would not mind.
-Kate On Thu, Jan 17, 2013 at 12:23 AM, Pierre GIRAUD <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > 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 > ------------------------------------------------------------- > > _______________________________________________ > HOT mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/hot > _______________________________________________ HOT mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/hot
