But also we can talk in more detials during the OSCAL conference I will be there over the weekend so if anyone want to talk about OSM - HOT, even other things I can share whatever they want.
On Tue, Apr 14, 2015 at 3:50 PM, Besfort Guri <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear all, > > We talked a lot for this issues, what I suggest for Albania is a Mapathon > for over the weekend in Tirana. > > Thanks, > Besfort > > On Sat, Apr 11, 2015 at 2:07 PM, Luca Paolo Pescatore < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> Things Lab >> >> https://www.facebook.com/ThingsLabTirana >> >> Is the group that I am supporting now, one of the member of the lab wants >> to work with OSM. >> >> I will put him in contact with you. >> >> On Fri, Apr 10, 2015 at 2:53 PM, Mike Dupont < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Howdy, >>> >>> check out openlabs.com which is a group who is working on open source >>> and knowledge projects in Albania. >>> >>> in 2010 I was working on the flooding in Shokder, work page here with >>> some non dead links. >>> https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/AlbanianFloodingCrisisCamp >>> >>> We have a mailing list with many users from Kosovo on it, there might be >>> some from Albania. >>> https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/gis-kosova >>> >>> mike >>> >>> >>> On Fri, Apr 10, 2015 at 4:54 AM, malenki <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> About a month ago I stumbled over some beginners mapping in Tirana >>>> (capital of Albania). >>>> Though the edits were not too useful they were tagged with >>>> #hotosm-project-926 #PeaceCorps #PeaceCorpsAlbania source=Bing >>>> so I thought to do nothing for the time being since the connected task >>>> http://tasks.hotosm.org/project/926 said >>>> | The Peace Corps Program in Tirana is training Volunteers […] >>>> But after a month the data isn't changed/corrected and my message¹ to >>>> the creator of the task sent on 24th of March still is not answered. >>>> >>>> A mentioning of the issue on IRC on March 28th also don't give results. >>>> >>>> My view of the issue is: >>>> Which worth has a "training" when the trainees don't get feedback? >>>> The creator of the task (which I assume the trainer) hasn't made a >>>> single edit in Albania. >>>> The data created during the task wasn't enhanced after creating it. >>>> >>>> Now I'd like to hand over the "issue" to people with more experience >>>> in HOT. >>>> >>>> Regards >>>> Thomas >>>> >>>> ¹ The message I sent: >>>> >>>> Mirëdita [Albanian "good day"] $User >>>> >>>> you created HOT task 926¹ for training volunteers in Albania. >>>> >>>> I welcome people mapping a country I really like and of course HOT is >>>> an invaluable program. But when you are /training/ people you should >>>> also teach them how to do stuff and give feedback to what they mapped. >>>> Else they may produce just a lot of unhelpful data. >>>> >>>> I didn't investigate on purpose but so far I stumbled over following >>>> issues: >>>> >>>> duplicate houses (mapped by the same mapper >>>> https://www.osm.org/#map=21/41.3330021/19.7839432 >>>> houses with offset to its basements >>>> https://www.osm.org/#map=20/41.333141/19.782218 >>>> houses drawn over highways >>>> https://www.osm.org/#map=20/41.333141/19.782218 >>>> ways of outlines only tagged with area=yes e.g.: >>>> https://www.osm.org/#map=19/41.334339/19.788208 >>>> In Tirana I found 103 ways which were tagged this way and >>>> belong to HOT task 926. >>>> >>>> I also found a highway=road dragged over a correct highway which I just >>>> corrected in the hope that the other stuff would be vanish due to a >>>> training supervisor - which didn't happen. >>>> >>>> Please tell your trainees that, when they map the outline of a roof, >>>> they should afterwards drag it to the ground floor of the building. The >>>> higher the building the worse the offset due to the sloped angle of the >>>> aerial photograph. Please also tell them about the function "make >>>> rectangular" which every editor has. (When using JOSM, don't forget to >>>> mention the plugin "buildings_tools" (which enables drawing and tagging >>>> a house with two clicks) and the extrude tool). >>>> >>>> Best Regards from Germany >>>> Thomas >>>> >>>> ¹ http://tasks.hotosm.org/project/926 >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> HOT mailing list >>>> [email protected] >>>> https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/hot >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> James Michael DuPont >>> Member of Free Libre Open Source Software Kosova http://www.flossk.org >>> Saving Wikipedia(tm) articles from deletion >>> http://SpeedyDeletion.wikia.com >>> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> HOT mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/hot >> >> > > > -- > > *Besfort Guri* > GIS Developer > > *IRuSP - Implemtation and Enforcement of* > *Rural Planning Project* > > +386 49 87 75 75 > Blog: http://www.bguri.net > > An EU funded project managed by > EU Office in Kosovo > Implemented by NIRAS in consortium with DLG and INSI > > Address: Str Shaban Polluzha, No 3, Prishtina, Kosovo > > > -- *Besfort Guri* GIS Developer *IRuSP - Implemtation and Enforcement of* *Rural Planning Project* +386 49 87 75 75 Blog: http://www.bguri.net An EU funded project managed by EU Office in Kosovo Implemented by NIRAS in consortium with DLG and INSI Address: Str Shaban Polluzha, No 3, Prishtina, Kosovo
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