Re: [HOT] OSM Nicaragua's Transit Map Project Update

Dear Msilikale, We basically used OpenStreetMap (and it's tools OSMTracker, JOSM, etc) to survey and digitize the data about Managua's transportation network. The projects and the goal we had set us helped immensely to grow the OSM community in Nicaragua. And a lot of people participated in the

[HOT] Looking for an experienced OSM trainer for Kyrgyzstan [short-term]

Dear all, We are looking for an *experienced OSM trainer* to teach the basics of field data collection (mostly with field papers) and computer-based mapping (probably only with ID) in remote villages of Naryn province in Kyrgyzstan http://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/1251542 . As you can see,

[HOT] New to mapping

Hello everybody, I am new to the HOT mapping and in the past couple of days I made a couple of contributions. One was for the MSF task, I had a couple of doubts, but when I saw the validation I figured out how to proceed. Thanks to whoever did the validation, so I could learn hot to properly

[HOT] how newer mappers can help a lot with the validation process

> On 11 Feb 2016 15:49, "john whelan" > wrote: > > In there somewhere in a wiki or some such where we can document > validation, what works and why and what to look for? Perhaps put down > some sort of service level agreement ie after

Re: [HOT] New to mapping

Hi, Francesca: Your concerns are very typical when beginning contributing to HOT. As for the Gambaru/Fotokol job, buildings in towns of that area (and most of the Sahel) are quite difficult to trace, as they are built very packed. I did a quick hackpad with some screenshots that may help you in

Re: [HOT] how newer mappers can help a lot with the validation process

I can't think of a case where a validator would need any special instructions for a project that aren't the same as supplied to a mapper. I feel there is a requirement for guidelines for validators but these are more general, and I've sent you a copy as a separate email since they haven't been