That's a good idea. Is there a list of preset or validation test suggestions out there already? Are there smaller-sized JOSM plugins that could be written?
On Fri, Oct 29, 2010 at 7:56 AM, Adam Schreiber <[email protected]> wrote: > Perhaps creation of additional JOSM presets/validation tests and fixes? > > Cheers, > > Adam > > On Fri, Oct 29, 2010 at 8:47 AM, Richard Weait <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Thu, Oct 28, 2010 at 10:07 PM, Ian Dees <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi everyone, > >> At the Google Summer of Code mentors summit this past weekend Google > asked > >> us (the organizations that participated in Summer of Code) to also > >> participate in the Google Code-In project. The Code-In project is > similar to > >> the Summer of Code but for 13-18 year olds. The tasks are meant to be > much > >> smaller: the students are supposed to sign up for one task at a time, > they > >> get $100 for every 3 tasks they complete (up to $500). > >> I talked a bit with Carol (the Google woman running the project) who > liked > >> me suggestion for putting up a bunch of mapping-related projects. For > >> example, a project could be "map 100 restaurants in your area" or "map > all > >> stores in mall X". > > > > I'm not in favour of this idea. Mapping for pay will encourage gaming > > the system for money and ripping data from other sources. It will > > also create a group of mappers who will stop when the money runs out > > and potentially resentment among the mappers who have mapped thousands > > of restaurants for the love of mapping or the love of their town. > > > > If there are bite-sized code contributions, let's have a look at that. > > GSoC already has retention issues in the larger projects. Not every > > GSoC student continues with their project after the summer period. I > > see this as a larger problem in a project with a lower initial barrier > > to entry. > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Talk-us mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us > > > > _______________________________________________ > Talk-us mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us >
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