Ok althio, I'm having a look to the document, I have some chance to find some english speaking italian people to record an hangout. I'll let you know asap. Regards, LauraC
2015-05-07 9:47 GMT+02:00 Springfield Harrison <[email protected]>: > Hello Suzan, > > I am very new here and puzzled by some of the processes in place. > Not sure if I will even continue, there seems to be a fair bit of turmoil > not related to the earthquake. I received one e-mail from someone who said > this OSM initiative has only been going 10 years and was still a work in > progress! 10 years, and only now someone is starting to put together some > training materials? What has been going on? The instructional materials > that do exist also seem to be scattered among many sites and documents; I > have given up trying to keep track. I went through two introductory videos > on the simple editor which was fine and then fired up JOSM which looks > quite daunting, even for someone experienced with GIS. > > I'm still not clear why an emergency response project would need > building footprints, especially when it is so labour intensive to create > and then correct them. There seem to be some odd priorities, but then I > certainly don't know the whole picture. > > Thanks, Cheers . . . . . . . . Spring > > > > At 07-05-2015 00:30 Thursday, Suzan Reed wrote: > >> Training My major problem with the current training, it's long, boring, >> and slow. A Quick Start Guide would be perfect for someone like me. A video >> with this information would be great. I could not go through the training >> because it went too slow, so I missed some information, but found the >> process for someone like me who works in Photoshop pretty easy and >> intuitive, but I'm not a usual newbie. An orientation video for the area >> being mapped. I don't think many mappers know what buildings in remote >> areas of Nepal look like, or that villages are spread out over a big area, >> or that paths just end and do not connect in rural Nepal. A video with >> still and moving images I believe would be a big help. People could then >> see buildings are not square, built out of piles of rocks, and are often >> two stories tall with animals below and people above. Roofs are tin, or >> packed earth. If mappers could see this I think they would do a better job >> mapping. The video could also go over other details of the project. I'd be >> willing to help with this. Mentors I have connected with someone who is my >> mentor and checks my work. Think it would be great if every newbie could >> have a mentor, or a group of mentors to submit work to. Correcting other's >> work We all want to do a good job, but I don't think the training gives the >> most important information up front, i.e. make buildings the right size and >> square. I've just deleted and redrawn about 100 buildings that were not >> square nor did they fit on the image footprint. The mappers probably >> thought a rough polygon would let people know a building existed in that >> spot, but that's not what's needed. Same with paths that didn't conform to >> the image. How to do it right would be so helpful if included in the >> training up front. I don't think most people have the patience to go >> through slow training, or my DVD wouldn't have come with a Quick Start >> Guide! I'm a Newbie, and I recommend newbies be limited to drawing >> buildings and adding roads and paths. Experts should draw Residential Areas >> in rural areas and note forests and other features. I've corrected hundreds >> of buildings and paths. It's a waste of time and energy for the original >> mapper and the person correcting. We all want to do a good job or we >> wouldn't be spending hours mapping. Hope this helps. Cheers! Suzan On May >> 6, 2015, at 11:10 PM, Laura Camellini wrote: Hi all, as I suggested some >> days ago, I'd like to add these video training (while done) to a moodle >> course, And maybe be able to synch the moodle course training with the task >> manager permission to edit maps. Do you think this could help you with your >> tasks? Regards, LauraC 2015-05-07 3:16 GMT+02:00 Mhairi O'Hara < >> [email protected]>: Dear Hotties, Please see the e-mail from Pete >> Masters from the Missing Maps project: We are thinking about putting >> together some video training resources for HOT mapping for newbies. No >> concrete plans yet, just getting some thoughts together. There's a shared >> doc here, where we're collecting ideas for the individual modules. Please >> feel free to add your thoughts and, even better, to encourage newbies to >> identify where there are most needs for training materials... >> https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Mo82sCLLnP30SsgRO1VIpGxezWcQhAQ_HxEpCEPh89o/edit?usp=sharing >> Cheers, Pete -- Pete Masters Missing Maps Project Coordinator +44 7921 >> 781 518 missingmaps.org @pedrito1414 @theMissingMaps >> facebook.com/MissingMapsProject -- Mhairi O'Hara Technical Project >> Manager Email: [email protected] Indonesian Mobile: +62 822 4701 >> 1475 Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team Using OpenStreetMap for >> Humanitarian Response & Economic Development >> _______________________________________________ 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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