Hi, Just wanted to take the time to congratulate the team on this. Our tweet about it got over 20 retweets and 2500 views [1] (which is a lot for an account with little over 500 followers), and I even saw my boss swiping away at work (because of my own retweet). I hope it gets the exposure it deserves, as it's not just fun and useful, but also improves the sat pic reading skills of our future new mappers.
I would love to get my hands on the generated data. Do some tiles get checked twice (and what is the correlation between swipers)? Is there a higher incidence of "unsure" tiles in some tasks, indicating harder to read pictures? [1] https://twitter.com/osm_be/status/753959061796843520 2016-07-13 15:57 GMT+02:00 Pete Masters <[email protected]>: > Hi all, how are you? > > You might have heard mention of a new tool we are planning to launch on > Friday called MapSwipe. It's a Missing Maps initiative, developed by MSF, > designed to support OSM / HOT mapping. The idea is that people swipe > through imagery on their phones and identify areas with specified features > (roads, buildings, etc). The resulting data can then be plugged into the > tasking manager, meaning mappers have less empty bush, jungle, desert to > scan through, meaning we can all get on with mapping a bit quicker. > > This is a first instance funded by MSF, so we will start off with Missing > Maps tasks in there, but we hope to soon open it up to others. The code is > also all on github. > > The app will be available on Friday, but there is a landing page already > ready [1 <http://mapswipe.org/>] and I also did an interview on the BBC > world service show, Click, last night [2 > <http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p040g4qr>] in case you want to have a > listen. > > When it comes to the launch on Friday, we would love your support in > getting the word out. The possibilities of using this kind of tool at scale > are fascinating and your help amplifying the message would be superb. > > If you have any questions, just give me a shout! > > Cheers, > > Pete > > > > [1] http://mapswipe.org/ > [2] http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p040g4qr > > > > *Pete Masters* > Missing Maps Project Coordinator > +44 7921 781 518 > > missingmaps.org <http://www.missingmaps.org/> > > *@pedrito1414* <https://twitter.com/TheMissingMaps> > *@theMissingMaps* <https://twitter.com/TheMissingMaps> > *facebook.com/MissingMapsProject* > <https://www.facebook.com/MissingMapsProject> > > _______________________________________________ > HOT mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/hot > > -- Joost @ Openstreetmap <http://www.openstreetmap.org/user/joost%20schouppe/> | Twitter <https://twitter.com/joostjakob> | LinkedIn <https://www.linkedin.com/pub/joost-schouppe/48/939/603> | Meetup <http://www.meetup.com/OpenStreetMap-Belgium/members/97979802/>
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