Ralph,
Thanks for the offer of help - you're likely to see a request for help
approaching the 30th September when we have another Missing Maps Project
Mapathon in London.
I'm really hoping that Blake can make progress on a guide to satellite
imagery - it's been on my todo list for some time, but I'm conscious
I've started many things and it would be good if I actually finished a
few of them. Although I agree that starting new mappers with crisp
images would be good, I think it would be good to include a few fuzzy
ones in the guide to show what you have to deal with sometimes -
educated guessing?
At the moment I'm not intending to contact mappers who have not marked
as complete the squares they have opened. There can be genuine reasons -
it's happened to me several times. It can also be a question of
confidence & I don't want to frighten anyone away. If we can get a trial
area, and the trial works, then this may largely solve the problem. I
think also that the general discussion will have raised awareness & that
can make a difference as well.
Thanks again
Nick
(Tallguy)
On 09/09/14 17:53, AYTOUN RALPH wrote:
Hi Nick,
I have been mapping the Africa HOT projects and am familiar with the
'on the ground' knowledge of some parts of Africa.
I like your idea for assisting the new mappers and agree that some of
the image material is pretty difficult to map due to various
reasons...cloud cover, fuzzy images or overcrowded towns and slum
areas to mention some.
Choosing easier areas with sharp images would help the new mappers to
get the feel of the work and build up confidence, and having feedback
for their work early on would help them to know if they are doing the
right thing or not.
To this end I am willing to give you a hand in helping new mappers to
read the imagery, create more complex building shapes and the use of
basic tags. Please let me know if there is anything I can do to help.
I have come across the increasing problem of mappers not happy about
marking squares as done, I have gone to numerous squares and apart
from a few tweaks there is nothing left to do, but a number of mappers
have opened that square, looked around and then unlocked it again. I
feel guilty marking those squares as done when I have hardly done any
work on them. Should we contact the person that has done the most work
and tell them they have done well and could they please go back in and
mark it as done so they get the credit for closing it?
Regards
Ralph
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