Right, I guess I was looking for more specific user feedback. I've never heard of one instance where the OSM mapping was actually used by a helicopter crew or a ground crew was guided around a landslide. I guess it may have happened.
I was surprised that I could plunge in to verifying helipads with no screening, certification or experience! A bit too loose I feel . . . Cheers . . . . . Spring Samsung Tab 4 On May 29, 2015 12:42 AM, "Suzan Reed" <[email protected]> wrote: > I agree, Spring. However, knowing I was contributing to helping real > people and possibly even saving lives, that was enough of a reward for me. > > An intake funnel would be helpful to HOT and to the new contributor. > Specific learning materials, a way to test those newly learned skills, and > then a way to route people to tasks overseen by a community of dedicated > expert mappers that can give positive feedback? Priceless, as they say. > > Suzan > > > On May 28, 2015, at 11:26 PM, Springfield Harrison wrote: > > Agreed. For HOT mapping at least, OSM management is heavily challenged in > three areas: > • a large, untrained workforce, high in enthusiasm, low in skills > (in general) > • a relatively demanding, high tech task requiring some knowledge > (or even a lot) of computing and aerial photo interpretation > • relatively low job satisfaction, in that the results of the > volunteers' work is not immediately tangible or visible > To succeed in the face of the above factors requires a huge > training and guidance system that leads the volunteer painlessly from task > to task and ultimately to some sort of rewarding experience. Without that > supporting structure, the initial enthusiasm will peter out very quickly. > Many volunteers probably found OSM by chance/Google search and could easily > move on to something else. > > GIS by the masses has many challenges. > > Thanks, Cheers . . . . . . . . Spring Harrison > > > At 28-05-2015 22:07 Thursday, Shawn K. Quinn wrote: > > On Thu, 2015-05-28 at 12:57 +0000, Rekth K wrote: > Hi all, > > Thank > you for all your welcoming messages! > > I'd like to ask a question on what > type(s) of user(s) to take into > consideration when testing for usability > and suggesting improvements. In > other words, for what level of experience > am I supposed to optimise the > Tasking Manager? Should it be for first > time visitors, those who land on > the hotosm page and do not know what HOT > is? Or should the usability > testing lean towards fully experienced users > and their needs? At the risk of sounding slightly elitist, I really think > we should mostly assume at least minimally experienced users who have at > least done some armchair mapping in their country and/or local area mapping > partially aided by aerials. I say this for two practical reasons: 1. A > humanitarian mapping project is not the time and place to learn how to > properly use iD or JOSM. 2. The quality of work tends to correlate > positively with level of mapping experience. -- Shawn K. Quinn < > [email protected]> _______________________________________________ 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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