Hello Laurent, Actually we track development in Github. It is possible to log suggestions here: https://github.com/hotosm/osm-tasking-manager/issues
One thing though is I think building a microtasking tool is actually a different goal than the problem we are attempting to currently solve with the tasking manager. After the earthquake in Haiti many people couldn't get started at all, because the idea "just start mapping" was hard if you weren't familiar with the OSM community. The tasking manager is meant to better organize that community. I suspect we would get more people mapping with microtasks, but likely much less of the OSM community. Which has benefits, but we would lose the expertise of the community. Perhaps really what is needed is another microtasking tool aimed at very specific tasks. There was a prototype of one that was used to find I believe water points recently. Best, -Kate On Mon, Jul 1, 2013 at 4:33 AM, Russell Deffner <russdeff...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hello Laurent, > > The Tasking Manager is (and will probably always be) a work in progress. > Unless a more competent TM spokesperson can respond better, I would suggest > you visit: http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/OSM_Tasking_Manager - toward > the bottom there is a section regarding development, and possibly one of > those links can get you somewhere to post your suggestions. > > Thank you, > =Russ > russdeff...@gmail.com > russdeffner on OSM > > -----Original Message----- > From: Laurent Savaëte [mailto:laurent.sava...@gmail.com] > Sent: Sunday, June 30, 2013 3:31 AM > To: hot@openstreetmap.org > Subject: [HOT] a more extreme HOT task manager > > Hello HOTties, > > I'm pretty new here, having joined the group during my first MSF/Doctors > without borders field assignment a few months ago. > > I started mapping the area where I was working, in the south of > Madagascar, and started wondering how to get external help in a > coordinated way (this was right after the Haruna cyclone, when we were > looking for water sources and that sort of stuff). This is when I found > out about the HOT task manager. > > I really liked the idea, but I kept wondering if it couldn't be > improved, here's my thinking: > First time I gave it a try, it took me about an hour to figure out how > to get everything in place to help mapping some part of DRC (downloading > the osm file, setting up imagery in JOSM, etc...). Then I took up a > random task, which I figured would take at least 2-3h for me to complete > in JOSM. Despite loving the idea, I quickly gave up. > > Wouldn't it be possible to make that whole process more seamless, and > therefore get a much wider group of online mappers to help? > If the task manager auto-assigned me a very limited task, say trace > roads in a square 50x50m, using iD or a simplified version of it, we'd > be bordering on microtasking. > I would imagine the person requesting the mapping could define their > needs (e.g. roads and buildings, or water streams, or collapsed > buildings), set the log message for all edits done through the UI. All > edits are then done through the web/iD so that micromappers only have to > login and trace. If given a job like "trace all buildings in this > square", they don't even need to tag anything, because the requester > already defined the tags they need. > Basically, the essence of the idea is to take everything the computer > can take care of off the user's plate. > Since the job would take about a minute, it would become a lot easier > and less technical for a wider crowd to join and help. > And let's dream a bit, with a bit of social media magic, maybe maps > could be drawn in a few hours! > > I'm sure somebody must have thought of similar stuff before, and maybe > the idea's been killed, but I couldn't find any trace of it. If there's > anything blatently stupid, please let me know :) > > Cheers! > Laurent > > _______________________________________________ > HOT mailing list > HOT@openstreetmap.org > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/hot > > > _______________________________________________ > HOT mailing list > HOT@openstreetmap.org > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/hot _______________________________________________ HOT mailing list HOT@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/hot
