Yeah, all of that sounds good. What time do you want to do that on Saturday? I will set an alarm so hopefully I remember.
-AndrewBuck Sent from my iPhone > On Sep 11, 2014, at 7:19 PM, Heather Leson <[email protected]> wrote: > > Andrew, I was planning on doing what might be needed for the activation. In > seeing these posts, I thought perhaps the activation needed some > supplementary training items. I really defer to activation leads. (This can, > of course become a new email chain.) > > Here are some ideas that I came up with for HOT Digital Saturday (happy to > cowork): > > 1. Create some supplementary training materials - even a prime list of key > tags like huts, mines building on > https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Highway_Tag_Africa tips. Again, only if > you think it is a priority. This could be blogged or a shared gdoc. > > 2. Map the tiles in task manager (which are very important). > > 3. Update the wiki page with HOT activation milestones and any media > https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/2014_West_Africa_Ebola_Response > > Thanks so much > > heather > > > Heather Leson > [email protected] > Twitter: HeatherLeson > Blog: textontechs.com > >> On Thu, Sep 11, 2014 at 8:01 PM, Andrew Buck <[email protected]> wrote: >> What are you planning for sat morning? I am away from home but could skype >> or mumble and could easily put JOSM on a computer here. If you just need >> examples and advice on how to interpret stuff that works fine for me. >> >> -AndrewBuck >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >>> On Sep 11, 2014, at 6:05 PM, Heather Leson <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> Thanks. I am going to ping Andrew Buck. this is something I could do >>> Saturday morning if I have a complete list of what is needed. >>> >>> H >>> >>> Heather Leson >>> [email protected] >>> Twitter: HeatherLeson >>> Blog: textontechs.com >>> >>>> On Thu, Sep 11, 2014 at 1:04 PM, Claire Halleux >>>> <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> Hi Heather >>>> Definitely! That's the kind of material currently pushed by Blake Girardot >>>> and the Training WG, even if it's not done in a Gdoc but likely through >>>> the wiki, we are still gathering pictures and investigating licensing >>>> issues. >>>> Anyone who wants to help on this is welcome to join our discussion or >>>> meetings. >>>> >>>> Huts had been a bit part of a recurring discussion, which explains the >>>> specific posting. >>>> Thanks, >>>> >>>> Claire >>>> >>>> >>>> Claire Halleux >>>> Volunteer and Member of the Board >>>> +243 99 256 9980 (Kinshasa, DRC) >>>> Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team >>>> >>>> http://www.hotosm.org/ >>>> http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/2014_DRC_Ebola_Response >>>> >>>>> On Thu, Sep 11, 2014 at 3:59 PM, Heather Leson <[email protected]> >>>>> wrote: >>>>> Nick and others, >>>>> >>>>> Last week Andrew was helping someone identify and tag mines. Today, Nick >>>>> is explaining huts. >>>>> >>>>> Do you think that it would help to have a basic compilation of tags, >>>>> satellite screenshots and pictures to help guide new mappers for this >>>>> region? We could simply start a google doc for pictures, tags and just >>>>> keep adding it. >>>>> >>>>> It might help with accuracy. >>>>> >>>>> Let me know and I can help. >>>>> >>>>> heather >>>>> >>>>> Heather Leson >>>>> [email protected] >>>>> Twitter: HeatherLeson >>>>> Blog: textontechs.com >>>>> >>>>>> On Thu, Sep 11, 2014 at 9:44 AM, Nick Allen <[email protected]> >>>>>> wrote: >>>>>> Hi, >>>>>> >>>>>> A recent post on this list led me to investigate the tag building=hut. >>>>>> >>>>>> I'm not entirely sure that I remember it's history within HOT, but I >>>>>> believe many of us started using it on round thatched dwellings at the >>>>>> start of the Ebola outbreak. I've been creating a circle of the correct >>>>>> size and tagging the way as 'building=hut' in much the same way as we >>>>>> create a rectangle / polygon on a square sided structure and tag it >>>>>> building=yes. The info on the main tagging wiki at >>>>>> http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:building shows the tag being used >>>>>> on an area, not a node. >>>>>> >>>>>> I've had a quick look on overpassturbo for part of Liberia, and there >>>>>> are clusters of the tag, in some places on a node & in others on a >>>>>> polygon - on at least one occasion the node has a comment similar to '7 >>>>>> huts'. >>>>>> >>>>>> A quick query on taginfo for building=hut; >>>>>> All 832415, >>>>>> Node 8113 >>>>>> Way 824247 >>>>>> Relation 55 >>>>>> >>>>>> The purpose of creating the polygon was for the clever GIS folk to >>>>>> analyse and create population estimates, when used in conjunction with >>>>>> the landuse=residential polygon which needs to be traced fairly closely >>>>>> around the perimeter of the cluster of buildings to allow accurate >>>>>> estimates of population for a village / hamlet / town (Something to do >>>>>> with area calculations). I suspect that it is still being used for that >>>>>> purpose, and will continue to do so. Also if the building is traced it >>>>>> appears on the map, but if it is a node it does not. On the basis you >>>>>> can do a more accurate calculation on the area from the polygon & you >>>>>> can't do it on a node that could represent an unknown quantity of >>>>>> buildings I think we need; >>>>>> * When remote mapping an area, unless the task description says >>>>>> otherwise, create a polygon for the round dwelling and tag it >>>>>> building=hut >>>>>> * To ensure our own training & reference sites, such as wiki pages, >>>>>> LearnOSM and slide shows or other materials are up to date - if it's >>>>>> wrong & you can't fix it, at least highlight it so someone can. >>>>>> -- >>>>>> Nick >>>>>> Volunteer 'Tallguy' for >>>>>> https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Humanitarian_OSM_Team >>>>>> http://www.openstreetmap.org/user/Tallguy >>>>>> Treasurer, website & Bonus Ball admin for >>>>>> http://www.6thswanleyscouts.org.uk/ ([email protected]) >>>>>> >>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>> HOT mailing list >>>>>> [email protected] >>>>>> https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/hot >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> HOT mailing list >>>>> [email protected] >>>>> https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/hot >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> HOT mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/hot >
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