Well said, Douglas,
I think the key to helping new mappers,
especially at mapathons and for HOT activations,
is preparation. It's important that we have
photos, slides and other teaching materials ready
for mapathons. Luckily, much of what is needed to
teach new mappers the basics of iD is available already at learnosm.org.
In addition, for Missing Maps or HOT
activations, I try to give context and
orientation using photos of how the area looks at
ground level so mappers know what they are
looking at in aerial imagery. Visual orientation really helps new mappers.
I also teach basic principles of OSM:
--If you're not sure, don't map it (with
some wiggle room in crisis situations with limited imagery). Ask for help.
--NEVER add any map data that is not in the public domain ... NEVER
--Use caution. Don't delete anything
unless you are sure. If you're not sure, check
with the mapathon staff or the mapper who added it
I'm doing training for a mapathon at
UCLA tomorrow. In addition to teaching iD, I'll
give a short background session, with slides, on
the area and the social situation behind the
mapping (in this case female genital mutilation,
child brides and sexual violence in Tanzania).
With preparation and having experienced
people available to answer questions, new mappers can do a good job.
Charlotte
At 10:12 PM 11/14/2016, you wrote:
Dear community members,
While at the
<http://i2ifacility.org/Spatial_Data/>spatial
data workshop a few days back in Tanzania, there
was unique feedback from some of the people and
organisations who have used OSM data: they
greatly appreciated the quality of the data in
OSM: buildings, roads, and business information,
e.t.c thanks to the Ramani Huria team, and
community members who are doing the mapping.
This <http://www.worldpop.org.uk/>data is being
used for analysis, insight generation and maps!!
However, the need for more quality data was also
echoed as a very important aspect needed in all these efforts.
A while back there was a discussion on new
mappers, and generally making wrong edits to
OSM, especially during need for maps and data in
critical situations: considering that mapping
for flood resilience scaled to involve new
community members/mappers whose data is now
proving useful, and good quality, i think we
should always guide, understand, and help out
any new mappers who might make mistakes, as with
time their contributions will be helpful.
Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team
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