Hi John, Both possibilities exist. You can 'reserve' a bunch of tile to work on while off line, or you can work online.
It's easy to install it and play with it. Polyglot 2017-03-26 18:23 GMT+02:00 john whelan <[email protected]>: > So what you're saying is it can scan about as fast as JOSM using > <crtl><down arrow>. Does it require an online connection or can it > precharge so someone can do it on the bus and upload the results when it > gets near WiFi? > > Thanks John > > On 26 March 2017 at 12:05, Pete Masters <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Hi all, late to the party, but here are my two cents... >> >> MapSwipe, anecdotally for now, does save mappers' time. In an area where >> little OSM data exists, it can target mappers' efforts where people (or >> roads or rivers) exist. In the kind of rural landscapes we deal with a lot >> in MSF areas of interest, this cuts down the amount of time spent >> 'scanning' for stuff to map significantly. And, MapSwipe users can get >> through a large area super fast. >> >> In the Sierra Leone projects we used it slightly differently. We knew >> that Kenema district had been partly mapped through several other >> initiatives (Ebola mapping and the American Red Cross West Africa project >> for example). We wanted comprehensive data in OSM, so we tasked the area in >> MapSwipe and cross referenced the results with existing OSM data. Where >> MapSwipers said 'yes, there is a building' but none existed in OSM the area >> would be tasked for mapping. Where MapSwipers said 'yes, there is a >> building' and building data existed in OSM, we discounted the area from the >> tasking. Meaning that mappers were applying affords only where there were >> gaps in the data. >> >> I hope that is of interest. Couple of related points... >> >> Each area is classified by three different users in MapSwipe, not four. >> >> Paul Stewart wrote up the process for using Mapswipe to deduplicate >> mapping efforts through the tasking manager >> http://www.openstreetmap.org/user/pjstewart1984/diary/40710 >> >> Disastermappers write here about how to access MapSwipe data and how they >> process it https://disastermappers.wordpress.com/2016/11/16/integrating >> -mapswipe-and-hot-tasking-manager-first-task-online/ >> >> HOT Summit presentation on MapSwipe and pybossa >> https://youtu.be/pRZ_mWn0Lmc >> >> Cheers, >> >> Pete >> >> >> >> >> >> On 26 Mar 2017 15:47, "Jo" <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> It's definitely useful to save actual mapper's time. For validation I'm >>> not sure it would be a big help. >>> >>> Op 26 mrt. 2017 3:12 p.m. schreef "john whelan" <[email protected]>: >>> >>>> Would we be better ahead by using something like mapswipe to validate? >>>> If a tile is OK there is no need to add to the map from the tool. If three >>>> mappers tick it then I would say its good to go. >>>> >>>> The current system we use four mappers to mapswipe, then a conventional >>>> mapper to map followed by a validator. Six passes to get a validated >>>> tile. The other way would give you one in four passes three of which would >>>> be on smartphones. >>>> >>>> Cheerio John >>>> >>>> On 26 March 2017 at 09:01, john whelan <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>>> But does it address the concern about how much effort is expended >>>>> compared to the value added? >>>>> >>>>> Cheerio John >>>>> >>>>> On 26 March 2017 at 08:44, Ralf Stephan <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Search is your friend. Searching for Mapswipe yields eg >>>>>> http://tasks.hotosm.org/project/2521 >>>>>> where clearly the tiles are preselected. Also the description: "The >>>>>> data are prepared by MapSwipe" >>>>>> >>>>>> Regards, >>>>>> >>>>>> On Sun, Mar 26, 2017 at 2:40 PM john whelan <[email protected]> >>>>>> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> I seem to recall the same area is mapswiped by four different people >>>>>>> before a mapper maps it. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Other than the size of the tile or which area to give priority to I >>>>>>> think the advantage is that people can do it anywhere on a smartphone. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> I would hesitate to say if it is worth doing or not. In future >>>>>>> there might be a way to bring something into OSM via a review process. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Cheerio John >>>>>>> >>>>>>> On 26 March 2017 at 08:22, Hakuch <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> On 26.03.2017 14:13, john whelan wrote: >>>>>>> > My understanding is that mapswipe is only used to identify where >>>>>>> to map. >>>>>>> > Not to contribute to the map. >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > Cheerio John >>>>>>> >>>>>>> of course there is no data transmitted to OSM, but how is the data (I >>>>>>> mean, marked tiles) used after I transmitted it? 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