I can't think of a case where a validator would need any special instructions for a project that aren't the same as supplied to a mapper.
I feel there is a requirement for guidelines for validators but these are more general, and I've sent you a copy as a separate email since they haven't been translated into polically correct jargon so I don't feel they are appropiate for the general list. Thare are a number of ways that validation is looked upon. The project manager's view through the training courses has a different emphasis than the way I look at it which is more from the data quality side. Catching and preventing errors by new mappers rather than fixing work that was done a year ago. Cheerio John On 12 February 2016 at 11:01, Daniel Specht <[email protected]> wrote: > > On 11 Feb 2016 15:49, "john whelan" <[email protected] > > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > > > In there somewhere in a wiki or some such where we can document > > validation, what works and why and what to look for? Perhaps put down > > some sort of service level agreement ie after validation we are only > > looking for what is requested in the instructions and for a JOSM > > validotian to be run. We expect 97% of settlements to be mapped type > > thing? That way people who wish to validate have something to feel > > confident about. > > > > We need to get more people into validation. > > > > Thanks > > > > Cheerio John > > John's right -- we need more people validating, and we can accomplish that > by explaining how to validate in the instructions, just as we explain how > to map in the instructions. The instructions should have two parts -- > what the customer wants, and what the customer needs. Currently the > instructions only describe what the customer wants. What the customer > needs, the (generally unstated) validation requirements, are at least as > important as the instructions themselves, and they won't be the same for > all projects any more than the instructions will. > > -- > Dan > > _______________________________________________ > HOT mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/hot > >
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