+1 on the validation comments. I'd be more than happy to validate but didn't know how to get started (and I'm conscious that not being a calibrated validator would cause much pain for the organisations relying on the data).
Would be great if there was a way for bootstrapping validators so they can come up to speed quickly (some sort of feedback loop from experienced validators / project leads would be useful I think). Donal On 25 Feb 2017 9:28 am, "Ralf Stephan" <[email protected]> wrote: > Very good. I support these suggestions. > > Regards, > > On Sat, Feb 25, 2017 at 9:43 AM Florian Niel <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> In December 2016 I found HOT by accident and started contributing. Now I >> have seen some different types of projects and want to give feedback >> about the tasking manager. >> >> 1) Information for new users: >> I think it is really good. The system with the description and the >> instrucions first is really helpful. Maybe some images of the most >> common mistakes plus how it should be done in the instructions window >> would help the not English speaking mappers to avoid mistakes. >> >> 2) Questions about a project >> I wish there was a comment section for every project where anyone can >> ask general questions. For example if I realize that same things are >> being mapped differently, I coud ask how it should be done and everybody >> would see the answer. Right now I can just send a personal note to the >> project manager or ask the question in the square-comment-box. Both ways >> are not helpful to other mappers as they cannot see it. >> For the Aweil project this possibility exists as a separate website >> (https://www.openstreetmap.org/user/JanBohmMSF/diary/40072) and has been >> very helpful for me and other mappers. >> >> 3) Information for validators >> I soon started validating easy projects after some weeks. I thought I >> had seen enough and tried to do like the other validators. I did not >> know about the wiki page for validation (I just found it today). It >> would have been great if the tasking manager had showed me the link to >> the wiki or other useful information for validators when I clicked the >> "Review the work" button the first time. >> Or even better, provide a second button next to the "Review the work" >> button which says something like "Validation instructions" which directs >> you to the validation wiki page (or something similar, but >> project-specific). I think this would encourage more mappers to start >> validating. >> >> Best, >> Florian >> >> _______________________________________________ >> HOT mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/hot >> > > _______________________________________________ > HOT mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/hot > >
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