Hello all. I have just signed up and this conversation seemed a good
time to jump in. I went through all the learning materials and had a go
at a tile. Of course having a go led to more questions. One of my main
concerns is just how I make the judgement of "this stream is too small
to map", and how much I should try and guess about roads/paths surface
etc. It would be really helpful for me if there was a field guide about
what the features I am looking at might be considered roads or paths
etc. I am trolling through the list archives to see if some of my
questions are already answered, but that's tedious! I would actually
like a test/mentoring system, then at least I would know if I'm rubbish
or not! I work in EM, and do my own basic GIS stuff, I consider myself
educated generally. But understanding classifications of unfamiliar
infrastructure is beyond my ken.
Thanks,
Shelby
On 29/05/2015 5:37 PM, Suzan Reed wrote:
When I came on board, I wondered why there weren't learning materials I had to
study, and then a test to be sure I was ready to map. (There are people who put
that kind of material together, and I know someone who does just that.)
I also wondered why I was able to contribute to any task instead to being
routed to tasks meant especially for newcomers, with a mentoring team watching
over my work, giving me suggestions for improvements.
Required reading and a mapping test? Routing newbies to tasks where they are
reviewed by mentors? I would have liked that.
Suzan
On May 28, 2015, at 10:07 PM, 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.
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