Hi, I'm new to this list and I wanted to give a shout and say Hello. I'm using OSM now for... uh, frankly, I don't remember, but I only started mapping a few years ago. I mostly do it in my vacations and create GPS-tracks during my hikes. Ever since I can't walk very good any more, I started to improve maps in my area - mostly in the suburbs where streets are correctly mapped, but houses and their addresses are missing.
I just stumbled upon HOT; I immediately liked the idea and started working on some Ebola Outbreak tasks. That's also why I'm writing this email, I have a few questions. 1) Imagery isn't that good - at least not for most the tasks I was randomly assigned too - and I'm having a hard time finding the proper... quality expectation. When imagery is bad I try at least drawing big waterways (as areas/multipolygons) using Landsat or MapBox. I don't quite think that the actual result is that good. What is best practice here - do it anyway so that at least basic information is available or just leave it alone? 2) When I get assigned to a task which looks pretty complete when it comes to villages, houses, streets and the such, I draw farmlands and forests. From my point of view - when I go to remote areas - I like it when the map gives me a basic idea about how the landscape looks like. However, the validation process takes longer. Should I continue drawing these areas or just skip it? 3) Especially regarding the tasks "Ebola Outbreak, Sierra Leone, Kailahun district": It says I should comment the changeset with "source=DigitalGlobe/Mapbox" - however, that imagery is either non existent or not that good - Landsat (and Spot, where available) give much better results. In JSOM I generally just say "fetch sources from active layers". I guess I'm doing it right...? Thanks! Alex. (user yalla) -- The best thing about procrastinating is you can do it NOW and ANYTIME. _______________________________________________ HOT mailing list HOT@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/hot