Hi Paul, No, I hadn't seen Nate's email. Fantastic. I'll definitely join the chat.
Thanks, Paul On 7 April 2017 at 11:56, Paul Uithol <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Paul, > > Did you happen to see the post by Nate from earlier today, on the > "Community chat for a field mapping management application"? We'll be > developing this over the coming months specifically to aid large scale > field mapping and data collection, and should be trialling it in our > current projects around the refugee crises in northern Uganda and Istanbul. > Would be great if you could join this chat. Following up, we could have an > additional chat with your team as well to gain a better understanding of > your requirements as well. > > Best, > Paul > > ~ sent from mobile > > > On Apr 7, 2017 13:43, "Paul Stewart" <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hello all, > > I work with GIS at MSF-UK. > > We are conducting a fairly grand-scale field survey in South Kivu in June. > We are collecting using OSM keys because we ultimately want the data in OSM > and for all. > > The survey will produce lots of data and we could do with help uploading > it to OSM. I am therefore creating a field data upload to OSM workflow for > volunteer mappers and which we hope will be tested by a group of Missing > Maps London mapathon attendees and JOSM users post-June. > > I am still very much thinking the workflow through, but it will > necessarily involve volunteers: > > - Downloading a .csv file with an OSM key header and values cleaned in > OpenRefine; > - Installing the OpenData plugin and opening the .csv file in JOSM; > - Installing the ToDo list plugin and adding the .csv file features to > ToDo list; > - And working through the .csv file features, referencing against > aerial imagery and OSM data and either adding keys and values to map > features or creating new map features. > > I think it would be great if this work was channeled through the HOT > Tasking Manager. There would be many advantages. Tasking Manager: > > - Would help portion up and distribute the work (could the .csv be > made downloadable from the Contribute tab?); > - Would ultimately allow contributions from around the world; > - Could host the step-by-step guide I am producing and > project-specific instructions; > - And would facilitate validation. > > I would love to chat with those fluent in the Tasking Manager to explore > the possibilities. > > Best, > > Paul Stewart > HOT and MSF-UK > > _______________________________________________ > HOT mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/hot > > >
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