I've seen all the discussion recently about new mappers and I just wanted to chime in as a new mapper. I have tried once or twice to make sure that I was doing the right thing, but ultimately have not felt confident to continue mapping. I'm pretty tech oriented so normally I would just jump in on this kind of thing. I hate doing things wrong and creating work for people, so after trying a couple, I was not sure if I was even helping. I figured out adding buildings and squaring them up, but then I didn't know if it was "okay" to only do a few buildings in an area and check it back in.
I am getting more experience in satellite imagery for work, so some of it may have been lack of confidence in the imagery - I didn't know if I should mark it as a building if in doubt, or if I should leave it alone. Again, after seeing more of it, I feel more comfortable now, but satellite imagery is a learned skill as well. I've never found a good tutorial that I felt really walked through everything, but as stated in some of the notes, I have a hard time spending 2 hours on training (although if it was all inclusive and straight forward, I would consider it). I still don't know if there is an area to go for new mappers that shows how to do things. I really like the comment on the feedback loop. If I could have sent my area and changes to be reviewed and get feedback on what I was doing, I would have done that. Glad to see people trying to address this. Regards, Josh ******************* PLEASE NOTE ******************* This message, along with any attachments, is for the designated recipient(s) only and may contain privileged, proprietary, or otherwise confidential information. If this message has reached you in error, kindly destroy it without review and notify the sender immediately. Any other use of such misdirected e-mail by you is prohibited. Where allowed by local law, electronic communications with Zurich and its affiliates, including e-mail and instant messaging (including content), may be scanned for the purposes of information security and assessment of internal compliance with company policy.
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