Re: [HOT] Where to start?

2014-10-18 Thread Kate Chapman
Hi John, Have you taken a look at the Tasking Managner? http://tasks.hotosm.org/ If you login there with your OSM account you'll see instructions for various tasks. You can then pick one it checkout an area to work on. Does that make sense? Best, -Kate On Sat, Oct 18, 2014 at 10:03 AM, john

Re: [HOT] Where to start?

2014-10-18 Thread john whelan
I've picked up a task, 699 - Ebola Outbreak, ETC Locations Context - Experienced Mappers Only so started up JOSM and imaged with Bing, the square I'm looking at looks as if the basic road network is in already and many of the buildings are in as well. I can see a need for tags but short of being

Re: [HOT] Where to start?

2014-10-18 Thread Kate Chapman
Hi John, Even though you are an experienced mapper perhaps start with a beginner task. It is harder to identify feature of places you have never been though really it is just a matter of practice. Best, Kate On Oct 18, 2014 10:23 AM, john whelan jwhelan0...@gmail.com wrote: I've picked up a

Re: [HOT] Where to start?

2014-10-18 Thread john whelan
I had a look at a couple of those, drop roads in, even looking at those I get the impression that most roads/tracks had been input or at least all the ones I could see although the tiles were not marked completed. I'll have a look at the tasks towards the end perhaps I can find a bit of blank map

Re: [HOT] Where to start?

2014-10-18 Thread Pierre Béland
: Re: [HOT] Where to start? I had a look at a couple of those, drop roads in, even looking at those I get the impression that most roads/tracks had been input or at least all the ones I could see although the tiles were not marked completed. I'll have a look at the tasks towards the end

Re: [HOT] Where to start?

2014-10-18 Thread Dan S
Hi John, On some tasks, you do often see that a lot of the data is already there, due to previous mapping. Sometimes all the job is recently done but for some reason it hasn't been marked as Done - we suspect that sometimes people aren't sure that they've really done everything in the square. If

Re: [HOT] Where to start?

2014-10-18 Thread Pierre Béland
...@gmail.com À : hot@openstreetmap.org Envoyé le : Samedi 18 octobre 2014 16h20 Objet : Re: [HOT] Where to start? -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi, John: On 18/10/14 21:58, john whelan wrote: That makes a lot of sense. I think there is a need for better meta data