Dear all,
This is an interesting topic, I think what is important is to focus on
how the data will be useful for responders & communities on the ground.
On some requests (particularly for humanitarian operations), what we
really need is to obtain a first overview of an area (villages & roads)
fast. I've sometimes tried to put the focus on it using the instructions
(e.g. the projects 1343 <http://tasks.hotosm.org/project/1343> or 1262
<http://tasks.hotosm.org/project/1262>), however on both tasks I saw new
mappers spending a lot of time tracing buildings whereas it wasn't
necessary (yet), and (sometimes very) experienced mappers unvalidating
tiles because a track was missing on a corner of a task. Although the
latter were right to do so in absolute, in both case it wasn't really
helping the task being completed faster (since lots of new mapper then
spend time working again and again on the same task to get it perfect).
My question is: how can we better highlight when a project is a "first
pass" for which it is admissible to miss a few details in order for the
project to be completed faster? And an additional one: on some projects
part of the area to cover doesn't have imagery good enough to trace,
could it be useful to add a button to specify that (different than
marking it done & leaving it unmarked) to avoid several people looking
at it again and again?
Thanks & best regards.
--
Martin Noblecourt
*[email protected] | Bureau/Office: +33 (0)4 79 26 28 82 | Skype:
martin.noblecourt*
CartONG - Mapping and information management for humanitarian
organizations | Cartographie et gestion de l'information pour les
organisations humanitaires
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Message: 3
Date: Sat, 5 Dec 2015 20:28:50 +0100
From: Blake Girardot <[email protected]>
To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]>
Subject: [HOT] Projects on the HOT OSM Tasking Manager - lots of them
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Hi everyone,
Dale, among others have been working to update and review all the
current projects on HOT's main OSM Tasking Manager:
http://tasks.hotosm.org/
After much work on their part, a lot of projects have shifted up in the
list.
If you have not had a chance to visit the tasking manager lately, it
would be a great time to do so as there are a lot of new mapping
projects and existing projects that need mapping.
We really need more regular mappers as we get more and more requests for
HOT mapping. HOT and OSM's value is being recognized by more and more
humanitarian organizations and we are very challenged to keep up with
the requests we get. Any amount of time you can donate to mapping is
very helpful.
Tweeting and Facebooking out the MapGive "Why Map?" video would also
make a huge impact. They have easy to click twitter and facebook links
on their why map page:
http://mapgive.state.gov/why-map/
And there are links to the learn to map videos they make as well.
And of course, while you are tweeting and sharing about HOT, please help
spread the word about our first ever direct fundraising effort:
https://donate.hotosm.org/
Cheers,
Blake
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