On Mon, Dec 31, 2012 at 12:54 AM, Jeff Meyer <[email protected]> wrote: > Are there any tools that can tip users to what they could do in a particular > map area?
In my experience, when mappers go out and start to map, they discover things that interest them straight away. I used to bring the OSM Cheat Sheet (a selected Features list) to mapping parties, but there are too many features. It might make sense to make a few cheat sheets for different kinds of areas/features (urban, country, suburban, humanitarian). > For example, for a given bb(zoom>some min) in a browser window, is there > anything that says: > - Hey, relative to other (or selected best-practice examples) areas like the > one you're viewing, this area has: > -- Fewer addresses - learn how to add > -- Fewer buildings - learn how to add > -- Fewer POIs - learn how to add > -- POIs that would normally have buildings, but don't (e.g. schools) > -- Zorro Ways - learn how to fix > -- There's a park with no trails - learn how to add > -- etc. That's be very cool and not *super* hard to do. Something similar is being done with TIGER desserts. > In general, I'm thinking of something that will help new users answer the > question, "How can I help?," particularly for their local 'hood without > sending them to too (too) many off-map web resources. Or even a suggestive > OSM Inspector? I think the best way is to do mapping parties, but we've talked about tools and I think a tool that would help new mappers with tasks would be great. - Serge _______________________________________________ talk mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
