Tyler, I just log my ideas/suggestions on github.
Mike On Thu, Oct 13, 2016 at 2:58 PM, Tyler Radford <[email protected]> wrote: > Phil, Robert, John, Mike, others have come up with some really great ideas > pertaining to Tasking Manager improvements. > > Please log them or add to already existing requests here so we don't lose > them! https://github.com/hotosm/osm-tasking-manager2/issues > > One of the big visions for the future Tasking Manager is to better guides > mappers having the right skills to the right job. > > Thanks for all the thoughtful and creative ideas. > > *Tyler Radford* > Executive Director > [email protected] > @TylerSRadford > > *Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team* > *Using OpenStreetMap for Humanitarian Response & Economic Development* > web <http://hotosm.org/> | twitter <https://twitter.com/hotosm> | facebook > <https://www.facebook.com/hotosm> | donate <http://hotosm.org/donate> > > > On Thu, Oct 13, 2016 at 1:32 PM, Autre Planete <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Thanks , Listened to you,Mike Thompson! >> >> On Thu, Oct 13, 2016 at 9:13 PM, Mike Thompson <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> Two situations that a new mapper may face: >>> 1) Task area with nothing, or very little, mapped. >>> This *should* be pretty easy. For example, in the case of buildings: >>> draw building, square it, tag it as a building, don't draw two buildings >>> over lapping each other. However, despite verbal instruction, >>> demonstrations, and written instructions, many get it wrong. My conclusion >>> is human learning is more complex than many of us assume (hence the need >>> for professional educators in our society). We may need to adjust our >>> training (both online and in person) to be more effective. Just providing >>> the information is not enough. >>> >>> 2) Task area has already been partially mapped, either outside of the >>> tasking manager, as part of a previous project, or as part of the current >>> project where another mapper didn't finish. >>> Essentially we are asking the mapper in question to be a validator, >>> because we expect that when he or she marks the task as done, they are >>> saying that all of the mapping is done according to the instructions, not >>> just the mapping he or she did. This can be very difficult for a new >>> mapper, especially without the tools in JOSM. For example, if the >>> instructions call for buildings to be square, they have to pan the entire >>> task looking for buildings where is in JOSM, I put all buildings into the >>> to do list and step through them (I could also search for ways tagged as >>> buildings with less than a certain number of nodes and square them all at >>> once). >>> >>> Ideas: >>> * Have the tasking manager require a mapper to open (no way of knowing >>> if they actually read them) their messages before they can do checkout >>> another tasks. >>> * Have tasking manager forward messages to mapper's email account. >>> * Require that a mapper at least visits the "instructions" tab before >>> checking out a task. >>> * Enhance project instructions to cover "edge cases". For example, >>> should buildings under construction be mapped? Should existing features be >>> spatially adjusted to the preferred imagery source, or should the imagery >>> be adjusted to them? >>> * Enhance project instructions to have links to examples (some of the >>> Africa projects already do this). "Not sure what a building under >>> construction looks like? Click here for some examples." "Not sure how to >>> adjust imagery offset in iD? Click here for instructions." >>> * Mapathons should not be held without experienced mappers present who >>> are willing to spend the entire event going from person to person to check >>> on their work and answer any questions. We need many different people to >>> make this work, and if someone just wants to be an organizer that is great, >>> but they should ensure experienced mappers are in attendance. >>> * Some sort of online way to quickly give feedback as soon as a save is >>> made such that it is not necessary to wait until a task is marked as done. >>> >>> Mike >>> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> HOT mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/hot >> >> >
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