Re: [HOT] HOT Tech WG Meeting 01.2015

2015-01-12 Thread Dražen Odobašić
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 Hi everyone, this is just a short reminder that TWG 01.2015 will start on IRC #hot in couple of hours. Dražen On 08.01.2015 15:25, Dražen Odobašić wrote: Hi everyone, I guess we should get back to regular TWG meetings, Training Working group

Re: [HOT] The number of projects we have open and the completion rate.

2015-01-12 Thread Russell Deffner
John and all, This is probably more of a human resource issue than technical, although technical improvements can make it easier on us. I think it comes down to the coordinators, unfortunately no matter how much we improve things like the Tasking Manager, we will still need dedicated

[HOT] Activation Working Group meeting

2015-01-12 Thread Severin Menard
Hi, Just a reminder the Activation Working Group meeting will happen tomorrow at 14 UTC, as we will be the 2nd Tuesday of the month, on the #hot IRC channel on OFTC. Click here http://irc.openstreetmap.org/ if you do not have an IRC client, put an nickname and select the #hot channel at the very

Re: [HOT] Mapping in Dhaka, Bangladesh!

2015-01-12 Thread john whelan
There seems to be an alignment problem, the Bing imagery doesn't exactly match the Next View imagery. Cheerio John On 12 January 2015 at 18:10, Jorieke Vyncke jorieke.vyn...@gmail.com wrote: Hi HOT mappers! Next week HOT will start mapping in the field again! Under the umbrella of the

[HOT] Mapping in Dhaka, Bangladesh!

2015-01-12 Thread Jorieke Vyncke
Hi HOT mappers! Next week HOT will start mapping in the field again! Under the umbrella of the Missing Maps Project we will map some neighbourhoods of Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh. We have mobilized the local Bangladeshi OSM community and they are ready to collect local points of interest,

Re: [HOT] Mapping in Dhaka, Bangladesh!

2015-01-12 Thread Blake Girardot
Hi John, I found the TMS url in iD (Background tab, click on the custom entry) and then added it to JOSM imagery preferences. This is the url: http://hiu-maps.net/hot/1.0.0/dhaka-23oct2014-flipped/{z}/{x}/{y}.png However, it is odd that it doesn't load automatically in JOSM like it does in

Re: [HOT] Mapping in Dhaka, Bangladesh!

2015-01-12 Thread john whelan
I just raise issues, this one looks challenging to say the least. Thanks John On 12 January 2015 at 21:15, Blake Girardot bgirar...@gmail.com wrote: On 1/13/2015 2:57 AM, john whelan wrote: There seems to be an alignment problem, the Bing imagery doesn't exactly match the Next View

Re: [HOT] Mapping in Dhaka, Bangladesh!

2015-01-12 Thread Blake Girardot
Oh, I see it is listed in the instructions as well, sorry about that. To use it in JOSM: 0. Copy the imagery URL from iD or from the directions on the task http://hiu-maps.net/hot/1.0.0/dhaka-23oct2014-flipped/{z}/{x}/{y}.png 1. In JOSM go to Imagery Menu - Imagery Preferences 2. Click on

Re: [HOT] Mapping in Dhaka, Bangladesh!

2015-01-12 Thread Blake Girardot
On 1/13/2015 2:57 AM, john whelan wrote: There seems to be an alignment problem, the Bing imagery doesn't exactly match the Next View imagery. Jorieke might have a different opinion and his is the authority :) but it looks to me like the new nextview imagery is better aligned than bing. I