Re: [HOT] Buildings and HOT's reputation in OSM

2017-12-10 Thread Scott Davies
>From a validation point of view does it matter if the building is not square? Is it acceptable to square a building even though we know this will introduce an element of approximation or error. John, just on this one point, I'm not sure this is true. The 'element of approximation' is inherent

Re: [HOT] Mapping buildings with new mappers at a maperthon

2017-11-20 Thread Scott Davies
>One other thing is when I start with a new task, sometimes a lot of work is already done but also sometimes very poorly, buildings not squared or misplaced. I wonder, should I correct that or leave it for the validators? Hi Henk. Yes, the idea is to ensure the square is in a finished state

Re: [HOT] Spam messages

2017-11-02 Thread Scott Davies
Further to this, for those that aren't aware, there is this 'commit' on github, which at least changes the wording of the message even though it doesn't deal with the other issues raised: https://github.com/hotosm/tasking-manager/commit/86f3c14f3c4593a9ac85c2ea3b50f6f807681cf2 There is also this

Re: [HOT] TM3 sending out unauthorised messages under validators names

2017-10-29 Thread Scott Davies
John, I've raised this also. I think there are two issues here-- 1. the plethora of emails being sent and whether this is annoying to some people, and 2. the wording of the email does make it sound like it's from the validator and doesn't make clear that it's automated, leading to

Re: [HOT] Checking validation work in TM3

2017-10-22 Thread Scott Davies
ke sortable columns and maybe adding a column or two to the mapper list to indicate their experience level. Thank you again for your time Scott. Respectfully, blake On Sun, Oct 22, 2017 at 3:14 AM, Scott Davies <mr.scott.dav...@gmail.com> wrote: > There's a lot I love about TM3, and

[HOT] Checking validation work in TM3

2017-10-22 Thread Scott Davies
There's a lot I love about TM3, and hats off to those that put in the hard work to make it happen. There are a few teething issues, though. eg. Many projects in the new TM are still open to anyone to validate, so it's necessary to check that newer validators are doing a good job. But this is more