[HOT] Finding the most recent tiles marked done on a project?

When validating it is most useful to give feedback on tiles that have been completed recently. Unfortunately when you validate it covers up the done tiles on the activity list. Project 1350 is the one of major interest but it is a general problem. Thanks John

Re: [HOT] Smartphones using wifi in the field If you ain't in the field or techie ignore this post.

at 11:54, john whelan <jwhelan0...@gmail.com> wrote: > Oh one last thing, there is a difference between a very small network and > one that gets a bit bigger. > > https://commotionwireless.net/docs/cck/networking/guidelines-for-mesh/ > talks about some of the design consideratio

Re: [HOT] Smartphones using wifi in the field If you ain't in the field or techie ignore this post.

uable information, John! >> >> >> On 31/01/16 22:34, Pete Masters wrote: >> >> Really interesting, John Thanks for the post. Just conducted training >> in DRC on data collection and base mapping. We tried to focus as much as >> possible on offline solutions. W

Re: [HOT] Smartphones using wifi in the field If you ain't in the field or techie ignore this post.

. Cheerio John On 3 February 2016 at 11:16, john whelan <jwhelan0...@gmail.com> wrote: > With fifty users sharing files you probaly want to use a couple of linked > hubs, that's where the TP-LINK MR3020 starts to shine. I have one here and > one waiting to be picked up at the compute

[HOT] Management metrics

Do we know the average number of tiles mapped per day? Do we know the average number of tiles validated per day? How many outstanding tiles need to be mapped? How many outstanding tiles have been mapped but not validated? The reason this stuff is important is that it gives an indication of

Re: [HOT] Tasking Manager - Comments

Yes but it clutters up the messages. Do you really want to say well done to someone with 5,000+ OSM edits to their name? In general I message the new ones with feedback, first five get something, after that you get nudged if your work doesn't follow the instructions or the wiki guidelines.

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

My understanding of the thinking behind the African wiki was that it is not possible to say what the importance of a highway from the width of the highway in Africa so from an image we don't stand much chance of being too precise. I think the most we can hope for is to map the highways and expect

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

il.com> wrote: > > On 11 Feb 2016 15:49, "john whelan" <jwhelan0...@gmail.com > > <mailto:jwhelan0...@gmail.com>> wrote: > > > > In there somewhere in a wiki or some such where we can document > > validation, what works and why and what to look for?

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

SM. > > > > Anyway, great discussion – just trying to direct some action – it is on > the Activation WG Trello to ‘further utilize’ the tm mailing list, > training, etc. > > > > =Russ > > > > *From:* john whelan [mailto:jwhelan0...@gmail.com] > *Sent:* Tuesday, Febru

Re: [HOT] Smartphones using wifi in the field If you ain't in the field or techie ignore this post.

, 2016 06:54:55 PM john whelan wrote: > > I'm seeing different groups have different requirements here and cost is > a > > major driver. > > I used to be a network engineer and still do a fair amount of network > architecture. That said, I fully agree with your

Re: [HOT] OSM Tasking manaager #1129 imagery priority

I imagine the most recent imagery should be used. Some imagery is quite old so more buildings may have been built. Cheerio John On 20 February 2016 at 09:00, David Groom wrote: > OSM Tasking manaager #1129 imagery priority > > When there is a difference between

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

side. Catching and preventing errors by new mappers rather than fixing work that was done a year ago. Cheerio John On 12 February 2016 at 11:01, Daniel Specht <danspe...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On 11 Feb 2016 15:49, "john whelan" <jwhelan0...@gmail.com > > <ma

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

orking Group can > probably tell you more about that. > > > > In either case, I think there is plenty of room for improvement. > > > > Cheers, > > =Russ > > > > *From:* Nick Allen [mailto:nick.allen...@gmail.com > <nick.allen...@gmail.com>] > *Sent:* Th

[HOT] One for the NGOs and people in Africa

Yesterday one of my local Universities was offering free coffee and a presentation on Open Data. So clutching my discounted pensioner bus pass in one hand and my coffee mug in the other I drifted along. The Canadian Treasury Board did a presentation at the Ottawa International Open Data

Re: [HOT] How to become a validator (a suggestion)

in OSM and would never be documented. Cheerio John On 5 April 2016 at 09:36, Blake Girardot <bgirar...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > On 4/5/2016 3:15 PM, john whelan wrote: > > Blake thought my methods of validation in Nepal left much to be >> desired. >> > >

Re: [HOT] How to become a validator (a suggestion)

I've probably done more validation than most. There is often no record of my involvement with a project. I tend to be pragmatic, I’ve been into projects were I’ve changed close to a thousand area=yes to buildings=yes. You don’t need a degree in Rocket Science to do this. JOSM validation will

Re: [HOT] How to become a validator (a suggestion)

​ MSF have been doing some very interesting projects recently, for example one is http://tasks.hotosm.org/project/1669 is just roads so if you fancy trying your hand at validation and have a copy of JOSM around try your hand. Cheerio John​ ___ HOT

Re: [HOT] How to become a validator (a suggestion)

rtified validator but naturally to have > a "badge" is not for everybody. > > A link to validating guidelines > http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/OSM_Tasking_Manager/Validating_data > > Please say if I missed and misrepresented your points. > > > Regards, > Graha

Re: [HOT] How to become a validator (a suggestion)

es > highway=residential), use what is generally accepted in OSM, or? > > Thanks, > > Mike > > [1] http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Highway_Tag_Africa > > > On Thu, Apr 7, 2016 at 5:28 PM, john whelan <jwhelan0...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> ​ >> MSF have bee

Re: [HOT] Regarding OSM Task Manager

My method is to use JOSM, you can pull down the surrounding area in the slippy map then map the highways and throw them back up. Delete the data in JOSM then redownload the tile. Other editors may be different. Cheerio John On 24 March 2016 at 16:36, Saikat Basu wrote:

Re: [HOT] Regarding OSM Task Manager

ther so that other > users can't edit another part of the same road lying in another task box? > > On Thu, Mar 24, 2016 at 5:44 PM, john whelan <jwhelan0...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> My method is to use JOSM, you can pull down the surrounding area in the >> slip

Re: [HOT] Difficulty in communicating with iD users

Sounds intriguing, would you care to give a couple of examples where the tag values shown in JOSM are not the ones in the OSM database? Thanks John On 8 March 2016 at 08:47, Paul Norman wrote: > On 2016-03-07 4:53 AM, Mikel Maron wrote: > > People, get a grip. > > There are a

Re: [HOT] Comment to HOT project managers about getting your project completed

ire ‘incident’ with just a few of us; but HOT > is definitely in need of building capacity (which is also one of the > reason’s I was personally against an ‘activation declaration’ because I > think more than a few hundred mappers focusing on Fiji would actually be > bad). > > > >

[HOT] Comment to HOT project managers about getting your project completed

There have been a number of projects recently that have been mapped to a fairly high standard and within a much shorter time frame than most without having an urgent tag on them. Basically they have had someone validating them from the beginning and validating the work as it is done. For

Re: [HOT] Comment to HOT project managers about getting your project completed

t 12:25, Mike Thompson <miketh...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > On Thu, Mar 3, 2016 at 5:35 PM, john whelan <jwhelan0...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> >> >> Maperthons are nice in that you get a lot of people but for data quality >> first time mappers aren't the best &

Re: [HOT] Difficulty in communicating with iD users

are 'in the clouds'; most of them are >> active members of various mailing lists, etc. >> >> But, my main concern is that this discussion is on just the HOT list and >> I think iD team has their own? Probably someone can loop you into their >> discussion channel(s) so the

Re: [HOT] iD

ual tags, which I still don't typically use > presets or the gui on potlatch, I go to the wiki if I'm not sure what tag > to use; most are in my head :) > > Thanks, > =Russ > > -Original Message- > From: Suzan Reed [mailto:su...@suzanreed.com <su...@suzanreed.com

Re: [HOT] Difficulty in communicating with iD users

The problem is consistancy, http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Map_Features and the internal tags differ from what one has to enter in iD. Not everyone has their own personal trainer at a mapperthon, not everyone uses English. It's not just a matter of updating in one place but many many places.

[HOT] Difficulty in communicating with iD users

The highway tags seen in JOSM are not apparently what an iD user sees. I'm trying very hard to put this politely but how ... am I supposed to communicate with an iD user to say please think twice before using highway=motorway in an African village and how are they supposed to know what the

Re: [HOT] Difficulty in communicating with iD users

ich...@systemed.net> wrote: > john whelan wrote: > > When you get to a certain size you need a formal review process > > before making changes and I think HOT is now at that size. > > Which is not at all relevant as iD is not a HOT project. > > OSM empowers its developers to make

Re: [HOT] Difficulty in communicating with iD users

Yes its a training issue but has anyone thought of how big a training issue it is? There are existing videos, screenshots, people's personal notes many trainers have their own customized notes and training manuals. There are translation costs, even if its only people time. Then you get into the

Re: [HOT] A Fiji project for experienced mappers interested in a new damage assessment methodology

Just a comment, OpenStreetMap allows anyone to map anywhere. Just because HOT doesn't have a task for it doesn't mean you are unable to map. I personally have a concern that we are to quick to add a task, if we didn't add any tasks from tomorrow I think we have enough unmapped or unvalidated

Re: [HOT] Request to those organising a maperthon.

gt; > On Thu, Mar 31, 2016 at 6:51 PM, john whelan <jwhelan0...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> If you notice that the project you're planning to use has an active >> validator please if possible give them some warning before your maperthon. >> > How do we tell if a proj

Re: [HOT] OSM Task Manager

No. I can do a direct OSM mapping of the same area as the tile at any time. Using JOSM I can download an adjoining tile thes use slippy map to download a tile that someone else is mapping. Welcome to the world of OSM. Cheerio John On 29 March 2016 at 15:45, Saikat Basu

[HOT] Request to those organising a maperthon.

If you notice that the project you're planning to use has an active validator please if possible give them some warning before your maperthon. Finding a dozen tiles suddenly mapped by new mappers can be wonderful but finding tiles marked done by a mapper who has not actually added anything when

Re: [HOT] Squared buildings

ople switch to >> something new, which is why I'll be teaching only JOSM, this Saturday (also >> because I don't know iD all that well, ofc). I failed to follow up, as I >> moved on to other projects that gave me more satisfaction (as a validator). >> >> Polygl

Re: [HOT] Squared buildings

t; > > > @theMissingMaps <https://twitter.com/TheMissingMaps> > facebook.com/MissingMapsProject > <https://www.facebook.com/MissingMapsProject> > > > > missingmaps.org <http://www.missingmaps.org/> > > msf.org.uk <http://www.msf.org.uk/> &

Re: [HOT] 200 mappers need validators this Saturday

What are you mapping? 1774 doesn't seem to be available to take a look at and I like to look at the project before deciding whether to validate or not. Thanks Cheerio John On 13 April 2016 at 14:16, joost schouppe wrote: > Hi, > > As some of you may already know,

Re: [HOT] Squared buildings

buildings in it and even though we >>>> stressed on it for the Mapathon, I still find quite a few of them not being >>>> made rectangular. >>>> >>>> So I started using this search to find all the buildings with 4 nodes: >>>> >>>

[HOT] Mapping in Ecuador - validation

I'm seeing projects archived fairly quickly without validation. Of the validation I have done I've seen crossing ways and highways almost meeting on a project that was supposed to be Highways only for experienced JOSM users. JOSM validation should have highlighted these errors before

Re: [HOT] Mapping in Ecuador - validation

or 10 task squares at > >> a time, then just go into the project and review, mark valid, review, > >> mark valid, etc all the task squares I validated en mass with JOSM. > >> > >> Cheers, > >> blake > >> > >> >

Re: [HOT] Mapping in Ecuador - validation

eff...@hotosm.org> wrote: > Thanks Nama, just trying to herd :) > > =Russ > > > > *From:* nama.budhathoki [mailto:namabudhath...@gmail.com] > *Sent:* Sunday, April 24, 2016 10:06 AM > *To:* Russell Deffner; 'Blake Girardot HOT/OSM'; 'John Whelan'; Megha > Shrestha > &

Re: [HOT] Squared buildings

Perhaps another question to ask then is is it too complex for new mappers to use when mapping buildings? If we can accept odd shaped buildings that aren't quite the right size then fine it is the right tool for the job, but if we want fairly accurate building sizes and square corners on

Re: [HOT] Ecuador: Done and Validated tasks need work and review

Totally agree what I was trying to do when validating was simply tag tiles that had buildings missing and catch the very obvious errors. The objective was to avoid the problems we had in Nepal where tiles were marked done and validated when large chunks of buildings were omitted. building=house

[HOT] So you’ve thought about becoming a validator.

HOT has a two stage process unlike OSM where you simply map. The idea behind the two stages is to improve data quality. So how good a mapper do you need to be to become a validator? A total expert in all things, or something less? In HOT we are normally interested in where do people live and

Re: [HOT] OSM Fiji linked with U-Report for TC Winston response

The Canadian Treasury Board releases Federal Government open data under a license that is OSM compatible. Sometimes its easier to get governments to open their data under the same license as another Government than to make an exception for OSM as very few people really understand what OSM's ODBL

Re: [HOT] Request: Suggestions for improvements to iD OSM Web Editor

iD isn't as strong as some editors for error checking so perhaps HOT could look at some tools for detecting errors, http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Quality_assurance I'm thinking of Keep Right for example that checks for crossing ways and almost meeting highways which seem to be a blind spot

Re: [HOT] Moving the focus to JOSM in mapathons

for our more tech savy people to try > and replicate. > > cheers > blake > > On Sat, May 14, 2016 at 3:39 PM, john whelan <jwhelan0...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > I think if we suggest they download Java before arriving, josm-tested.jar > > can be copied for a USB s

Re: [HOT] Moving the focus to JOSM in mapathons

t get >> permission to install java or josm on the machiens" issue as well. >> >> I am sure there is an image somewhere and someone could try and make >> just a rough outline of the steps for our more tech savy people to try >> and replicate. >> >> che

Re: [HOT] Moving the focus to JOSM in mapathons

I think if we suggest they download Java before arriving, josm-tested.jar can be copied for a USB stick or local server ie laptop. I think that would save bandwidth and trying to download multiple copies at the same time would mean delays. Hopefully it works out. Thanks John On 14 May 2016 at

Re: [HOT] Moving the focus to JOSM in mapathons

>>> https://www.twitch.tv/polyglot_openstreetmap/v/32524089 >>>> >>>> Use of JOSM's validator: >>>> https://www.twitch.tv/polyglot_openstreetmap/v/33135797 >>>> >>>> Mass correction of crossing ways reported by JOSM's validator

Re: [HOT] Moving the focus to JOSM in mapathons

go and I didn't have that issue. > It must be network/firewall related. > > Jo > > 2016-05-14 21:28 GMT+02:00 john whelan <jwhelan0...@gmail.com>: > >> I picked up PortableApps from the link and installed it with portable >> Firefox and Jportable. JOSM runs

Re: [HOT] Moving the focus to JOSM in mapathons

_openstreetmap/v/45658771 > https://www.twitch.tv/polyglot_openstreetmap/v/45661736 > > I hope this helps. Feel free to use these videos for learning and teaching > purposes. > > Polyglot > > > > 2016-05-14 18:04 GMT+02:00 john whelan <jwhelan0...@gmail.com>: >

Re: [HOT] Japanese earthquake projects

s, and many other things > contribute to communication challenges, so patience is always key around > OSM. > > > > Cheers, > > =Russ > > > > *From:* john whelan [mailto:jwhelan0...@gmail.com] > *Sent:* Monday, May 09, 2016 10:04 AM > *To:* Mike Thompson

[HOT] Fwd: [OSM-talk] Upcoming Planned outage - 9th May 2016

Try not to plan any maperthons May 9th. Cheerio John -- Forwarded message -- From: Grant Slater < ​​ openstreet...@firefishy.com> Date: 2 May 2016 at 16:46 Subject: [OSM-talk] Upcoming Planned outage - 9th May 2016 To: Talk Openstreetmap , OSM Dev List <

Re: [HOT] Squared buildings

how to deal with the existing poorly mapped buildings would be? Thanks John On 14 April 2016 at 17:50, Clifford Snow <cliff...@snowandsnow.us> wrote: > > On Thu, Apr 14, 2016 at 2:28 PM, john whelan <jwhelan0...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> It is a data quality issue but do w

Re: [HOT] Squared buildings

get the most out of the limited resources we have rather than have individual validators make their own pragmatic decisions. One of which is delete them all and remap, its faster. Cheerio John On 14 April 2016 at 18:33, Clifford Snow <cliff...@snowandsnow.us> wrote: > > On Thu, Apr 14,

Re: [HOT] Squared buildings

​For 95% of the buildings JOSM building_tool plugin does a very nice job very quickly. Three clicks and you're done. The training material for HOT and learnOSM has improved enormously since Nepal. I’d probably split the world into three. Mappers who started in OSM or who have built up

Re: [HOT] Emergency Mapathon in Burlington, VT - Ecuador Earthquake

There has been much discussion about mapping buildings recently in HOT and the Ecuador projects are for the most part buildings. If you are supplying machines then please install JOSM with the building_tool plugin which also implies JAVA. Mapping with the JOSM building_tool is fast and accurate,

[HOT] 1794 Ecuador

Very large chunks of this project are low res in Bing. Since many of these tiles have been marked done and low res if there is better imagery available could either a new project be made up or the existing project instructions be amended. Thanks John

Re: [HOT] Can we extend the time a tile is locked please?

quot; <gtrw...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> I have seen this too recently, and I also always thought the time too >> short in general. >> >> On Sun, Apr 17, 2016 at 1:39 PM john whelan <jwhelan0...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >>> When validating I'm

Re: [HOT] Can we extend the time a tile is locked please?

he time too >> short in general. >> >> On Sun, Apr 17, 2016 at 1:39 PM john whelan <jwhelan0...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >>> When validating I'm seeing buildings double mapped. I've seen fifty on >>> a tile. They are both a pain to clean up an

Re: [HOT] Squared buildings

hout > losing accuracy. It definitely beats ]q]q]q]q]q] :-) > > Then search again using: > > building inview nodes:5- > > to review the ones with more nodes. > > building inview nodes:-9 > > also works to exclude round buildings. > > Jo > > > > 2016

Re: [HOT] M7,8 Ecuador earthquake: next priority areas to map

In parts Mapbox has reasonable imagery. Cheerio John On 18 April 2016 at 09:21, Pete Masters wrote: > Cool. Done. > > Pete > > On Mon, Apr 18, 2016 at 2:18 PM, hyan...@gmail.com > wrote: > >> Yes. >> >> 2016-04-18 8:14 GMT-05:00 Pete Masters

Re: [HOT] Data quality in Ecuador

lying around. Cheerio John On 20 April 2016 at 07:44, john whelan <jwhelan0...@gmail.com> wrote: > The good news is it’s a lot better than Nepal was. I think most of that’s > down to better training guides so well done training. > > In Nepal we saw a lot of tiles marked done

[HOT] Data quality in Ecuador

The good news is it’s a lot better than Nepal was. I think most of that’s down to better training guides so well done training. In Nepal we saw a lot of tiles marked done or validated when there was still a lot to do. So in Ecuador if there are more than two or three buildings missing I’ve been

Re: [HOT] Squared buildings

;>>> users coming in, which, for some reason, were not trained with JOSM the >>>> power tool, but with iD instead. >>>> >>>> Anyway, those screencasts were also meant as a way to show people the >>>> advantages of using JOSM, but I don't

Re: [HOT] Squared buildings

John On 13 April 2016 at 19:42, Clifford Snow <cliff...@snowandsnow.us> wrote: > > On Wed, Apr 13, 2016 at 4:09 PM, john whelan <jwhelan0...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> If it absolutely essential fine but if not can we just accept some >> slanting buildings wh

Re: [HOT] Tagging highways in semi-urban areas in Malawi

If you look at the wiki http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Highway_Tag_Africa my understanding is if you can drive a 4x4 down it its at least a highway=unclassified and you'd be surprised where I can drive a 4x4. Definitely not a track, and I'm not quite sure that I agree with your definition of

Re: [HOT] 200 mappers need validators this Saturday

I've been validating on 1669 a project that is roads only, there was a second project was buildings only in the same area and I've just come across something like fifty double mapped buildings. In the normal event I'd just choose a mapper name of the two and zap them but these seem very mixed.

[HOT] Squared buildings

How essential are they? They're fairly easy to square in JOSM with q or to drop in correctly with the building_tool plug in but I'm seeing perhaps 30% of buildings not squared on some projects and to be honest by the time I've inspected the image and sorted it out I could have mapped the building

Re: [HOT] Japanese earthquake projects

. Cheerio John On 7 May 2016 at 18:27, john whelan <jwhelan0...@gmail.com> wrote: > I've sent something to the project manager maybe we'll hear something > after the weekend. > > Cheerio John > > On 7 May 2016 at 13:14, Mike Thompson <miketh...@gmail.com> wrote: > &

[HOT] Japanese earthquake projects

I've been mapping and validating on Project 1800 but it doesn't make a lot of sense. The most difficult part to map is the built up areas with lots of very close buildings which in some ways I'd expect a city in Japan to have its own maps of buildings. Those tiles take time and lots of it. The

Re: [HOT] Japanese earthquake projects

ing the role of validator and invalidating > tasks for things beyond the requirement of the project (e.g. "incorrect > paths set" when the project [#1844] only called for buildings). > > Mike > > On Sat, May 7, 2016 at 7:02 AM, john whelan <jwhelan0...@gmail.com> wrote: &g

Re: [HOT] Greetings, and a question about protocol

​"Hi Hotties" the term grates with me as well. However you have to remember that many are from the states where it seems such forms of address are normal. I suspect it is to do with the fact that there aren't that many people to greet compared to other places in the world. Coming from the UK my

Re: [HOT] SOTM Brussels

That was the one Thanks John On 11 August 2016 at 09:40, Dan Joseph <dan.b.jos...@gmail.com> wrote: > There is the 2nd HOT Summit, is that what you are thinking of? > > http://summit.hotosm.org/ > > > On Wed, Aug 10, 2016 at 3:25 PM, john whelan <jwhelan0...@gmai

[HOT] SOTM Brussels

I seem to recall there is some sort of HOT meetup at the same time. Bjenk will be at the SOM Brussels and I wondered if he could fit in the HOT side as well. Thanks John ___ HOT mailing list HOT@openstreetmap.org

Re: [HOT] WHO reports Polio in Africa again

wrote: > Hey John - it looks like this old project for Borno still needs some work > http://tasks.hotosm.org/project/1086 > > For reference http://www.who.int/mediacentre/news/releases/ > 2016/nigeria-polio/en/ > > On Fri, Aug 12, 2016 at 1:23 PM, john whelan <jwhelan0.

Re: [HOT] Using HOT validation styles in JOSM

Once you have installed a paint style, & loaded some OSM data, you can > switch between the paint styles by clicking on 'view' and 'map paint > styles'. > > Hope this helps > > Regards > > Nick > > > On 11/07/16 23:09, john whelan wrote: > > HDM is what I use nor

Re: [HOT] The Economist Title to Come July 16th

there is little that can be done. I understand in some parts current title as such is recorded by the house it between Fred's house and Laura's house which is moderately basic. Cheerio John On 21 July 2016 at 09:51, Ralph Aytoun <ralph.ayt...@ntlworld.com> wrote: > > > From: john w

[HOT] The Economist Title to Come July 16th

The article talks about title to land in Africa and the problems in not having a formal land registry. Part of the problem seems to be surveying or mapping the properties. That I think we have some expertise in doing. So given there seems to be some advantages to the population if it's done is

[HOT] Optimum tile width, something to research perhaps?

When I'm mapping in JOSM I can use to scroll down the tile. On some projects on a 1080 pixel wide screen (Blu-ray width) I can scroll down a tile in two passes, in others the distances in the top left display a slightly lower number and it takes three passes to go down the tile except that the

Re: [HOT] Launching MapSwipe

I get the impression that we'd prefer people to map directly but this is a way of perhaps introducing people to mapping? Cheerio John On 18 Jul 2016 4:33 pm, "antti nissinen" wrote: > Hi! > I have noticed the same phenomenon. Especially if you complete the > session and then

Re: [HOT] Using HOT validation styles in JOSM

HDM is what I use normally. JOSM looks a bit odd if I map locally but it works well for Africa. Cheerio John On 11 July 2016 at 16:53, Laura O'Grady wrote: > Hi all, > > I’m not sure if this is the right place to post these questions. I’m a > first time validator and

Re: [HOT] Sierra Leone Field trip with Missing Maps

Are these English only tools or is it possible to have different language interfaces? Thanks John On 7 July 2016 at 09:40, Nick Allen wrote: > Hi Rox, > > The packages used were all android apps, but I believe that some are > available for other phones; > > ODK Collect

[HOT] Looking for inspiration building covering multiple buildings

When validating I'm seeing number of cases when building=yes, residential or house is used to tag landuse=residential. Going through a to-do list and checking every building doesn't cut it for me. In general these are maperthon mappers of the type I call disposable mappers so leaving feedback

Re: [HOT] Looking for inspiration building covering multiple buildings

next event going over how to map buildings and >>> tag them correctly. >>> >>> While some mapathon mappers do only map once and never again. Mapathons >>> are a great way to introduce people to OSM and also result in long-term >>> contributors. >&

Re: [HOT] Flooding in India and Nepal

I would suggest roads first then a separate project for buildings. Roads go in much faster, individual buildings take much longer to do. Landuse=residential can map groups of buildings quite quickly. Cheerio John On 4 Aug 2016 1:47 pm, "Peter Chin" wrote: > Hi Blake, >

Re: [HOT] Is there a tutorial video perhaps on how to map a highway?

> https://youtu.be/ZBLwb2nisJQ > > http://www.missingmaps.org/contribute/ > > > > On Fri, Jul 1, 2016 at 9:44 AM, john whelan <jwhelan0...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> I'm seeing some mappers put a node in on a track every 3 inches even when >> its straight. >>

[HOT] Is there a tutorial video perhaps on how to map a highway?

I'm seeing some mappers put a node in on a track every 3 inches even when its straight. Is there something somewhere about what is appropriate number of nodes on a highway? Thanks John ___ HOT mailing list HOT@openstreetmap.org

[HOT] An instant PC?

I prefer windows but it does have a cost. For FreePBX I think someone has set up a DVD image that loads the Uinx operating system plus the software preconfigured. Does such a CD or DVD image exist for say Unix and JOSM or even Unix preconfigured with a browser? The idea would be to make it

Re: [HOT] An instant PC?

egards, > > John Bocan > > Welcome to OSGeo-Live 10.0 — OSGeo-Live 10.0 Documentation > <https://live.osgeo.org/en/index.html> > > > > -- > *From:* john whelan <jwhelan0...@gmail.com> > *To:* "hot@openstreetmap.org"

Re: [HOT] Validating by Username

You need JOSM for validating anyway so if you're using JOSM then you can simply search for everything and it will give you the mappers name. iD will not pick out the crossing ways and duplicate nodes etc. Have you read through

Re: [HOT] Matthew

Data quality is always an issue and we don't have enough validators which doesn't help. We also have user expectations. If you want to use OSM in a particular area with low internet access perhaps you could arrange with someone to run an eye over the area first? With a large number of different

Re: [HOT] What is practical when mapping using smartphones?

Thanks I'd forgotten about it. Does the trick but the training guide should be fun. Cheerio John On 22 Feb 2017 3:14 pm, "Majka" wrote: > The only editor I know for this is Vespucci for android, allowing full > edits, including use of JOSM presets. Everything else

Re: [HOT] note to Project Managers: Highway=road

Salut i mapatons (Health and Mapathons) > yopaseopor > > > On Wed, Feb 22, 2017 at 11:42 PM, john whelan <jwhelan0...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> Currently there are HOT projects that include in the instructions the >> words >> >> "If you are unsure of w

[HOT] note to Project Managers: Highway=road

Currently there are HOT projects that include in the instructions the words "If you are unsure of what tag to assign to a road, use the provisional highway=road tag." Yes but many routing systems ignore this these. When we mapped with GPS traces we used highway=road because you didn't know if

Re: [HOT] note to Project Managers: Highway=road

that many routers will allow you to adjust which highways they will run on. Cheerio John On 24 February 2017 at 04:11, Rory McCann <r...@technomancy.org> wrote: > On 22/02/17 23:42, john whelan wrote: > > Currently there are HOT projects that include in the instructions th

Re: [HOT] Feedback about the Tasking Manager

>-buildings are marked as points and not traced This is acceptable to OpenStreetMap. Adding additional information is easier to a node with things such as osmand etc. > -residential areas are drawn for less than three buildings Although many projects have this in the instructions I'm not sure

[HOT] Could we get more out of our mappers by asking for less?

Just an ideal thought. It came about as I'm loading in bits of Nigeria by the enamel bucket at the moment then looking for untagged ways and crossing highways. What stands out are blocks where every track and settlement is mapped and blank bits of the map. I've been attempting to join bits of

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